A RAIDERS QUARTERBACK STORY .........
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Oakland Raiders. The only thing that was missing was a good Quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges, and even the high schools, but he couldn't find a ringer quarterback who could ensure a Super Bowl win.
Then one night, while watching CNN, he saw a war-zone scene in Bosnia. In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Bosnian soldier with a truly incredible arm.
The coach watched in amazement as the brave soldier threw a hand grenade straight into a 15th story window over a 100 yards away. Ka-boom! Then the soldier threw another hand grenade into a group of ten soldiers a block and a half away, ka-blooey! As an enemy car passed by going 75 mph, a quick toss down the street from the strong armed soldier, 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 Raiders go on to win the Super Bowl. The young Bosnian is hailed as the Great Hero of football.
When the coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants to do 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 woman says. "You deserted us - you are not my son."
"I don't think you understand, Mother!" the young man pleads. "I just 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 to within an inch of their lives last week, and this week your sister was raped in broad daylight . . ."
The old lady pauses, and then tearfully says, " . . . I'll never forgive you for making us move to Oakland!" |
