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Prime Minister John W Howard 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".

1 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 Howard "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.

Howard searched 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
raised his hand...
In a quiet voice he said: "If the aircraft carrying you and Mrs Howard
was struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to bits, that would be
a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Howard. "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 f...ing accident
either!"

Wendy

Irish Aussie Teen

Suni&Jay

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possoms

Good one