Yesterday was my second fire warden training in three years. I’m happy to do it as the chance of a building fire is pretty darn low and I get a cool orange vest that makes me look like an inmate. The only difference in the training this time was the addition of video from the deadly fire of The Station nightclub in 2003 where 100 people lost their lives including the lead guitarist of Great White.
The video did its job. Between the audio of people screaming and watching the place be consumed by fire in a little over 90 seconds, the mood of the class had gone from slightly amused impatience at having to be there to eerie silence. The firewoman teaching the class had warned us it was harrowing, but no one was really prepared it.
She gave us a few facts about what had happened that night and then asked if we could think of anything that could have been done differently to have stopped this tragedy. After a few seconds of silence, I decided that it was time to ease the mood in the room. I turned to the teacher and said, “They should have hired Mannheim Steamroller instead.”
I am such a saint.
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Listening to: “Night Sight” – Air
Good job! I would have gone with Andy Williams, but great minds, etc.
The crowd skewed young so I had to go with a more modern Andy Williams.
I would have went with Yanni.
Oh god… I just found that video via a link on the Wikipedia page and watching it made me sickto my stomach. Maybe there are some things that are too serious for a joke.
Ah hahahahahahaha. Lord, bringing fun back to tragedy.
Scott: That would have been good, too. You can see why I ad to crack some joke for myself, too. Call it a defense mechanism.
Bossy: As you may well know. Comedy = Tragedy + Time.
everything is funny after 21 years.
Could have been worse though, Phil Specter could have been the manager. :)
Naw, then only the women would have died.
Meow.
I woulda went with Kenny G, but I think it’s funny.
See that’s funny, too. I guess I should qualify the Mannheim Steamroller. Former member of Monkey’s Uncle, Mike Sjerven, had a joke in his stand-up routine about his cousin getting a job as the pyrotechnics engineer for Mannheim Steamroller. That’s why I had Steamroller on the brain.
Class-ic!
Meh, I try.
I’ve never trusted Mannheim Steamroller. I think they’re up to something. What’s the steamroller all about, anyway? If they were the band it would have been a strange noxious gas or something. Trust me on this. Beware the Steamroller!
I hear ya, brother! Run!