The Afghan Quarterback

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The Afghan Quarterback

The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions.

The only thing that was 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 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 soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade

straight into a 15th story window 100 yards away.

KABOOM!

He threw another hand-grenade 75 yards away, right into a chimney.

KA-BLOOEY!

Then he threw another at a passing car 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.

The young Afghan is hailed as the great hero of football, and when the

coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants 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 are not my

son!"

"I don't think you understand, Mother," the young man pleads. "I've

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

I have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn't get raped!" The

old lady pauses, and then tearfully says,

"I will never forgive you for making us move to Detroit !"