joke

["T. Ngo" <tngo@lsil.com>]

Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the
students if anyone can give him an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stands up and offers that "If my best friend
who lives next door was playing in the street when a car came
along and killed him, that would be a tragedy."
 
"No," Clinton says, "That would be an ACCIDENT."
 
A girl raises her hand. "If a schoolbus carrying fifty children
drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved... that would be a
tragedy."
 
"I'm afraid not," explains Clinton."That is what we would call
a GREAT LOSS."
 
The room is silent; none of the other children volunteer.
 
"What?" asks Clinton, "Isn't  there any one here who can give
me an example of a tragedy?"
 
Finally, a boy in the back raises his hand. In a timid voice,
he says that "If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton
were blown up by a bomb, that would be a tragedy."
   
"Wonderful!" Clinton beams. "Marvelous! And can you tell me
WHY that would be a tragedy?"
   
"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an accident,
and it certainly would be no great loss!"