Why we failed ...

Junior

Dunno if this was posted before...

Eddie O'Sullivan asked Graham Henry after Ireland failed to get into the Quarters... "Graham, What's the secret in selecting a great team?".

Pretty simple, replied Graham "I picked my players for their intelligence and asked them just one question". "That simple?" said Eddie, "Yep", replied Graham, "pick one of my squad and see how he does". Eddie thinks for a while then nominates Dan Carter. Graham calls him over & asks him, "Who is the child of your Father & of your Mother who is not your Brother & is not your Sister?" "Ah simple, Graham", says Dan, "it's me". "Well done Dan", says Graham, & Eddie is very impressed.

Eddie returns to the Hotel & wonders about the intelligence of his team. He calls in Brian O'Driscoll and says to asks him "Who is the child of your Father & of your Mother who is not your Brother & is not your Sister?" Brian thinks & thinks & doesn't know the answer. "Can I think about it a bit more Eddie & I'll give you an answer tomorrow?".

"Of course", says Eddie, "you've got 24 hours. But it is very important that you come up with the answer". Brian goes away, thinks as hard as he can, & then he calls in his team mates. Paul O'Connell thought it might be his Grandpa but wasn't sure. Darcy was certain that it couldn't be anyone. Peter Stringer refused to answer in case he was sacked for not knowing. Isaac Boss owned up to having already failed the test and that's why he had to come to play for Ireland.

Andrew Trimble thought it would be an Uncle in England who had been adopted as a child. Ronan O'Gara went into the fetal position.The rest of the team wouldn't even hazard a guess.

20 hours later, Brian is very worried that he still has no answer with only 4 hours to go. Eventually, Brian thinks: I know, I'll ring Keith Woods; he's bloody smart, and will surely know the answer. He phones Keith. "Keith, tell me, who is the child of your Father & of your Mother who is not your Brother & is not your Sister?

Very simple says Keith, "it's me".

Of course, says Brian and rings Eddie. "Eddie", I've got the answer:"it's Keith Woods"."No, you idiot", says Eddie. "It's Dan Carter."

jtsuited

man that's a good one!!!