LITTLE JOHNNY DOES IT AGAIN
Chuck Schumer and a few of his staff members were visiting an elementary
school and the class was studying vocabulary. The teacher was in the
middle of a discussion related to words, their meanings, and proper usage.
The teacher asked Senator Schumer if he would like to lead the discussion
on the word "Tragedy".
So Mr. Schumer asked the class for an example of a "Tragedy".
A little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him,
that would be a tragedy." "Incorrect," said Schumer. "That would be an
accident."
A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children
drove over a cliff, killing everybody inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not", explained Schumer, "That's what we would refer to as a
great loss."
The room went silent - no other children volunteered. Schumer searched
the room, "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a
tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand and said:
"If an airplane carrying you, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Dick Durban,
Adam Schiff, Richard Blumenthal, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton was
struck by a missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic," exclaimed Schumer, "And can you tell me why that would be a
tragedy?"
"Well," said Little Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy…Â because it
certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident
either!"