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Old 08-22-2011, 08:31 AM   #3
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Angry Tragedy hydraulic brick machine

[size=9pt]George W. Bush visits an elementary school and the 4th grade class is in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in a discussion of the word "tragedy." So George W. asks the class for an example of a tragedy.[/size][size=9pt]One boy stands up and says, "If my best friend who lives next door is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over, that would be a tragedy."[/size][size=9pt]"No," says Bush, "that would be an accident."brick machine[/size][size=9pt][/size][size=9pt]A girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."[/size][size=9pt]"I'm afraid not," explains the President. "That's what we would call a Great Loss."[/size][size=9pt]The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. President Bush searches the room and asks, "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"[/size][size=9pt]Finally, in the back of the room, Johnny raises his hand and in a quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bush, was struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens[/size][size=9pt] , that would be a tragedy."Cement block[/size][size=9pt]"That's right! And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?" asks the President.[/size][size=9pt]"Well," Johnny says, "because it wouldn't be an accident and it sure as hell[/size][size=9pt] wouldn't be a Great Loss."[/size]
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