John Kerry 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." Kerry 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 intelligent riddle." The Queen
pushes a button on her intercom. "Please
send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes,
my Queen?" 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.
Kerry goes back home to ask John Edwards,
his vice presidential choice
the same question. "John. 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 John Edwards.
"Let me get back to you on that one."
Edwards 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. Edwards
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!" Edwards
smiles, and says, "Thanks!" Then,
Edwards goes back to speak with Kerry. "Say,
I did some research and I have the answer
to that riddle. It's Colin Powell."
Kerry gets up, stomps over to John Edwards,
and angrily yells into his face, "No,
you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
