A primary teacher starts a new job at a school on Merseyside and, trying
 to make a good impression on her first day, explains to her class that she
 is a Liverpool fan.
 She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Liverpool
 fans.  Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl. The
 teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says: "Mary, why didn't you
 raise your hand?"  "Because I'm not a Liverpool fan," she replied.  The
 teacher, still shocked, asked:  "Well, if you're not a Liverpool fan, then
 who are you a fan of?"

 "I'm a Manchester City fan, and proud of it," Mary replied.
 The teacher could not believe her ears.  "Mary, why, pray tell, are you a
 City fan?"
 "Because my mum and dad are from Manchester, and my mum is a  City fan and
 my dad is a City fan, so I'm a City fan too!"

 "Well," said the teacher, in a obviously annoyed tone, "that's no  reason
 for you to be a City fan. You don't have to be just like your parents all
 of the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and  your dad was a drug
 addict and car thief, what would you be then?"
 "Then," Mary smiled, "I'd be a Liverpool fan."

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