No, Not That One -- The Other One
When my buddy Dave (no, not that Dave, nor the other one. It was one of my other buddies named Dave) sent me this, he headed it:
"Jackson Joke"
In the first line of the message, he had added:
"No, the other one."
I've seen this joke before but never posted it, even though it's good enough to....
A little girl raised 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 exalted spiritual leader. "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. Rev. Jackson 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 plane carrying the Rev. Jackson were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson, "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss, and it sure as heck wouldn't be an accident, either."
Posted September 18, 2005 8:43 PM
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