This was sent to me today and I thought I would share with my Motor City SkyBox buds.... :lol: A Detroit Tigers scout flies to Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi play baseball and is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to the states to pitch for the Tigers.. Two weeks later the Tigers are in a close game with the Indians. The manager gives the young Iraqi reliever the nod and in he goes. The kid is a sensation, he strikes out everyone he faces for the rest of the game and wins it for the Tigers! The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted and the media loves the new star. When the player comes off the field he phones his mom to tell her about his first day in the Majors. "Hello mum, guess what?" he says in an Iraqi accent. "I played for three innings today, I was called from the bullpen with the bases loaded but I struck out everyone I faced , and we won. Everybody loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me." "Wonderful," says his mom, "Let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in the street and robbed, your sister and I were ambushed, gang raped and beaten and your brother has joined a gang of looters, and all the while you were having such a great time." The young lad is very upset. "What can I say, Mum, but that I am sorry". "Sorry! You should be sorry. It's your fault that we all moved here to Detroit in the first place."
Good one, but I'm not sure Gip would agree. Heck, there are several large cities whose names could be inserted in the joke.
Just like those "Insert your team name here" jokes. ... and in the first few lines, I thought there may be hope for one Iraqi youth. :wink: Even more far fetched was the fact that I was believing that there may even be hope for the Tigers! :shock: :shock: :shock: Thanks for the chuckle.
In all honesty, I think that this is the funniest Detroit joke of the day http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/NEWS05/801240414&theme=KILPATRICK012008
Pretty funny there George... :lol: Have to admit there are times when being in Detroit feels perilous. Other times....not so. I was downtown today at the 2008 NAIAS ( auto show ) meeting with a German client who specializes in international logistics for BMW and Rolls Royce and we were at a coffee shop nearby Cobo Hall. The experience felt like a vibrant thing to me.....(maybe it was her flaming unnaturally red hair or something) but in any event I rode the People Mover above ground monorail over from Greektown as I usually do going to Cobo and I have to say that at times like that....Detroit actually makes it as a city. 8) But then again...you had to be there.... :wink:
Well the way I figure it Bill, even though there is a mountain of evidence that the mayor committed perjury, he'll walk because, according to some people, lying under oath about sex is not perjury. a. everybody does it and b. he was just trying to protect his family. Actually, he and his girlfriend cost a bankrupt city a 9 million dollar judgement. Buy hey, it was "just sex." No harm, no foul.
I'm glad you can be so philosophical about it gipper. :evil: :evil: I'll bet he gets reelected though.