After the
fire-truck arrived at a
burning building in a small Spanish town, the
firemen observed a man
dressed in a matador’s costume prancing around on
the roof. Four of
the firemen held a safety-net and urged him to escape
from the
burning building by jumping into the net. He refused and
loudly
proclaimed, „I’m Fearless Jose the bullfighter who fears nothing,
not even
fire.“
The firemen begged and pleaded but to no avail. Jose kept
prancing
around while repeating the same phrase over and over until
the firemen got
really sick and tired of hearing it. Finally, when
the flames began to
scorch his butt, Jose announced he had changed
his mind, was ready to
jump and then leaped off the rooftop. As his
body hurtled toward the
safety-net, the four firemen shouted,
„Ole!“ and quickly moved it
aside.
