[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Fw: "No Great Loss" very clever

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:Bob is still away isnt he?

Just thought I would sneak this in, passed to me from a N Z friend. Not that 
I necessarily agree with the sentiments mind. Oh no, no, no ,no!

Musical Content. Skyliner. Charlie Barnett.

Cheers

PatL


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> Subject: "No Great Loss" very clever
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> President George Bush is visiting an elementary school today and he visits
> one of the classes.
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> They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
> The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in the
> discussion of the word, "tragedy." So the
> illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."
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> One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives next
> door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over,
> that would be a tragedy."
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> "No," says Bush, "that would be an ACCIDENT."
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> A little girl raises her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove
> off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy."
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> "I'm afraid not," explains Mr. President. "That's what we would call a GREAT
> LOSS."
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> The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. President Bush searches
> the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a
> tragedy?"
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> Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy raises his hand. In a
> quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr. & Mrs. Bush, were
> struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, by a
> terrorist like Osama bin Laden, that would be a tragedy."
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> "Fantastic," exclaims Bush, "that's right. And can you tell me WHY that
> would be a TRAGEDY?"
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> "Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident, and it certainly
> wouldn't be a great loss."
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