Roxy
Starter
The coach had almost put together the perfect team for the Detroit
Lions.
> >
> > The only thing missing was a good quarterback. He'd 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...
> > KAH-BOOM!!
> >
> > He threw another hand-grenade 75-yards away, right into a chimney...
KAH-
> > BLOOEY!!
> >
> > Then he threw another one at a passing-car doing 90mph... 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, then the coach asks him what he wants.
> >
> > All that the young man wants is to call his mother.
> >
> > "Mom!" he screams into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!"
> >
> > "I don't want to talk to you", the old Muslim woman says, "You are NOT
my
> > son!"
> >
> > "I don't think you understand, Mother", the young man pleads. "I've 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 sharply 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 the house so she doesn't get raped!"
> >
> > The old woman pauses, then tearfully says, "I will never, ever forgive
you
> > for making us move to Detroit!"
Lions.
> >
> > The only thing missing was a good quarterback. He'd 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...
> > KAH-BOOM!!
> >
> > He threw another hand-grenade 75-yards away, right into a chimney...
KAH-
> > BLOOEY!!
> >
> > Then he threw another one at a passing-car doing 90mph... 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, then the coach asks him what he wants.
> >
> > All that the young man wants is to call his mother.
> >
> > "Mom!" he screams into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!"
> >
> > "I don't want to talk to you", the old Muslim woman says, "You are NOT
my
> > son!"
> >
> > "I don't think you understand, Mother", the young man pleads. "I've 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 sharply 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 the house so she doesn't get raped!"
> >
> > The old woman pauses, then tearfully says, "I will never, ever forgive
you
> > for making us move to Detroit!"
