Fire Academy
Fire academies in the U.S. often train in a para-military style. The following is a common cadence heard in the Fire Academy (Originally by the Marines)
- When my grand mama was 91
- She did PT just for fun
- When my grand mama was 92
- She did PT better than you
- When my grand mama was 93
- She did PT better than me
- Hoo-rah grand mama
- Whatcha doin grand mama
- She loves to double time
- She does it all the time
- Left Left Lefty right-o left right
- Left Left keep it in step now
- When my grand mama was 94
- She did PT more and more
- When my grand mama was 95
- She did PT to stay alive
- When my grand mama was 96
- She did PT just for kicks
- Hoo-rah grand mama
- Whatcha doin grand mama
- She loves to double time
- She does it all the time
- Left Left Lefty right-o left right
- Left Left keep it in step now
- When my grand mama was 97
- She up, she died, she went to heaven
- When my grand mama was 98
- She meet St. Peter at the Pearly Gate
- She said "St. Peter, sorry I'm late"
- She went side-straddle hoppin' through the Pearly Gate
- When my grand mama was 99
- She did PT mighty-fine
- She had Ol' J.C. Doublin' Time
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Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or academy:
“When there was no more lantern in the kitchen,
The fire got out through crannies in the stove
And danced in yellow wrigglers on the ceiling,
As much at home as if theyd always danced there.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)