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Edited on Thu Feb-26-04 11:24 AM by bif
The Afghani Quarterback
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions. The > only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all > the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn't > find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win. > Then one night while watching CNN he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan. > In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim soldier > with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade straight into a 15th > story window 100 yards away. > KABOOM! > He threw another hand-grenade 75 yards away, right into a chimney. > KA-BLOOEY! > Then he threw another at a passing car going 90 mph > BULLS-EYE! > "I've got to get this guy!" Coach said to himself. "He has the perfect > arm!" > So, he brings him to the States and teaches him the great game of > football. And the Lions go on to win the Super Bowl. The young Afghan is > hailed as the great hero of football, and when the coach asks him what he > wants, all the young man wants is to call his mother. > "Mom," he says into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!" > > "I don't want to talk to you, the old Muslim woman says. "You deserted > us. You are not my son!" > "I don't think you understand, Mother," the young man pleads. "I've won > the greatest sporting event in the world. I'm here among thousands of my > adoring fans." > >"No! Let me tell you!" his mother retorts. "At this very moment, there > are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your > two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I > have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn't get raped!" The old > lady pauses, and then tearfully says, "I will never forgive you for > making us move to Detroit!"
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