outkast Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Gordon Brown was visiting a primary school. In one class they were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked Mr. Brown 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 Gordon - 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 Gordon, ‘that's what we would call great loss’. The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Gordon 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. Darling was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy'. 'Fantastic!' exclaimed Gordon. '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*cking accident either'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommcb6016 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 There is a fundamental flaw with this.... Gordon Brown doesn't have time to visit primary schools as he is far to busy f***ing the country up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 ha ha very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesSanger Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 ha ha ha.. love it......... thought it was legit to begin with ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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