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, yet 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 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, Mr. president; what's on your mind?"
"Uh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child,
and this child
is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Helms hem and haw and finally ask, "Can I think about it
and get back to
you?"
Bush agrees, and Helms leaves.
Helms immediately call a meeting of the 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 her, son, your mother
has a child,
and your father has a child, and this child is not your
brother or sister.
Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you dumb
ass."
Much relieved, Helms rushes back to the White House nd
exclaims, "I know
the answer, Sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, you idiot. It's Tony
Blair!"
