Shamelessly stolen from another forum I frequent:
Barack 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, then asked, "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 intelligent riddle." The Queen pushes a button on her
intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room and says, "Yes, my Queen?"
The Queen smiles and says, "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.
Obama goes back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice
the same question ~ ~ ~ "Joe, 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 Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one."
He goes to his advisers and asks every one, but none can give him an
answer.
Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Newt Gingrich's shoes
in the next stall.
Biden asks Gingrich, "Newt, 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?"
Newt Gingrich answers back, "That's easy ~ It's me!"
Biden smiles, and says, "Thanks!"
Then, he goes back to speak with Obama. "Say, I did some
research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Newt Gingrich!"
Obama gets up, stomps over to Biden, and angrily yells into his
face, "No!, you idiot! . . . It's Tony Blair!"
Barack 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, then asked, "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 intelligent riddle." The Queen pushes a button on her
intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room and says, "Yes, my Queen?"
The Queen smiles and says, "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.
Obama goes back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice
the same question ~ ~ ~ "Joe, 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 Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one."
He goes to his advisers and asks every one, but none can give him an
answer.
Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Newt Gingrich's shoes
in the next stall.
Biden asks Gingrich, "Newt, 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?"
Newt Gingrich answers back, "That's easy ~ It's me!"
Biden smiles, and says, "Thanks!"
Then, he goes back to speak with Obama. "Say, I did some
research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Newt Gingrich!"
Obama gets up, stomps over to Biden, and angrily yells into his
face, "No!, you idiot! . . . It's Tony Blair!"