The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions.
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 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 Lions
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."
"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 assaulted!"
The old lady pauses, then tearfully says, "I will never
forgive you for making us move to Detroit!"