"What is a Tragedy?" Brian Cowen visits local primary school...

[MacAnGallog]

Brian Cowen 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. Cowen 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!'

[Newsy]

lmao...

THANK GOD FOR LITTLE JOHNNY'S.

[PaddyJoe McGillycuddy]

Brian Cowen 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. Cowen 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!'

Careful now! You'll be giving people ideas!

[MacAnGallog]

Careful now! You'll be giving people ideas!

We wouldn't want that now would we!!

[odie1kanobe]

It was old when used with Dubya's name in 2002.

[Mr.B]

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the Government Buildings; one from D4, another from Tallaght and the third, from Ballyfermot. They go with a T.D. to examine the fence.

The Ballyfermot contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about 900euro: 400euro for materials, 400euro for my crew and 100euro profit for me."

The Tallaght contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for 700euro: 300euro for materials, 300euro for my crew and 100euro profit for me."

The D4 contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the government official and whispers, "2,700euro."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The D4 contractor whispers back, "1000euro for me, 1000euro for you, and we hire the guy from Tallaght to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.

And that friends, is how it all works

[Pantherbrennan]

Brian Cowen 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. Cowen 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!'

ROFLMFAO..... You want to know whats a tragedy too brian cowen? You joining office.

[uriah]

It was old when used with Dubya's name in 2002.

It's new to me and I found it very funny.

[illiminati]

What is a Tragedy

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