Three Wise Firefighters

[gary mccormick]

Ron, your story may be "cute" to some, but to me it was blatantly offensive.
It's difficult enough to put up with the stereotypical images that Hollywood
produces about southerners, without having to encounter the same thing on
this list.





At 01:11 AM 12/10/96 -0800, you wrote:
>List,
>	Sorry this is not related to pianos but it's really cute.
>
>Ron
>
>
>The Three Wise Firefighters
>
>In a small southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed
>great skill and talent had gone into creating it.
>
>One small feature bothered me.
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>The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets.
>
>Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
>
>At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the
>counter about the helmets.
>
>She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You darn Yankees never do
>read the Bible!"
>
>I assured her that I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about
>firemen in the Bible.
>
>She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some
>pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in
>my face she said "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came
>from afar.'"
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