They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The teacher asked the PM 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 Harper, 'that would be an accident.'
A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying 50 children
drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy.'
'I'm afraid not,' explained Harper. 'That's what we would call great
loss.'
The room went silent. No other children volunteered.
Harper searched the room.
'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?'
Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand...
In a quiet voice he said: 'If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Harper
was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that
would be a tragedy.'
'Fantastic!' exclaimed Harper. '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 a fucking
accident either'.
yuk yuk...
Oh come on Chimpy, that was very funny!
--
To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,
Resist much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth,
ever after-ward resumes its liberty.
-Walt Whitman, 1860
>> yuk yuk...
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> Oh come on Chimpy, that was very funny!
What does "yuk yuk" mean in tinfoil beanie crowd?