I have to post this...
Subject: Presidential Tragedy
Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the
students if anyone can give him an example of a "Tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers "If my best friend who lives
next door was playing in the street when a car came along and killed him,
that would be a tragedy."
"No," Clinton says, "that would be an ACCIDENT." >
A girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying fifty children
drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved...that would be a
tragedy?"
"I'm afraid not," explains Clinton. "That is what we would call a
GREAT LOSS."
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer. >
"What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't there any one here who can give me an
example of a tragedy?"
Finally, little Johnny raises his hand. In a confident voice, he
says: "If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by a
bomb, THAT would be a tragedy."
"Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me WHY
that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says little Johnny, "because it wouldn't be an accident,
and it certainly would be no great loss!"
Jeff |
