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Bush visits a school

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  • 19-02-2007 5:48pm
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    byrner88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭


    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 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 a tragedy?" "Well," said the boy, "It has to be a tragedy,
    because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be a
    fu*king accident either".


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Brilliant.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    old boy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭old boy


    a golden oldie


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    #4
    Oliverdog
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Oliverdog


    Donald Rumsfeld briefed the President this morning. He told Bush that
    three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq. To everyone's
    amazement, all of the colour ran from Bush's face, then he
    collapsed onto his desk, head in hands, visibly shaken, almost
    whimpering.

    Finally, Bush composed himself and asked Rumsfeld, "Just exactly
    how many is a brazillion?"


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