George W. Bush 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."

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 Tony Blair in here, would
you?"

Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, 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, Tony Blair answers,
"That would be me."

Yes! Very good," says the Queen.

Back at the White House, Bush asks to speak with
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 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.

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 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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