KINDA CUTE, KINDA LONG

George Bush visited with the Queen of England,
and asked
her, "Your Majesty, you've been a ruling monarch
almost all my
life, and I'm impressed. Do you mind if I ask you
a question? How
do you run such an efficient government? Are there
any tips you
can give me?"

"Well," said the Queen, "the most important
thing is to surround
yourself with intelligent people."

Bush frowned, "But how do I know the people
around me are really
intelligent?"

The Queen took a sip of tea, then replied, "Oh,
that's easy. You
just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle.
I'll show you."

She then pushed a button on her intercom.
"Please send The Prime
Minister in here, would you?"

Tony Blair walked into the room. "Your Majesty .
. . ."

The Queen smiled and said, "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, Blair answered,
"That would be
me!"

"Yes! Very good!," said the Queen.

Back at the White House, Bush called Vice
President Dick Cheney
to the Oval Office. "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," replied the Vice President.
"Let me get back to
you on that one."

Dick Cheney went to his advisers and asked every
one of them,
but none could give him an answer. With that he
went to the Men's
room. Recognizing Colin Powell's shoes in the next
stall, Cheney
shouted, "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?"

Powell yelled back, "That's easy. It's me!"

Dick Cheney smiled. "Thanks!"

Cheney went back to the Oval Office and asked to
speak with
Bush.

"George, I did some research and I have the
answer to that
riddle. It's Colin Powell."

Bush got up from his desk, stomped over to
Cheney, and angrily
yelled into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony
Blair!"