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Accident or Tragedy?
President Mugabe is visiting a primary school and he joins one of the classes. 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 discussion on 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 war vet comes along and knocks him dead with a log, that would be a 'Tragedy'.
"No", says Mr. Mugabe, "that would be 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 ".
"I'm afraid not," explains the president. "That's what we would call a great loss"
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.
Mr. Mugabe 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 small boy raises his hand.
In a quiet voice he says, "If a Zimbabwean Air Force jet, carrying Mr.& Mrs. Mugabe was struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy".
"Fantastic!" exclaims Mr. Mugabe, "that's right. 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 wouldn't be a great loss."
Submitted by Herby Honigsperger (), Acenet, Zambia
New York - Year 2032
A father and his son are walking the Manhattan streets when the father stops at a vacant lot,
takes a deep breath and tells his son: "To think that at one time here on this very lot stood the Twin Towers."
The son looks at his father and asked: "Dad, what are the Twin Towers?"
Father says: "My dear son, the Twin Towers were two tremendously tall buildings with lots of offices that were the heart of the United States,
but approximately 31 years ago, several Arabs destroyed the buildings."
The boy then thought for a minute and then asked his father: "Daddy, what are Arabs?"
Submitted by Herby Honigsperger (), Acenet, Zambia
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