the Detroit Lions...eh

[xdbx]

Detroit Lions coach Bobby Ross is looking for a new quarterback. But after scouting all the colleges, he hasn’t found his man. Then one night he sees a news clip of a Bosnian soldier hurling grenades through 15-story windows from 200 yards away. That guy’s got an amazing arm, Ross says to himself. We’ve got to give him a tryout.

So the coach brings him to America, and a year later, with their new Bosnian quarterback, the Lions win their first Super Bowl. After the game the quarterback telephones his mother. “Mom,” he yells, “we won the Super Bowl! I’m famous and rich!”

“I don’t want to talk to you,” his mother says.

“But, Mom,” the star player pleads,“I just won the Super Bowl!”

“I don’t care,” she answers. “At this moment there are gunshots all around. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week.” She pauses, then tearfully says, “I’ll never forgive you for bringing us to Detroit.”

[TalkingHead]

Oi.......

[mxvet57]

[Stripes]

That's a good one, too bad the Lions will always SUCK!!!

[Bodhi]

I always have the annual thanksgiving game between the Lions and some good team on the tv to drown out my aunt Selma's snoring.

[TalkingHead]

The Lions are like death and taxes: they will always suck.

[basco]

Detroit Lions coach Bobby Ross is looking for a new quarterback. But after scouting all the colleges, he hasn’t found his man. Then one night he sees a news clip of a Bosnian soldier hurling grenades through 15-story windows from 200 yards away. That guy’s got an amazing arm, Ross says to himself. We’ve got to give him a tryout.

So the coach brings him to America, and a year later, with their new Bosnian quarterback, the Lions win their first Super Bowl. After the game the quarterback telephones his mother. “Mom,” he yells, “we won the Super Bowl! I’m famous and rich!”

“I don’t want to talk to you,” his mother says.

“But, Mom,” the star player pleads,“I just won the Super Bowl!”

“I don’t care,” she answers. “At this moment there are gunshots all around. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week.” She pauses, then tearfully says, “I’ll never forgive you for bringing us to Detroit.”

Good one. But also it tells you at least how old this joke is. I think we are one the 2nd or 3rd coach since Bobby.

[levine98]

People always wonder why I say I can't stand football or even most professional sports.
 
When I mutter that I was raised in Detroit during the 60s and 70s they reply "Oh, now I understand".

[basco]

People always wonder why I say I can't stand football or even most professional sports.
 
When I mutter that I was raised in Detroit during the 60s and 70s they reply "Oh, now I understand".

Maybe thats my problem