Football in Detroit ( from a man living North of Detroit)
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions.
The only thing he 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 TV screen he noticed a Bosnian soldier with a truly
incredible arm. He threw a hand grenade straight into a 15th story
window 200 yards away, ka-boom! He threw another hand grenade into a group of 10
soldiers 100 yards away, ka-blooey! Then a car passed, 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 history. The young Bosnian is hailed as the Great Hero of
football,and when 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 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 Detroit."
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