Hockey Mom: But ref, there's no way that's a goal that he made. Remember that spitball that in second grade Caromed off the teacher's nose? This little bird Was close with the thrower, or that's what I heard.
Referee: The puck's in the net, and when that's where it lands, The only call possible's "Johnny's goal stands."
Hockey Mom: They rode the same school bus, he and that thug. So don't get misled by this kid's pretty mug. The puck's in the net--at least somewhere near it? It still wouldn't count. He's got no school spirit.
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