Football Fans
A primary teacher starts a new job at a school on Mersyside and,
trying to make a good impression on her first day, explains to her
class that she is a Liverpool fan. She asks her students to raise
their hands if they, too, are Liverpool fans. Everyone in the class
raises their hand expect one little girl.
The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says: "Mary, why
didn't you raise your hand?"
"Because I'm not a Liverpool fan," she replied.
The teacher, still shocked, asked: "Well if your not a Liverpool
fan, then who are you a fan of?"
"I'm a Manchester City fan, and proud of it," Mary replied.
The teacher could not believe her ears.
"Mary, why, pray tell, are you a City fan?"
"Because my mum and dad are from Manchester, and my mum is a
City fan and my dad is a City fan, so I'm a City fan too!"
"Well," said the teacher, in a obviously annoyed tone, "that's
no reason for you to be a City fan. You don't have to be just like
your parents all the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and
you dad was a drug dealer and car thief, what what you be
then?"
"Then," Mary smiled, "I'd be a Liverpool fan."