A TRAGEDY

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 and 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: "If an airplane carrying Bill and 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!"