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(Message started by: Yorky on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 1:13pm)

Title: A TRAGEDY?
Post by Yorky on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 1:13pm

Prime Minister Tony 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 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 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 fu**ing accident either."

Title: Re: A TRAGEDY?
Post by RDubois on Jul 23^rd, 2007, 2:45pm

;;D ;;D ;;D ;;DI love Tony Blair but it's a great joke.

Title: Re: A TRAGEDY?
Post by andrewjb on Jul 26^th, 2007, 10:46pm

[smiley=crackup.gif].

Title: Re: A TRAGEDY?
Post by MR_FLOOR on Jul 27^th, 2007, 2:09am

;;D Yorky I always look for your jokes there awesome.

Dave

Title: Re: A TRAGEDY?
Post by sandie99 on Jul 27^th, 2007, 4:05am

[smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: A TRAGEDY?
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jul 27^th, 2007, 9:29am

That was bloody good [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]