G. Dubbya 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."
Dubbya 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! Yes! Very good," says the Queen.
Dubbya goes back home to ask Dick 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 Cheney. "Let me get back to you
on that one."
Cheney 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, Cheney goes
back to speak with Dubbya. "Say, I did some research and
I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell."
Dubbya gets up, stomps over to Cheney, and angrily yells into
his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!" |
