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Title: Tragedy
Post by: Hangtime on April 07, 2003, 05:44:27 PM
Jaques Chirac is visiting an American Elementary school and he visits one of the classes.

They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.

The teacher asks the French President if he would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy."

So the illustrious leader of all France asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."

One little boy stands up and offers:

"If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy."

"No," says the Great Apologist, that would be an accident."

A little girl raises 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," explains the exalted European leader. "That's what we would call a great loss."

The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.

The President of France searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand.

In a quiet voice he says: "If a jet carrying the President of France was struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."

"Fantastic, Fabo!!" exclaims Chirac, "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?"

"Well," says the boy: "because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."
Title: Tragedy
Post by: Martlet on April 07, 2003, 05:46:29 PM
LMFAO
Title: Tragedy
Post by: GtoRA2 on April 07, 2003, 05:46:49 PM
ROfl!!!
Title: Tragedy
Post by: Saintaw on April 07, 2003, 05:51:31 PM
:D
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Post by: Saurdaukar on April 07, 2003, 07:13:20 PM
:D
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Post by: john9001 on April 07, 2003, 09:00:48 PM
you americans are mean and cruel, you should show compasion for the mentaily handicaped like Jaques Chirac

mean bullys
Title: Tragedy
Post by: Rasker on April 08, 2003, 12:05:34 AM
nah, *morally* handicapped
Title: Tragedy
Post by: Elfie on April 08, 2003, 12:09:43 AM
ROFLMAO!!!!!!
Title: Tragedy
Post by: AdmRose on April 08, 2003, 12:18:35 AM
Anyone else feel like time-travelling back to the '40s and ..."losing"... the plans for D-Day?