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The coach had put together the perfect team for the
New Orleans Saints.
The only thing 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 victory.
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 window from 80 yards away. Then he threw another
from 50 yards down a chimney, and then hit a passing car
going 80 miles per hour. I've got to get this guy!"
coach said to himself. "He has the perfect arm!"
So, he brings the young Afghan to the States and
teaches him the great game of football ....... and
sure enough the Saints
go on to win the Super Bowl.
The young Afghan is hailed as a hero of football,
and when the coach asks him what he wants, all the
young man wants to do is 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.
"Mother, I don't think you understand," pleads the
son, "I've just won the greatest sporting event in
the world!"
"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 then tearfully says, " I
will
never forgive you for making us move to New Orleans!
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