STEPHANE DION and Johnny

[faller]

No idea if this has already been posted...

STEPHANE DION 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 Mr.

DION 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'.



A 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 Stephane - 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 Stephane - that's what we

would call great loss'

The room went silent. No other children volunteered.

Stephane 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 a plane carrying you

and MR. LAYTON was struck by a 'friendly fire'

missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.

'Fantastic!' exclaimed DION. 'That's right.

And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?'

'Well,' says little Johnny 'it has to be a

tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss

and it probably wouldn't be a f**king accident either!

[gustavo77]

Little Johnny is one wise little boy...lol..

[champcar99]

I like Little Johnny

[St]

haha.

[michealJ]

Little johnny is "da man "

[waderow]

this is a great joke at applies to any lib and ndp leader being in that plane. LOL

[wrought]

There are actually only about 6 political jokes in the world and people just keep changing the names and reposting them.

The Bush version is from a couple of years ago....a shiney penny to the guy who can find the Clinton version. :D

President Bush was visiting a primary school. One of the classes was 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 the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".

Little Jimmy stood up and offered, "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a tragedy."

"No," said Bush, "that would be an accident."

Little Suzie 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 the president. "That's what we would call a great loss."

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"

Finally at the back of the room little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."

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

"Well," says little Johnny, "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either."