sahira
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Topic initiated on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 4:07 PM 
TRAGEDY
THIS IS HILARIOUS, SEE WHAT YOU THINK
Prime Minister Blair 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 Prime Minister 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 & a tractor runs over him and kills him,
that would be a 'tragedy'".
" No," said Blair, "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 the Prime Minister "that's what we would
call great loss."
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Tony searched the
room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a
quiet voice he said: "If the Air plane carrying you and Mrs Blair was
struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens, that would
be a tragedy.
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Tony Blair. "That's right. And can you tell me
why that would be tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident |
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