The meaning of tradegy.....

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Gordon Brown was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked Mr. Brown if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'.

So the illustrious leader 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.'

No, said Gordon - that would be an accident.'

A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy'

I'm afraid not, explained Gordon - that's what we would call great loss'

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Gordon 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...

In a quiet voice he said: 'If a plane carrying you and Mr. Darling was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.'

'Fantastic!' exclaimed Gordon. 'That's right. And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?'

'Well,' says little Johnny 'it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be a f**king accident either!

[Otto]

Oh, sorry, I thought you were going to teach us about a new word...

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Not really, just made me chuckle!

probably the evening's consumption helping me laugh here...

Edited by Bernie-the-bolt on Monday 13th October 02:12

[Ganglandboss]

Sean Connery gets a call from his agent one day. The agent goes "Sean, I've
got you a job - starts tomorrow, early. You'll have to be there for 10-ish".

Sean furrows his brow and says
"Tennish? but I dont even have a racket."

[Stigmundfreud]

lol@both

[Skywalker]

chuckles from me too.

[robinhood21]

ETA: Many a true word spoken in jest!

Edited by robinhood21 on Monday 13th October 11:33

[Mc Lovin]

very good

[B.J.W]

Tradegy

When your dictionary's gone and you spell all wrong

It's tradegy

When your spell check lies and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no one to proof read your going nowhere

Tradegy

[Hoppy2008]

B.J.W said:

Tradegy

When your dictionary's gone and you spell all wrong

It's tradegy

When your spell check lies and you don't know why

It's hard to bear

With no one to proof read your going nowhere

Tradegy

Absolute quality

[HundredthIdiot]

your going nowhere?

eta: and repost

http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by HundredthIdiot on Monday 13th October 11:53

[rhinochopig]

HundredthIdiot said:

your going nowhere?

Well he did say his spell-check was broken.

[B.J.W]

rhinochopig said:

HundredthIdiot said:

your going nowhere?

Well he did say his spell-check was broken.

I could say that I deliberately left a 'spell check' error in my post for some like-minded pedant to pick up on, because it would be the truth. On the other hand, I doubt that anyone would believe me.

[Strangely Brown]

rhinochopig said:

HundredthIdiot said:

your going nowhere?

Well he did say his spell-check was broken.

Spell check would have helped how?

[rhinochopig]

Strangely Brown said:

rhinochopig said:

HundredthIdiot said:

your going nowhere?

Well he did say his spell-check was broken.

Spell check would have helped how?

Phrasing it "His grammar check failed to identify that he'd selected the incorrect version of the word your" didn't flow as well.