Highlander Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 ‘Tragedy.’ Mr Bliar 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 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 Bliar, "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 a great loss." The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Mr Bliar 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 an airplane carrying you and Mrs. Bliar was struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy." "Fantastic!" exclaimed Mr Bliar. "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 either!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundodger Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Thats a cracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naddan28 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 not bad for a jock, how come I never had that one in the hide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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