Klarinet Archive - Posting 000205.txt from 2005/06

From: "Peter Randell" <bardell@-----.ca>
Subj: [kl] Fw: AFGHAN FOOTBALL HERO
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:29:49 -0400


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> 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 United 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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