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 for
the first time in their history. 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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Scott MacLean
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