Post by Rick on Apr 25, 2010 7:32:04 GMT -5
Little Johnny the Gunny's son 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 a
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 Johnny, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as
hell wouldn't be a great loss... and you can bet your sorry ass it's
probably not an accident either.
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 a
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 Johnny, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as
hell wouldn't be a great loss... and you can bet your sorry ass it's
probably not an accident either.