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Sunday, May 21, 2006

GOOD ONE KEV

Prtesident George W.Bush is visiting an elementary school and he visits one fo the classes.
They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in 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 next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over that would be a tragedy".
NO' Says Mr Bush, 'that would be an ACCIDENT'
A little girl raises her hand:'If a school bus carrying 50 school children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved that would be a tragedy'.
I'm afraid not,' explains Mr President. 'That's what we would call a GREAT Loss'.
The room goes silent. No other chidren volunteer. President Bush searches the room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?'.
Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says,'If Air Force One, carrying Mr Bush, were struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens by a terrorist like Osama bin Laden, that would be a tragedy.'
'Fantastic,' exclaims Bush, 'that's right. And can you tell me WHY that would be a TRAGEDY ?.
'WELL ", says the boy,"because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly wouldn't be a great loss.'

1 Comments:

Blogger Christy said...

That is a goody.

Very slick.

Kev, btw, when are you going to join us here on Reb?

21/5/06 12:33 PM  

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