Fire Fightering

Dave: Oh man.

Dave: Man.

Dave: I'm gonig through a bunch of files from an ancient computer. STuff I saved for various reasons.

Dave: I found a term paper someone wrote on my computer my first year of college. This would be 1992. Yes, I'm old.

Dave: This is not my paper, nor does it belong to anybody I know. In fact, as I recall, some random kid came up to me and asked if he could use my computer to type his paper.

Dave: The paper appears to be about fire fighters.

Dave: Except it is titled "Fire Fightering"

Goosey: LOL

Dave: Yes. This was a freshman in college who wrote this.

Goosey: I weep.

Dave: And, very likely, turned in.

goldfishy: Does he sum up with "And in conclusion, I would like to be a fire fighterer when I grow up."?

Goosey: hehehehe

Dave: I don't dare read it.

Dave: Hang on. I'll skim it.

Dave: Oh.

Dave: Dear.

Dave: This is really odd.

Dave: Here's the first paragraph. "Fire fighters have the responsibility of protecting life and property from the hazards of fire. This protection is offered by fighting fires to prevent property damage, by saving lives through rescue from fire, through safety inspections, and safety education to prevent fires. Fire fighters assist in other types of emergencies and disasters in community life. This paper is about a full time career in fire fightering."

Dave: (any types were probably introduced by me, I just quickly transcribed it.)

Dave: (You know, EXCEPT FOR FIRE FIGHTERING)

Goosey: LOL!!

Leen: LOL

Dave: Fire fighterers divide the labor. For instance, a fire fighterer knows before he gets to the fire whether or not his duty is to raise ladders or connect HOES to water hydrants.

Goosey: LOL WHAT

Dave: That's what it says. Hoes.

Sentynel: That's harsh.

ThePhan: LOL

ThePhan: That would probably be important to know before you got to the fire.

ThePhan: Don't want to get there and run around connecting hoes to water hydrants only to find out you weren't supposed to.

goldfishy: Is this some sort of obscure American law? Hoes shall be connected to water hydrants - that'll show 'em

goldfishy: In which case I would have expected it to be a police duty - not a fire fightererer's duty

Dave: Oddly, he spelled hose right later on. When he says some fire fighterers are known by their job duties. Such as HOSE HANDLERS.

iwpg: If a fire hydrant is for supplying water to extinguish a fire, does that mean a water hydrant is for supplying fire to extinguish water?

Dave: HAHAHAHAHA

Dave: This is how the paper ends: "It is very wise for the fire fighter to work near the station, because he will never know when he might be called on duty. This interested me, because I have a bad habit of playing with fire."

Goosey: LOL