My OperaTaurus-Littrow: A Joke: pick your target
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:39:13 PM
I found this by accident and it's a classic. Check out the rest of his blog as well. Enjoy!
This joke was posted on FreeRepublic with Jesse Jackson as the inserted target, but it will serve for any individual you wish to lampoon.
I am posting this in a format similar to the old Mad-Libs books, so have at it:
[pick your target], while visiting a primary school class, found himself in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks [pick your target] 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 stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy."
"No," says the Great [pick your target], "that would be an accident."
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 [pick your target]. "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. [pick your target] 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 [pick your target] were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims [pick your target], "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 probably wouldn't be an accident either."
Taurus-Littrow: A Joke: pick your target
This joke was posted on FreeRepublic with Jesse Jackson as the inserted target, but it will serve for any individual you wish to lampoon.
I am posting this in a format similar to the old Mad-Libs books, so have at it:
[pick your target], while visiting a primary school class, found himself in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks [pick your target] 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 stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy."
"No," says the Great [pick your target], "that would be an accident."
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 [pick your target]. "That's what we would call a great loss."
The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. [pick your target] 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 [pick your target] were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaims [pick your target], "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 probably wouldn't be an accident either."
Taurus-Littrow: A Joke: pick your target
