Funny Joke
Where it fails is that Mick was Richmond player once
but still funny nonethe less
> Mick Malthouse goes to the Hall of Fame Dinner at Richmond and starts
> chatting with Danny Frawley.
> Danny says to Mick, "Well Mick, I don't know what you think of your
> players at Collingwood, but mine here are all bright and brilliant."
>
> "How do you know?" asks Mick.
>
> "Oh well, its simple", says Danny. "We now put them through a special
> intelligence test before they can play here. Just pick one of my
> players and we will see how well he does."
>
> Mick thinks for a while and then nominates Matthew Richardson. Danny
> calls him over and asks him, "Tell me Matty, who is the child of your
> father and of your mother who is not your brother and is not your sister?"
> Ah, that's simple Spud," says Richardson, "its me".
>
> "Well done Matty", says Dannys, and Mick is very impressed.
>
> Mick returns to Collingwood and wonders about the intelligence of the
> team. He calls in Buckley and asks, "Nathan, tell me, who is the
> child of your father and of your mother who is not your brother and
> is not your sister?"
>
> Nathan thinks and thinks and doesn't know the answer. "Can I think
> about it a bit more Mick, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow?"
> "Of course," says Mick, "you've got 24 hours. But it is very important
> that you come up with the answer".
> Nathan goes away, thinks as hard as he can, and then he calls in his
> teammates.
> Rocca thought it might be his grandpa but wasn't sure.
> Tarrant was certain that it couldn't be anyone.
> McKee admitted he was sacked from Richmond for not knowing.
> Cloke also owned up to failing the test while trying to get a position at
> Punt Rd.
> Prestigiacomo thought it would be an uncle in Italy who had been adopted
> as a child.
> The rest of the team couldn't answer the quiz.
> Licuria went into the foetal position and began to cry.
>
> 20 hours later, Nathan is very worried that he still has no answer
> with only 4 hours to go. Eventually Nathan says "I know, I'll ring
> James Hird. He's clever, he'll know the answer."
>
> He calls James. "James," he says, "tell me, who is the child of your
> father and of your mother who is not your brother and is not your sister?"
> "Very simple," says James, "it's me!"
> "Of course!" says Nathan and rings Mick.
> "Mick," says Nathan, "I've got the answer, it's James Hird".
> "No, you idiot," says Mick. "It's Matthew Richardson".
