George W. Bush 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 intelligence 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.
Back at the White House, Bush asks to speak with
Attorney General John Ashcroft.
"John, 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 Ashcroft. "Let me get back to you on
that one."
John Ashcroft 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.
John 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!"
John Ashcroft smiles. "Thanks!"
Ashcroft goes back to the Oval Office 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 John Ashcroft,
and angrily yells into his face,
"No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
Originally Posted by ManWhoSoldTheWorld
