Tony Blair today visited a school and was asked by a teacher if he would lead a discussion on what constituted a ‘Tragedy’.
So our illustrious leader stood up, faced the class and took control asking the class for an example of ‘Tragedy’.
One little boy stood up and offered: - “if my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the farmyard and a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a tragedy”.
“No,” said our leader, “that would be an accident”.
A little girl raised her hand: “if a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone on board, that would be a tragedy”.
“I’m afraid not” explained the P.M., “that’s what we would call a great loss”.
The room went silent with no other children volunteering. Blair searched the room, “isn’t there someone who can give me an example of a tragedy?”
Finally, after an awkward silence, at the back of the room a small boy raised his hand and in a quiet voice said “if an aircraft carrying you, Mr. Blair, was shot down by friendly fire and the plane exploded and you were killed, that would be a tragedy”.
“Fantastic” exclaimed Blair, “that’s absolutely right and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”
“Well” said the boy, “it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss and it probably wouldn’t have been an accident”.
2006-10-12 23:51:32 · 14 answers · asked by billtheangler 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
LOL LOVE IT!
2006-10-12 23:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by TOP DOG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oops! And I have just referred to myself as a Faineant, in jest.
2016-05-21 22:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha! I have heard the version of the one with George Bush.
2006-10-12 23:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very funny
2006-10-12 23:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LTIC (laughed till i cried) fantastic!!
2006-10-13 05:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by p_y_t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL
Good old Tone.
2006-10-12 23:58:04 · answer #6 · answered by kiki_dees 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love it!!
just gonna e-mail it to no. 10 xx
2006-10-13 04:17:54 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs Chicagosgirl!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was an explosive joke.Kids are so perceptive!
2006-10-12 23:56:09 · answer #8 · answered by the gunners 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha the best one I've heard so far
2006-10-12 23:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by sky l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very nice
2006-10-13 00:27:33 · answer #10 · answered by markhatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL very true
2006-10-13 00:05:54 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋