[Updated at 8: 05 PM]We are getting very little news out of Suwanee, Georgia, where five firefighters who responded to a medical call are reportedly being held hostage by a gunman. Amazingly, it seems to have been at least three months since the last time this happened.
a couple years back i'd been out drinking w/my bff all night (as happens) while mr fuflans was soberly reading by the fire. i had been home for a few minutes (probably reading wonkette) when there was an ungodly WHOOSH sound from somewhere around the roof. mr fuflans immediately said 'that's a chimney fire get the cats' and called 911.
as a drunk-ish person, none of this was very intelligible. fortunately my cats were more attuned to danger and fled to the basement. as they were the wisdom in the room, i followed. i'm not entirely sure about the next few moments but i'm pretty sure i crooned something off-key. likely about dying too young in a fire.
then i got bored and there was some banging and as were weren&#039;t all <i>auto da fe</i> i ventured upstairs and LO!
there in my bow shaped living room window were five beautiful chicago firefighters - all dressed to the nines in cap and gown - artfully distributed JUST like a musical theatre number. not a one of them was over 40 - except the grizzled one with the paul newman eyes and the barrel chest.
they were just leaving. turns out they had put the fire out (obv) and the youngest (channing tatum!) had walked right thru our screen door in his eagerness to please. while he was (and was going to be for a long time) the subject of unlimited colleague abuse, i will never forget that picture.
to this day, i blink back bleary drunken tears whenever i read about firemen.
Is it just me, or might it have been a reasonable option to turn on the man&#039;s fucking cable and electric? I mean, given the choice &quot;turn on the cable TV or somebody dies&quot;, who the fuck chooses the latter?
I am going to physically reach thru the internet and strangle the first person who says this wouldn&#039;t have happened if the firemen were armed.
And where is Suwanee, GA? It&#039;s an Atlanta exurb, natch, like its neighbor <a href="http:\/\/wonkette.com\/507877\/academic-freedom-in-peril-patriot-teacher-reprimanded-for-innocent-how-is-obama-just-like-stalin-homework" target="_blank">Marietta</a>. The traffic makes them crazee.
&quot;Goin out for a pack a smokes, hon.&quot; &quot;Better stop at the BP&mdash;I only left a quarter of a tank in the Escalade.&quot;
that&#039;s what makes meth labs so fun to deal with when they go up in flames, as they are wont to do. Between the dangerous chemicals and the inevitable arsenal they can make a fire fighter&#039;s job a real adventure
oh doc you make me do so many spit takes.
here is a true fireman story.
a couple years back i&#039;d been out drinking w/my bff all night (as happens) while mr fuflans was soberly reading by the fire. i had been home for a few minutes (probably reading wonkette) when there was an ungodly WHOOSH sound from somewhere around the roof. mr fuflans immediately said &#039;that&#039;s a chimney fire get the cats&#039; and called 911.
as a drunk-ish person, none of this was very intelligible. fortunately my cats were more attuned to danger and fled to the basement. as they were the wisdom in the room, i followed. i&#039;m not entirely sure about the next few moments but i&#039;m pretty sure i crooned something off-key. likely about dying too young in a fire.
then i got bored and there was some banging and as were weren&#039;t all <i>auto da fe</i> i ventured upstairs and LO!
there in my bow shaped living room window were five beautiful chicago firefighters - all dressed to the nines in cap and gown - artfully distributed JUST like a musical theatre number. not a one of them was over 40 - except the grizzled one with the paul newman eyes and the barrel chest.
they were just leaving. turns out they had put the fire out (obv) and the youngest (channing tatum!) had walked right thru our screen door in his eagerness to please. while he was (and was going to be for a long time) the subject of unlimited colleague abuse, i will never forget that picture.
to this day, i blink back bleary drunken tears whenever i read about firemen.
Is it just me, or might it have been a reasonable option to turn on the man&#039;s fucking cable and electric? I mean, given the choice &quot;turn on the cable TV or somebody dies&quot;, who the fuck chooses the latter?
I am going to physically reach thru the internet and strangle the first person who says this wouldn&#039;t have happened if the firemen were armed.
And where is Suwanee, GA? It&#039;s an Atlanta exurb, natch, like its neighbor <a href="http:\/\/wonkette.com\/507877\/academic-freedom-in-peril-patriot-teacher-reprimanded-for-innocent-how-is-obama-just-like-stalin-homework" target="_blank">Marietta</a>. The traffic makes them crazee.
&quot;Goin out for a pack a smokes, hon.&quot; &quot;Better stop at the BP&mdash;I only left a quarter of a tank in the Escalade.&quot;
that&#039;s what makes meth labs so fun to deal with when they go up in flames, as they are wont to do. Between the dangerous chemicals and the inevitable arsenal they can make a fire fighter&#039;s job a real adventure
so is that picture part of the homersexual agenda? It&#039;s gonna give Kokoski the vapors something fierce...
If your meat is getting minced, you might want to consider investing in some lube
No doubt the hostage taker is a liberal. Like all of the recent mass shooters, except that Muslim guy in the army.