this was an enmail i happened to get today, figured i'd pass it long!
THE OAKLAND RAIDERS
> Submitted by N LEE WOOD
>
> The coach had put together the perfect team for the Oakland Raiders.
The
> only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He has scouted
all
> the colleges and even the Canadian and the 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
window
> 80 yards away.
>
> BLAM!
>
> 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 the States and teaches him the great game of
> football...and the Raiders 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 Muslim woman says. "You
deserted
> us. 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 won't get raped!" The
old
> lady pauses, and then tearfully says, "I will never forgive you for
> making us move to Oakland!"