Football Jokes

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) is a hit film which chronicles the struggles of a young British-Asian teenager Jess. Despite the ambitions of her family Jess doesn't want to end up as a solicitor or doctor. Instead, she wants to emulate her hero, David Beckham, and become a footballer. The film has been a major hit in the UK, and surprisingly, quite a big hit in the USA too. Here we have the perspectives on the film from a female British writer and a male American writer.

Posh and Becks are sitting in front of the television watching the six O'clock news. The main story is a man threatening to jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge on to the busy road below. Posh turns to Becks and says: David, I bet you 5,000 that he jumps!" 

To which Beckham replies "5,000? Done! I bet that he doesn't."