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Brian Cowan (Irish Prime Minister!) 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. Cowan 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 Brian - 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 Brian - that's what we would call great loss
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Brian 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. Lenihan
was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that
would be a tragedy.'
'Fantastic!' exclaimed Brian. '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!'
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