> While visiting England, George Bush is invited to tea with the Queen.
> He
> asks her what her leadership philosophy is. She says that it is to
> surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if
> they're
> intelligent.
>
> "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen."Allow
> me to
> demonstrate."
>
> She phones Tony Blair and says, "Mr. Prime Minister. Please answer
> this
> question: Your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and
> this
> child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
>
> Tony Blair responds ,"It's me, ma'am."
>
> "Correct. Thank you and good-bye, sir," says the Queen.
>
> She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. Bush?"
>
> "Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"
>
> Upon returning to Washington, he decides he'd better put the Chairman
> of
> the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the test. He summons Jesse
> Helms
> to the White House and says, "Senator Helms, I wonder if you can
> answer a
> question for me."
>
> Why, of course, sir. What's on your mind?"
>
> "Uhh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this
> child
> is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
>
> Helms hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get
> back
> to you?"
>
> Bush agrees, and Helms leaves. He immediately calls a meeting of
> other
> senior Republican senators, and they puzzle over the question for
> several
> hours, but nobody can come up with an answer. Finally, in
> desperation,
> Helms calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his
> problem.
>
> "Now lookee here, son, your mother has a child, and your father has a
> child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
>
> Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
>
> Much relieved, Helms rushes back to the White House and exclaims, "I
> know
> the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
>
> And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, you dumb toejam, it's Tony Blair!
