I've heard this one before, but it made me laugh again, so I had to share:
George Bush visits a primary school and sits in on one of the classes, which is in the middle of a discussion on words and their meanings.
The teacher asks The President if he would like to lead the discussion of
the word "tragedy." So, the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."
One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy."
"That's wrong," Bush says with his fake Texan accent. "That would be considered an accident."
A little girl raises her hand -- "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."
"That's incorrect," says the President. "That would be what we would consider a great loss."
The room goes silent -- no other children volunteer.
Bush searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally at the back of the room a little Ernie raises his hand.
In a quiet voice he says: "If a plane carrying the President George W. Bush were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."
"You are absolutely right," exclaims Bush. "Can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident!"
Posted by Maria at October 25, 2004 09:21 PMOkay..stop posting these jokes and making me laugh at Dubya!!! :)
Posted by: sandy at October 26, 2004 05:51 AMIts pretty bad when your own family doesn't support you:
http://www.bushrelativesforkerry.com/pages/1/index.htm
Posted by: nunya at October 26, 2004 10:19 AMSorry Sandy! It's too easy. ;o)
Posted by: Maria at October 26, 2004 07:04 PMThat's hysterical. Even more so because it sounds like my kid.
Posted by: Nina at October 27, 2004 04:23 AM