Chuckle 956

Chuckle 956
(Today's chuckle thanks go to Bev L of Florence OR.)

The Iraqi Hockey Player
(Plus: Today in History, Word for the Day and 6 Differences)

Toronto coach Pat Quinn sends scouts out around the world looking for a new centre to hopefully help win the Stanley Cup for Toronto. One of his scouts informs him of a young Iraqi centre who he thinks will turn out to be a true superstar. So, Pat flies to Iraq to watch him play, and is suitably impressed. He arranges for him to come over to Canada to play in the NHL for The Toronto Maple Leafs.

Two weeks later, Toronto is down 4-0 at home against Montreal, with only 8 minutes left. Pat gives the young Iraqi centre the nod to go on. The lad is a sensation, scores 5 goals in 8 minutes and wins the game for Toronto. The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are delighted, and the media love the new star.

When he comes off the ice, he phones his Mom to tell her about his first day in the NHL. "Hi Mom, guess what?" he says. "I played for 8 minutes today; we were down 4-0, but I scored 5 goals and we won. Everybody loves me: the fans, the players and the media, they all love me." "Great," says his mother, "let me tell you about my day. Your father got shot in the street, your sister and I were raped and beaten, and your brother has joined a gang of looters, while you were having a great time."

The young lad is very upset. "What can I say, Mom; I'm so sorry." "Sorry!" says mother, "It's your fault that we moved to Toronto in the first place!" ***



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Word of the Day for Friday February 17, 2006

imbue \im-BYOO\, transitive verb:1. To tinge or dye deeply; to cause to absorb thoroughly; as, "clothes thoroughly imbued with black."2. To instill profoundly; to cause to become impressed or penetrated.

Beauty is equal parts flesh and imagination: we imbue it with our dreams, saturate it with our longings.-- Nancy Etcoff, Survival of the Prettiest

Along with the rest of us he would certainly applaud attempts to imbue the young with the spirit of fair play.-- John Bryant, "Football should heed the Corinthian spirit," Times (London), February 17, 2000
He wanted to remake American cinema into a positive force for good, to imbue it with a transcendent sense of virtue and order.-- Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood
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Find the 6 Differences, answers below.