Brian Cowan

patmac

Brian Cowan 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 Mr. Cowan 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'. A
little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who
lives on a farm, is playing in the field & a tractor
runs over him and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy' No, said Brian -
that would be an accident.' A little girl raised her hand:
'If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over
a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a
tragedy' I'm afraid not, explained Brian -
that's what we would call great loss The room
went silent. No other children volunteered. Brian searched
the room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give
me an example of a tragedy?' Finally, at the
back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand...
In a quiet voice he said: 'If A plane carrying you and
Mr. Lenihan was struck by a 'friendly fire'
missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a
tragedy.' 'Fantastic!' exclaimed Brian.
'That's right. And can you tell me why that
would be tragedy?' 'Well,' says little
Johnny 'it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be
a f*cking accident either!'

Plug

very good but true:D

Andy Dufresne

But Brian Cowen would be alrite, who's Brian Cowan- a friend of Mr Lenihan.?