President Obama 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."
Obama 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 in the White House, President Obama asks to speak with the Vice
President Joe Biden. "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 Joe. "Let me get back to you on that one." Joe goes
to his advisers and asks everyone, but none can give him an answer. Joe
sees former President George Bush and took the opportunity to make him
look stupid.
Joe looks around to see if anyone can overhear them, and he whispers,
"George, 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?"
George whispers back, "That's easy. It's me" Joe smiles and says
"Thanks!"
Joe goes back to the White house to speak with President Obama. "I have
the answer to that riddle. It's George Bush."
Obama gets up and angrily yells into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony
Blair!"
