Li'l Johnny's at it again.

[thebullet]

George W. Bush is visiting a primary 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 President if he would like to
lead the discussion of the word tragedy. So the
illustrious leader asks 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
President Bush, "that would be an accident."

A little girl raises her hand and says, "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 leader.
"That's what we would call a great loss." The room
goes silent. No other children volunteered. President
Bush searches 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
raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says: "If
Air Force One carrying you was struck by a missile
and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."

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

"Well," says Little Johnny, "because it sure as
hell wouldn't be a great loss and it probably
wouldn't be an accident either."

 

[alyxen]

Good pick me up..

 

[Belegon]

and of course the real reason this would be an even greater tragedy...

...it would make Dick Cheney President.


Is this a deliberate Bush strategy? Like how no one really wanted to kill his father because of the horror of the words "President Quayle"?

 

[SeaCat]

Damn it, we need warning labels for threads like this. I just ruined another keyboard.

Cat