# Firemen. Hot, sweaty, grimy firemen. Yummmm. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254 "2004-09-13T14:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/1 "2004-09-13T14:43:35Z")
So there was a fire at our apartment building yesterday. In the unit next to ours! I was out with the babies at the time & they were sleeping when I drove past on the highway, just killing time, and saw the trucks. Several trucks. Big trucks with lights and the whole shebang! I didn’t think anyone was even living in that apartment, I’ve never seen anyone or heard anything, but there was some furniture in there. Evidently the fire didn’t get too big before they put it out, just stunk up the place a bit, still smells like a campfire out in the hallway this a.m. No, the important part of this story is the firemen. Hubby was out of town so I was free to ogle behind my sunglasses. Stood around waiting with the neighbors, the twins in the double stroller in front of me, watching big, sweaty, strong firemen putting away their gear. Mmmmm! Then one of them escorted me back to our apartment, just to make sure we were OK. Oh, hon! 6’3’’, and cute as all get out, just a touch of grime. By some miracle I’d actually managed to get a shower yesterday & wasn’t dressed like a bag lady for once. I think he flirted with me. Our place was just a bit smoky - I told him we’d smoked it up worse last Thanksgiving when we burned the turkey! Yep yep yep yep, nothing like firemen. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/2 "2004-09-13T17:31:39Z")
And you didn’t take any pics for us? You wanted to save the big, hot, sweaty fireman for yourself? How incredibly selfish! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/3 "2004-09-13T19:11:02Z")
So why is it that if the husband were at home, and the wife was away, and said husband went on and on about some hottie he met and flirted with, everyone would, at best, say “while the cat’s away…”, or somesuch, or at worst call him a sneaking cad? At an office where I used to work, firemen would occasionally come in to do inspections, and it was amazing how all the women oohed and ahhed. Again, if the situation were reversed, the men would be reprimanded, or worse, for “creating a sexually hostile work environment”. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/4 "2004-09-13T22:13:10Z")
Airline pilots are pretty hot, too. Some policemen. Most UPS drivers. My physician (whooo doggies!). ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/5 "2004-09-13T22:17:14Z")
Fire studs. Oh, my. _fans self_ They’re always in the grocery store on Sunday, right before the football game. Guess when I do my shopping? 😃 And, I agree with **monica**. Terribly selfish of you not to get pics. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/6 "2004-09-13T22:46:39Z")
As a public service, should any of you cute Doper ladies find yourselves in PA, send me an email, and we can arrange some fireman hot, sweaty, grimy, goodness. :o :Fireman’s Helmet Smiley: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/7 "2004-09-13T23:47:51Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > So why is it that if the husband were at home, and the wife was away, and said husband went on and on about some hottie he met and flirted with, everyone would, at best, say “while the cat’s away…”, or somesuch, or at worst call him a sneaking cad? > > At an office where I used to work, firemen would occasionally come in to do inspections, and it was amazing how all the women oohed and ahhed. Again, if the situation were reversed, the men would be reprimanded, or worse, for “creating a sexually hostile work environment”. Payback for the whole single man is a “bachelor”, but a single woman is an old “maid” thing. Also man who sleeps around is a “stud”, woman who sleeps around is a “slut”. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/8 "2004-09-14T00:18:39Z")
The laws of fireman hotness dictate that next time, you will get firemen that are short, little, and weak, or in some way unattractive. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/9 "2004-09-14T00:20:53Z")
We had to evacuate my work building once, then 2 fire engines arrived. I was planning on swooning and needing help from the firemen, when I got a look at them. They were all over the place, short, tall, skinny, fat - not at all what I had in mind. Northern Sydney fire victims beware! ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/10 "2004-09-14T02:41:42Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > As a public service, should any of you cute Doper ladies find yourselves in PA, send me an email, and we can arrange some fireman hot, sweaty, grimy, goodness. :o > > :Fireman’s Helmet Smiley: 😃 Wow. How obscene. And yet in a funny way. And the :o makes it even funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/11 "2004-09-14T02:55:01Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > As a public service, should any of you cute Doper ladies find yourselves in PA, send me an email, and we can arrange some fireman hot, sweaty, grimy, goodness. :o > > :Fireman’s Helmet Smiley: 😃 Heh. I’d be happy to, as I do plan another trip to PA fairly soon. OTOH, **if6was9** may not appreciate that too much. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/12 "2004-09-14T04:43:43Z")
Excuse me, but garsh I could swear I smell smoke. (Who’s with me?) And you know what they say, Where there’s smoke… There’s fire. Where there’s fire… There’s firemen, y’know, eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/13 "2004-09-14T05:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > So why is it that if the husband were at home, and the wife was away, and said husband went on and on about some hottie he met and flirted with, everyone would, at best, say “while the cat’s away…”, or somesuch, or at worst call him a sneaking cad? Actually I can think of several threads where a male poster talked about some situation where he was checking out a good-looking woman and there was no resulting disapproval. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/14 "2004-09-14T05:29:46Z")
Resident Fireman checking in. Just so you know, if you’re lookin’ at us, you can bet we’re lookin’ back. That stern, intense, often piercing gaze we’ve affixed to our sweaty mugs is a long practiced tradition that makes us look as if we’re deep in concentration about the job, when we’re really checkin out the goodies. You ladies can (probably) rest assured that you’ve likely been the topic of the engine or truck crews’ conversation on the way back to the shop. I should go now, I’ve already said too much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/15 "2004-09-14T06:00:27Z")
Soon after 9-11, several representatives from the local fire station were scheduled to come by my work building to have a discussion about…heck, I can’t remember, fire safety? Anyhow, a huge crowd of women showed up. It’s particularly funny because I work for a software company which has to be at least 80% male. I remember the fire men were very very cute. _gratuitous UHF reference_ Who wants to drink out of the fire hose? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/16 "2004-09-14T06:08:23Z")
Dammit **buttonjockey308** , don’t tell our secrets! Next thing you know, the girls won’t buy the “It’s just for practice” when we’re doing knot tying at home. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/17 "2004-09-14T06:09:13Z")
> [@lel](#): > > The laws of fireman hotness dictate that next time, you will get firemen that are short, little, and weak, or in some way unattractive. 😛 IMPOSSIBLE! All firemen are tall, hansome and flirty, (in that innocent, “aww, shucks, Ma’m” sorta way) I married one. Of course, I’m not counting the girl ones. They’re the ones with the all b’idness scowls, putting everything away, while the boys work on community relations. 😃😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/18 "2004-09-14T06:18:20Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Dammit **buttonjockey308** , don’t tell our secrets! > > Next thing you know, the girls won’t buy the “It’s just for practice” when we’re doing knot tying at home. 😉 My brain has officially exploded. Hot firemen, knots…if anyone needs me, I’ll be sitting on the floor with a vague smile on my face. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/19 "2004-09-14T07:12:36Z")
At our recent mid-winter corporate function, the caterers’ equipment set off the smoke detectors in the venue, a museum in Sydney. We all left the building and about five minutes later two NSWFB engines turned up. When the “scare” was over, all of the women stayed outside on the footpath (in the chilly night air) ogling the firemen. Meanwhile, we men had far more important priorities. We raced back inside and scoffed down all of the food! ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254/20 "2004-09-14T09:42:34Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > My brain has officially exploded. Hot firemen, knots…if anyone needs me, I’ll be sitting on the floor with a vague smile on my face. Omg… _busts out laughing_ 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firemen-hot-sweaty-grimy-firemen-yummmm/264254.md?page=2)