George Bush is visiting the Queen Elizabeth of
England.
He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such
an
efficient government? Are there any tips you can
give me?"
"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing
is
to surround yourself with intelligent people."
Bush frowns. "But how do I know the people
around me
are really intelligent?"
The Queen takes a sip of tea.
Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an
intelligence riddle.
The Queen pushes a button on her intercom.
Please send
The Prime Minister in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room. "Your Majesty..."
The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony.
Your
mother and father have a child. It is not your brother
and it is not your sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, Blair answers, "That
would be me!"
"Yes! Very good!" says the Queen.
Back at the White House, Bush calls in his vice
president, Dick Cheney.
Dick, answer this for me.
Your mother and your father have a child. It's
not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
I'm not sure," says the vice president. "Let me get
back to you on that one."
Dick Cheney goes to his advisers and asks every
one,
but none can give him an answer.
Finally, he ends up in the men's room and
recognizes
Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall.
Dick shouts, "Colin! Can you answer this for me?
Your mother and father have a child and it's not
your
brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Colin Powell yells back, "That's easy. It's me!"
Dick Cheney smiles. Thanks!"
Cheney goes back to the Oval Office and asks to
speak
with Bush.
Say, I did some research and I have the answer to
that
riddle. It's Colin Powell."
Bush gets up, stomps over to Dick Cheney, and
angrily
yells into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"