FileTitle: Joke1176.html
Category: Humor
Type: Joke
Description: Drop the Baby, I'll Catch It
A man is walking down the street in London when he hears a woman
screaming and detects a faint smell of burning in the air. He
runs down the street and around a corner and sees a huge group
of people standing watching a blazing building. On the tenth
floor of the building a woman, clutching a bundle to her chest,
is leaning out of a window screaming for someone to save her
baby.

The man steps forward and calls up to the woman, "Throw down
your baby and I'll catch it!"

"No! No!" the woman shouts back. "You might miss or drop my baby
and she'll be killed!"

"No I won't!" shouts the man. "I am David Seaman. I was the
goalkeeper for England in Euro 96 and I didn't miss a match all
through the tournament. In all that time I only let the ball
into my net a few times."

"What? Hardly ever?" calls the woman.

"Yes!" shouts back the man. "Every football player in the land agrees
that I was the best keeper in the competition and I'm now worth
over 3 million pounds ".

And with that he adopts the classic goalkeepers stance - legs
apart and slightly bent at the knees, body slightly bent forward
at the waist and with his arms stretched downwards at a slight
angle away from his body, with palms facing forward.

"OK!" screams the woman. "I'll trust you. I've no choice! Here she comes!"

So, with the flames roaring all around her, the woman throws the baby
from the window. However, the edge of the baby's shawl catches on the
woman's watch with the result that the child goes spinning off
to one side, tumbling head over heels and with her little arms
and legs flailing.
The woman screams and the crowd gasps, all sure that the baby will
perish because she will fall out of reach of the man.

The man remains motionless as the child descends, spinning and
tumbling further and further away from him as she comes. Then
when the baby is only feet from hitting the ground the man dives
a full 30 feet across the pavement, catches the baby in his
outstretched right hand, pulls her in towards his chest and
shields her body with his left hand and arm. He hits the ground
heavily on his right side and lies motionless on the pavement
for a few seconds. Then, slowly, he raises himself to his feet
and turns to face the crowd and everyone sees that the child is
alive.

The crowd is awe-struck. Then the crowd erupts with cheers and the
woman,still in danger herself, nearly faints with relief. The
man, still clutching the child to his chest in his right arm,
waves to the crowd of onlookers to acknowledge their appreciation.

Then, slowly and gracefully, he turns away from them, bounces the
baby twice on the ground, and kicks her 60 yards down the
road.....