Une vraie tragédie ... in english

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President George Bush is visiting an elementary school today and he
visits one of the classes.
They are in the middle of a discussion related to
words and their meanings.
The teacher asks the President if he would like
to lead the class in the discussion of the word, "tragedy."
So the illustrious leader asks the class for an
example of a "tragedy."

One little boy stands up and offers, "If my best friend, who lives
next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along
and runs him over,that would be a tragedy." "No," says Bush, "that would be
an ACCIDENT."


A little girl raises her hand: "If a school bus
carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that
would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explains Mr. President. "That's
what we would call a GREAT LOSS."


The room goes silent. No other children
volunteer. President Bush searches the room.
"Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

Finally, way in the back of the room, a small boy
raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says, "If Air Force One, carrying Mr.
& Mrs. Bush, were struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, by
a terrorist like Osama bin Laden, that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic," exclaims Bush, "that's right. And can you tell me WHY
that would be a TRAGEDY?"
"Well," says the boy, "because it wouldn't be an
accident, and it certainly wouldn't be a great loss."

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That's a great one !

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My turn, now...

Three men, an Italian, a French and a Spanish went for a job interview
in England. Before the interview, they were told that they must compose a
sentence in English with three main words: green, pink and yellow.

The Italian was first:
"I wake up in the morning. I see the yellow sun. I see the green
grass and I think to myself, I hope it will be a pink day."

The Spanish was next:
"I wake up in the morning, I eat a yellow banana, a green pepper
and in the evening I watch the pink panther on TV."

Last was the French:
"I wake up in the morning, I hear the phone "green...green...", I
pink up the phone and I say "Yellow ?..."

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Désolé mais je viens de me rappeler celle la, qui est plus dans le contexte bush

Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of the
Communist Party in China.

HU'S ON FIRST

By James Sherman

(We take you now to the Oval Office.)

George W.: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
George: Now whaddya' asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's name.
George: That's who's name?
Condi: Yes.
George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of
China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle
East.
Condi: That's correct.
George: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of
China.Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
George: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
George: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And
then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
George: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
George: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
George: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we
should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you
get Chinese food in the Middle East?


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Je l'avais deja eue et elle est excellente [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

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Apparemment nous ne sommes que deux sur ce forum à parler anglais, en tout cas à le comprendre...mais ou sont les autres???

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F... you, damn french

[Mathieu]

</font><blockquote>citation:</font><hr />Débat lancé par Flyingdoudou:
F... you, damn french </font>[/QUOTE]C'est le seul truc que j'ai compris !!!

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desoled but y m not speak english !!

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J'ai bien aimé [img]smile.gif[/img]
Une autre [img]graemlins/bounce.gif[/img]

Celles ci sont véridiques:

-W a appelé Juan Carlos le Président des Espagnols... [img]graemlins/biggrinking.gif[/img]

- Pour W l'Afrique est un "pays" [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Remarquez Allbright avait avait bien remercié la Roumanie du "Poncho" qu'ils leur avait offert [img]graemlins/evillaugh.gif[/img] et la flotte du nord ouest avait bie demandé a un phare canadien de se dérouter pour les laisser paser [img]graemlins/buck.gif[/img]

J'adore ce pays [img]smile.gif[/img] sissi vraiment [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]

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Now you can claim that we are three english speaking people
I use it every day at the office so I don't feel the need to use it during my spare-time.

See ya ! [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

[AlexS]

</font><blockquote>citation:</font><hr />Débat lancé par Vroooap:
I don't feel the need to use it during my spare-time.
</font>[/QUOTE]So do I !

I'll speak english during one year abroad...

Alors j'en profite, je parle FRANCAIS !

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Bon, c'est moi qui m'y colle. Traduction française :


C'est George W Bush qui visite une classe d'école primaire. Il arrive en plein milieu d'un cours sur les mots et leurs significations.

L'instituteur demande à Bush s'il veut bien animer la discussion de la classe sur le mot "tragédie". L'illustre président demande donc à l'ensemble des élèves un exemple de tragédie.

Un petit garçon se lève et propose : "si mon meilleur ami, qui habite à côté, joue dans la rue et qu'une voiture arrive et l'écrase, c'est une tragédie". "Non, dit Bush, ce serait un ACCIDENT".

Une petite fille lève la main : "Si un car scolaire transportant 50 enfants tombe dans un ravin, et qu'il n'y a aucun survivant, c'est une tragédie". "Je crains que non, rétorque Bush, ce serait une GRANDE PERTE".

La salle de classe est silencieuse ; aucun autre enfant n'est volontaire. "N'y a-t-il plus personne qui puisse me donner un exemple de tragédie ?", demande Bush.

Finalement, au fond de la classe, un petit garçon lève la main. D'une voix calme, il dit : "Si Air Force One (NDLR : l'avion présidentiel), transportant M. et Mmme Bush, est abattu par un missile et réduit en poussière, par un terroriste comme Oussama Ben Laden, c'est une tragédie".

"Fantastique, se réjouit Bush, c'est cela. Et peux-tu me dire pourquoi ce serait une tragédie ?"

"Eh bien, répond le garçon, parce que ce ne serait pas un accident, et que ce ne serait certainement pas une grande perte".


Il n'y a pas de raison que les non-anglophones n'en profitent pas. Ca me ferait mal qu'on prive certains, peu familiers de Shakespeare, de cette histoire qui fait rêver ceux qui sont peu familiers du cynisme des dirigeants américains. Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Roosevelt, Carter, revenez ! Ils sont devenus fous !

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Heu sans rabaisser nullement Carter je trouve simplement curieux de le mettre dans la même catégorie qu'un Jefferson ou un Washington, prix nobel ou pas.

cheers

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Tommygunn, ta remarque est pertinente. Mais en ces temps dérangés où les infâmes cyniques de la Maison Blanche nous asphyxient de malhonnêteté, il me semblait que citer cet homme qui a cru à la paix et qui a voulu la promouvoir était propice. Voire, un petit hommage en passant.