A joke for you:)

The Vancouver Canucks foreign scout flies to Baghdad to watch a young

Iraqi play hockey in the new American sponsored league, and is suitably

impressed and arranges for him to come over to Canada.

Dave Nonis signs him to a one year contract and the kid joins the team

for the preseason.


Two weeks later the Canucks are down 4-0 to the Blackhawks with only 10

minutes left. Alain Vigneault gives the young Iraqi the nod and he goes in.

The kid is a sensation - scores 5 goals in 10 minutes and wins the game

for the Canucks! The fans are delighted, the players and coaches are

delighted, and the media love the new star..


When the player comes off the ice he phones his mom to tell her about

his first day of NHL hockey. "Hello mom, guess what?" he says in an Iraqi

accent. "I played for 10 minutes toda y, we were 4-0 down, but I scored

5 goals 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, raped

and beaten, and your brother has joined a gang of looters, and all while you

were having such great time."


The young Iraqi is very upset. "What can I say mom, but I'm so sorry."

"Sorry? You're Sorry?" says his mom, "It's your fault we moved to Surrey*

in the first place!"

Note*: Surrey is a city near Vancouver and a significant amount of East Indians live there.:)