W EEKLY EDITION JULY 20, 2016
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Joke of the Week
One day a pompous, self - important Congressman was vi siting an elementary school. As he toured, the
Congressman was taken into the room of a class discu ssing words and their meanings. The teacher asked him to
lead a d iscussion on the word "tragedy, " so he asked the class to give him an example.
A little boy stood up and said, "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, was playing in the field and a tractor ran
over him and kille d him, that would be a tragedy. "
"No," said the Congressman. " That wouldn't be a trag edy. T hat would be an accident. "
A little girl raised her hand: "If the school bus had fifty boys and girls i n it, and it drove over a cliff killing everyone
i nside, that would be a tragedy. "
"I'm afraid not," explained the Congressman. "That is what we would call a great loss."
The room went silent. No child volunteered.
The Congressman's eyes searched the room. "Can no one here give me an example of a tragedy?"
At the back of the room, a little hand went up and a quiet
voice said, "If a plane carrying you and the friends who
helped you get elected was struck by friendly fire and blown
to smithe reens, that would be a tragedy. "
"Magnific ent!" exclaimed the Congressman. "That's right!
And can you tell me why that would be tragedy?"
"Well," said the quiet voice, "It has to be a tragedy,
because it certa inly wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably
wouldn't be an accident."
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Why You Shouldn't Cover the Toilet Seat with Toilet Paper
The r ough, absorbent texture of toilet paper makes it the ideal
ground for germs to stick .
We should have a little more fait h in our bodies too . According
to research , our skin works as a natural barrier between people
and t he germs lurking on the seat. Most people c an cope easily
with about a minute on a public toilet seat.
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