September 8, 2010
What’s a Tragedy?
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3) What’s a Tragedy?
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Bigger Turkey
A woman walks into a butcher’s shop just before
closing time and asks, “Do you have any turkey?”
The butcher opens his fridge, takes out his only
turkey and puts it on the weighing scales. It weighs
six pounds.
The woman looks at the turkey and at the scales
and asks, “Do you have one that’s a bit bigger than
this one, please?”
The butcher puts the turkey back into the fridge and
then takes it out again, but this time when he puts it
on the scales he keeps his thumb on the turkey.
The scales now show eight pounds.
“That’s wonderful,” says the woman. “I’ll take both
of them, please!”
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What’s a Tragedy?
One of the presidential candidates was visiting an
elementary school, and the 4th grade class he sat
through began a discussion related to words and
their meanings.
The teacher asked the candidate if he would like
to lead the class in a discussion of the word “tragedy.”
So, the candidate asked the class for an example of
a tragedy.
One boy stood up and said, “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.”
“No,” said the candidate, “that would be an accident.”
A girl raised her hand and said, “If a school bus
carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone
on board, that would be a tragedy.”
“I’m afraid not,” the candidate said. “That’s what we
would call a Great Loss.”
The room went silent. No other children volunteered.
The candidate searched the room and asked,
“Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example
of a tragedy?”
Finally, way in the back of the room, Johnny raised his
hand, and in a quiet voice, he said, “If your campaign plane,
carrying yourself and your running mate, was struck by a
missile and blown to smithereens, THAT would be a tragedy.”
“That’s right! And can you tell me WHY that would be
a tragedy?” asked the candidate.
“Well,” Johnny said, “because it wouldn’t be an accident
and it sure as heck wouldn’t be a Great Loss…”
Thank you for reading today’s issue of JOKES Journal.
