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Intelligence Criteria

During his recent visit to England, George W. Bush met with the Queen.
He asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government?
Are there any tips you can give to 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. "Oh, that's easy. You
just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle."

To demonstrate, the Queen pushed ! a button on
her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here,
would you?"

Tony Blair walked 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
answered," That would be me."

"Yes! Very good," says the Queen, turning to Bush
with a smile.

Back at the White House, Bush asked 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," said the vice president. "Let me get
back to you on that one."

Dick Cheney went to his advisors, and then to
Rumsfeld, and asked every one, but none gave
him an answer. Finally, he ended up in the men's
room and recognized 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?"

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

Dick Cheney smiles. "Thanks!" Cheney went back
to the Oval Office and to speak with Bush. "Say, I
did some research and I have the answer to that
riddle. It's Colin Powell."

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

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