*Little Johnny Meets Barack Obama*
>
> Barack Obama 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 president if he would like to lead the discussion
> on the word 'tragedy.' So our illustrious president 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 Obama, '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 Obama. 'That's what we would
> call great loss.'
>
> The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Obama 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. Obama was struck by a
> 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that would be a
> tragedy.'
>
> 'Fantastic!' exclaimed Obama. '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 an accident either...' |
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