Thinking ahead, I think our great Scottish humour will bring us back together post the indyref result.
This one made me chuckle today.
Alex Salmond was visiting a Scottish primary school and the class was in the
middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher
asked Mr. Salmond if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'Tragedy'.
So the Mr Salmond 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 Alex, in his best, trying-not-to-sound-too-patronising-accent, "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 Alex, "that's what we would refer to as a great loss’’.
The room went silent. No other child volunteered. Alex searched the room. "Isn't there anyone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room, a wee lad raised his hand and, in a quiet voice, said: "If a plane carrying you and your deputy was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Alex, "and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well", says the lad, "it has to be a tragedy...... because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either!"
post indyref togetherness via humour
post indyref togetherness via humour
Phil
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