George Bush is visiting the Queen 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!"
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