Rocky road to Padua (Minn.)

Another “America, goniff” story from Saint Patrick’s Day—this time a celebration in Padua, Minn.

Seems they were setting up the town parade (and, let me just say—only in America will there be an Irish parade in an Italian-named town), and a pick-up truck caught fire.

So far, a dog-bites-man story, yes?

But when the time came to put out the conflagration the responding fire squad was helped out by a few local volunteer firefighters who’d been part of the parade. In drag:

Seriously—where else on the planet would the confluence of Irish-Italian-firefighting-hunks-in-evening-gowns-manning-(er)-fire-hoses happen?