Clever Mackems

35,000 Mackems meet in the Stadium of Light for a “Mackems Are Not Stupid”  
convention.

Niall Quinn addresses the crowd “We are all here today to prove to the world that Mackems are not stupid. Can I have a volunteer please”… To loud applause Eric Gates gingerly works his way through the crowd and steps up to the stage.

Quinn asks him “What is 15 plus 15?” After 15 or 20 seconds Gatesy says, “Eighteen!”

Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then the Mackems start chanting “Give him another chance! Give him another chance!”

Quinn says “Well since we have a capacity crowd, world-wide press and global broadcast media here, I think we can give him another chance”.

So he asks “What is 5 plus 5?” After nearly 30 seconds Gatesy eventually says, “Ninety?”

Quinn looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh.

Everyone is disheartened and Gatesy starts crying.

But then the 35,000 Mackems begin to yell and wave their hands shouting “GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!”

Quinn, unsure whether he is now doing more harm than good eventually says, “What is 2 plus 2?”

Silence hangs over the stadium.


Gatesy closes his eyes, and after a whole minute eventually says, “Four?”

Pandemonium breaks out throughout the stadium as the Mackem crowd stand to a man, wave their arms, stomp their feet and
scream………………


“GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!”