# My son is a sports mechanic

- Teacher: Ajahn Brahm
- Type: Joke
- URL: https://beingmindfulstories.com/stories/brahm-joke-sports-mechanic
- Themes: humour, corruption, sport
- Life situations: needing a light moment

## Synopsis (editorial summary)

A Russian boasts his son earns millions. Doctor? Lawyer? No — sports mechanic: he fixes soccer games and cricket matches.

## The story, as told by Ajahn Brahm (verbatim captions)

there was a Russian man and he was so uh he was praising and boasting about his son his son had a job which was bring in2 or three million US doar every year a really big salary and his friends asked what do you do is he a doctor is he a lawyer no said the Russian he is a sports mechanic and sports mechanic I've never heard of that before what does a sports mechanic do well he fixes soccer games he fixes cricket matches he's a sports mechanic I thought was a nice little joke

## Teaching point

A bad joke can still name a real corruption.

## Reflection (in the spirit of Ajahn Brahm's talk)

A proud father says his son earns millions as a sports mechanic: he fixes matches. Ajahn Brahm adds that his jokes aren't endorsed by the Buddhist Society. Then he turns serious. Our thinking is shaped by education and culture. Don't believe everything you're told, or even everything you think.

## Source

- [The Wisdom Borne of Silence | Ajahn Brahm | 1 Jan 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTiC0iDg-wk) (Buddhist Society of Western Australia) — watch from 53:59 to 54:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTiC0iDg-wk&t=3239s