President Bush goes to England and meets with the Queen of England. He
asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government?
Are there any tips you
can give to 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 intelligent riddle." The Queen pushes a button on her
intercom.
"Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?" Tony Blair walks into
the room. "Yes, my Queen?"
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, Tony Blair answers, "That would be
me."
"Yes! Very good," says the Queen.
Bush returns to the US and at a meeting, asks Vice President Cheney the
same question. "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." Cheney then goes to his advisors 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. Cheney 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!"
Cheney smiles, and says, "Thanks!" Then, runs back to speak
with the President.
"Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's
Colin Powell."
Bush gets up, stomps over to his vice-president, and angrily yells into
his
face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
