Tough Game

"Cooperation"

At one point during a game, the coach said to one
of his young players, "Do you understand what
cooperation is? What a team is?"

The little boy nodded in the affirmative.

"Do you understand that what matters is whether
we win together as a team?"

The little boy nodded yes.

"So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called,
or you're out at first, you don't argue or curse or
attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?"

Again the little boy nodded.

"Good," said the coach, "now go over there and
explain it to your mother."

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"Tough Game"

It was a particularly tough football game, and nerves were
on edge. The home team had been the victim of three or
four close calls, and they were now trailing the visitors by
a touch-down and a field goal. When the official called yet
another close one in the visitors' favor, the home quarterback
blew his top.

"How many times can you do this to us in a single game?"
he screamed. "You were wrong on the out-of-bounds, you
were wrong on that last first down, and you missed an illegal
tackle in the first quarter."

The official just stared.

The quarterback seethed, but he suppressed the language
that might get him tossed from the game. "What it comes
down to," he bellowed, "is that you STINK!"

The official stared a few more seconds. Then he bent down,
picked up the ball, paced off 15 yards, and put the ball down.
He turned to face the steaming quarterback.

The official finally replied, "And how do I smell from here,
young hothead?"
Received on Wed Oct 13 12:24:15 2004