Dave Schwartz
02-06-2004, 07:02 PM
Doesn't matter who is president, this is pretty funny. Feel free to change the names if you wish.
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The next day after giving his State of the Union speech to the Nation, President George W Bush visited a primary school and he visits one of the classes.
They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The teacher asks President Bush if he would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.
"No," says the President, " that would be an accident."
A little girl raises 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," explains the President "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. The President
searches 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 raises his hand. In a
quiet voice he says: "If a jet carrying the President of the United
States were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims the President, "That's right And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great
loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."
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The next day after giving his State of the Union speech to the Nation, President George W Bush visited a primary school and he visits one of the classes.
They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The teacher asks President Bush if he would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."
One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.
"No," says the President, " that would be an accident."
A little girl raises 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," explains the President "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. The President
searches 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 raises his hand. In a
quiet voice he says: "If a jet carrying the President of the United
States were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims the President, "That's right And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great
loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."