10-26-2004, 02:03 AM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]I thought you'd like it. My liberal friend in California gets great delight sending me anti-Bush stuff. That's almost as much fun a slappin' the crap out of the "other" candidate. Here's a joke I found amusing:[/size][/black][/font]
[black][size 3]John Kerry visits a primary school classroom. They are in the middle of a [/size][/black][black][size 3]discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks Mr.Kerry if [/size][/black]
[black][size 3]he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy." So the [/size][/black][black][size 3]illustrious Senator asks the class for an example of a tragedy. [/size][/black][size 3]
[/size][black][size 3]One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a [/size][/black][black][size 3]farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, [/size][/black][black][size 3]that would be a 'tragedy'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"No," says Kerry, "that would be an accident". [/size][/black]
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[/size][black][size 3]A little girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove [/size][/black][black][size 3]over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"I'm afraid not," explains Mr. Kerry. "That's what we would call a 'great [/size][/black][black][size 3]loss'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]The room goes silent. No other children volunteered. Kerry searches the [/size][/black][black][size 3]room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a 'tragedy'?" [/size][/black]
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[/size][black][size 3]Finally, at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet [/size][/black][black][size 3]voice, he says: "If your campaign plane, carrying you, Mr. Kerry, were [/size][/black][black][size 3]struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be [/size][/black][black][size 3]a 'tragedy'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"Fantastic!" exclaims Kerry. "That's right. And can you tell me why that [/size][/black][black][size 3]would be a 'tragedy'?" [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"Well," says the boy "because it certainly wouldn't be a 'great loss' and it [/size][/black][#000880][size 6][black][size 3]probably wouldn't be an 'accident either!"[/size][/black][/size][/#000880]
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[black][size 3]John Kerry visits a primary school classroom. They are in the middle of a [/size][/black][black][size 3]discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks Mr.Kerry if [/size][/black]
[black][size 3]he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy." So the [/size][/black][black][size 3]illustrious Senator asks the class for an example of a tragedy. [/size][/black][size 3]
[/size][black][size 3]One little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a [/size][/black][black][size 3]farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, [/size][/black][black][size 3]that would be a 'tragedy'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"No," says Kerry, "that would be an accident". [/size][/black]
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[/size][black][size 3]A little girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove [/size][/black][black][size 3]over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"I'm afraid not," explains Mr. Kerry. "That's what we would call a 'great [/size][/black][black][size 3]loss'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]The room goes silent. No other children volunteered. Kerry searches the [/size][/black][black][size 3]room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a 'tragedy'?" [/size][/black]
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[/size][black][size 3]Finally, at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet [/size][/black][black][size 3]voice, he says: "If your campaign plane, carrying you, Mr. Kerry, were [/size][/black][black][size 3]struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be [/size][/black][black][size 3]a 'tragedy'." [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"Fantastic!" exclaims Kerry. "That's right. And can you tell me why that [/size][/black][black][size 3]would be a 'tragedy'?" [/size][/black]
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[black][size 3]"Well," says the boy "because it certainly wouldn't be a 'great loss' and it [/size][/black][#000880][size 6][black][size 3]probably wouldn't be an 'accident either!"[/size][/black][/size][/#000880]
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