A fireman came home from a long shift one day and proudly told his wife, “We have a flawless, highly disciplined system down at the fire station. When the bell rings once, we put on our heavy jackets. Two rings, we slide down the pole. Three rings, we’re on the trucks and ready for action. From now on, we’re going to run our bedroom the exact same way. When I yell ‘Bell one,’ I want you to strip completely naked. When I yell ‘Bell two,’ I want you to jump into bed. And when I yell ‘Bell three,’ we are going to make passionate love.”
The very next evening, the fireman marched into the house and boomed, “Bell one!”
His wife immediately stripped off all her clothes.
“Bell two!” he shouted.
She leaped under the sheets.
“Bell three!” he roared, diving into bed to begin the passionate drill.
However, after barely two minutes of underwhelming action, his wife suddenly yelled at the top of her lungs, “Bell four! Bell four!”
The husband stopped, thoroughly confused and out of breath. “Wait a minute… what on earth is Bell four?”
His wife glared at him and replied:
“Deploy more hose, honey! Because you are nowhere near the fire!”
