Akpos Joke: Tragedy

The President of Nigeria, Goodluck
Jonathan 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 the President if he
would like to lead the discussion on the
word ‘tragedy’. So the president asked 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 tractor runs over him and
kills him, that would be a tragedy.” ”No,”
said Jonathan, ”that would be an
accident.”
A little girl raised her hand, ”If a school bus
carrying 50 children drove over a bridge,
killing everyone inside, that would be a
tragedy.” ”I’m afraid not,” explained
Jonathan. ”That’s what we would call
great loss.”
The room went silent. No other children
volunteered. Jonathan searched the room,
”Isn’t there someone here who can give me
an example of a tragedy?”
Finally at the back of the room, Akpos
raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said, ”If
the plane carrying you and Mrs. Jonathan
was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and
blown to pieces that would be a tragedy.”
”Fantastic!” exclaimed Jonathan.
”That’s right. And can you tell me why that
would be tragedy?” ”Well,” says Akpos, ”It
has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
wouldn’t be a great loss… and it probably
wouldn’t be an accident either.”