Let’s pretend for a moment that you’re an alien that’s landed on this planet. And let’s pretend for a moment that you’re a nice alien and you really want to learn the ways of your new host planet. So you go to a high-school football game, assimilate yourself into their culture.
And the fans tell you about the rules, say the goal of football is to tackle the person who has the ball. And you say “OK, simple enough.” That’s like playing narwog on my home planet of Zorth.
So you’re watching the game and you’re having a grand ole time, you throw down some beers with your new friends.
And then you see this punt return.
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You ask them why nobody tried to tackle the guy? You ask why they’re pretending to play football? And they have no answer for you. They’re dumbfounded. They’ve never seen anything like that.
You calmly thank them for the beers, head outside the stadium, go back to your spaceship. A few hours later you land back on your home planet of Zorth.
“You guys, you guys, get this. They’re playing this game where a guy just runs in circles and everyone stares at him.”
“That doesn’t make any sense.”
“I know.”
“Should we invade their planet and kill everyone?”
“Probably.”
And that, my friends, is how a simple punt return in an Alabama high-school football game led to the invasion of Earth.
ROLL DAMN TIDE!
(Via Busted Coverage)
