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OK so it's a couple of weeks out of date now but i ain't seen it on here yet.
Prime Minister Tony Blair on his l - o - n - g goodbye tour of the
entire world, was visiting a primary school and he went into 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 and 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 a 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 aeroplane carrying you and Mrs Blair was
struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would
be a tragedy.
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Tony Blair. "That's right. And can you tell me
why that would be a 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 a bl*@dy accident
either!!"
Prime Minister Tony Blair on his l - o - n - g goodbye tour of the
entire world, was visiting a primary school and he went into 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 and 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 a 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 aeroplane carrying you and Mrs Blair was
struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would
be a tragedy.
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Tony Blair. "That's right. And can you tell me
why that would be a 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 a bl*@dy accident
either!!"