Okay...the thread was closed because I, khandu, King of All Mississippi, demanded that it be closed! "Why?" you ask, incredulously...

Two reasons...damned good reasons!

One...John O'Lennaine posted to the thread. That in itself is reason enough to shut the whole board down. Shut it down before it self destructs! He has that effect. I have seen it and I shall endeavor to shut down every thread upon which he posts his "kill the thread" messages.

Two...(Which is really the number one reason though it is number two) The first rule of fire truck threads has ever been, is now, and shall ever be "They must include the "Firetruck" stanza from Leon Albo's "The Spelling Song".

The original copy-cat Fire Truck thread, which was shut down, did not abide by the rule. It did not have the stanza included.

Now, in order to meet the requirements, which is really unnecessary since this thread will soon die anyway since John O'Lennaine has posted to it, I shall now include the necessary stanza.

"What starts with an "F" and ends with a "U-C-K"?
"What starts with an "F" and ends with a "U-C-K"?
"When your house starts burning down
You'd better hope it comes around"
"What starts with an "F" and ends with a "U-C-K"?
"FIRETRUCK"

khandu