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Tragedy

  • 08-11-2005 1:15pm
    #1
    threebeards
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭


    I did a search and this has been posted before but it's nearly 3 years ago so for all that didn't see it before, it's a good'un!! :D


    President Bush was visiting a primary school and he visited one of
    the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words
    and their meanings. The teacher asked the President if he would like to
    lead the discussion on the word "tragedy". So the illustrious leader
    asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".

    One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives
    on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills
    him, that would be a tragedy." "No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."

    A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children
    drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
    "I'm afraid not," explained the president. "That's what we would
    call a great loss."

    The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the
    room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

    Finally at the back of the room a small boy (Lil Johnny) raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One carrying you and Mrs Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."

    Fantastic!" exclaimed Bush. "That's right. And can you tell me why that
    would be tragedy?" "Well," says Lil Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an
    accident either."


Comments

  • #2
    bounty_hunter
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    :v:


  • #3
    Binomate
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    :v:


  • #4
    Prior Of Taize
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    :v: :v:


  • #5
    RotalicaV
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    Posted before..

    :rolleyes:


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    :D

    On the same note, why is television called a Medium?
    Because it's not Rare and it's not Well Done!


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  • #7
    threebeards
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭threebeards


    RotalicaV wrote:
    Posted before..

    :rolleyes:

    Can I refer you to
    threebeards wrote:
    I did a search and this has been posted before but it's nearly 3 years ago so for all that didn't see it before, it's a good'un!!
    :rolleyes:


  • #8
    Pauly26
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Pauly26


    Originally Posted by threebeards
    I did a search and this has been posted before but it's nearly 3 years ago so for all that didn't see it before, it's a good'un!!

    3yrs i don't think so i only posted it a while back


  • #9
    threebeards
    Registered Users Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭threebeards


    Pauly26 wrote:
    3yrs i don't think so i only posted it a while back

    If it's been posted more recently than this I apologise but this is the return I got on the search I did. I'm not interested in getting into an argument about when it was or wasn't posted.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79588&page=2


  • #10
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Good joke. Who cares if its been posted before, searching is down, I think its acceptable to re post something not on the first page or two...


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