Friday, March 02, 2007
Fire on at an Oil Rig
There's a blow out at an oil rig.
The flames are shooting hundreds of feet in the air.
Hundreds of fire fighters are called in and give up because it's too hot.
The mayor offers 100,000 dollars to anyone who can stop the blaze. nobody comes.
He eventually calls Red Adair.
Red Adair tries everything - his glass of whisky, a bucket of water, dynamite, the lot........the fire still burns on.
Late in the evening he's sitting in a bar sad and sweaty when Paddy the irishman comes in and asks what's wrong.
Red tells paddy it's the worst blow out he's ever seen and doesn't know what to do about it.
Paddy says he'll be along at 9 in the morning with a few friends and will sort it out.
Next morning the whole town is waiting - fire and smoke can be seen from miles away.
Then there's a sound - tires screeching and a motor screaming - a van comes around the corner and flies into the flames. the back doors of the van open up and 10 irishmen jump out and start stamping out the flames with their hobnailed boots.
30 seconds later the fire is out. the crowd cheer and paddy comes over to the cameras - hair gone and smoke pouring from his donkey jacket.
Red Adair rushes over and says to paddy "you're a hero - what are you gonna do with the 100,000 dollars?"
Paddy answers "Oim gonna boy some new brakes for dat fekkin van"
There's a blow out at an oil rig.
The flames are shooting hundreds of feet in the air.
Hundreds of fire fighters are called in and give up because it's too hot.
The mayor offers 100,000 dollars to anyone who can stop the blaze. nobody comes.
He eventually calls Red Adair.
Red Adair tries everything - his glass of whisky, a bucket of water, dynamite, the lot........the fire still burns on.
Late in the evening he's sitting in a bar sad and sweaty when Paddy the irishman comes in and asks what's wrong.
Red tells paddy it's the worst blow out he's ever seen and doesn't know what to do about it.
Paddy says he'll be along at 9 in the morning with a few friends and will sort it out.
Next morning the whole town is waiting - fire and smoke can be seen from miles away.
Then there's a sound - tires screeching and a motor screaming - a van comes around the corner and flies into the flames. the back doors of the van open up and 10 irishmen jump out and start stamping out the flames with their hobnailed boots.
30 seconds later the fire is out. the crowd cheer and paddy comes over to the cameras - hair gone and smoke pouring from his donkey jacket.
Red Adair rushes over and says to paddy "you're a hero - what are you gonna do with the 100,000 dollars?"
Paddy answers "Oim gonna boy some new brakes for dat fekkin van"
Labels: irish
¶ 3/02/2007 11:34:00 PM 
