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Tragedy

  • 21-10-2005 8:03am
    #1
    Pauly26
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭


    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."


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