On his most recent trip to Great Britain , George Bush had a meeting
with Queen Elizabeth. He asked her, "How does one manage to run a
country so well and so effortlessly?"
"That's easy," she replied, "You surround yourself with intelligent
ministers and advisors."
"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?" he inquired.
"You ask them a riddle," she replied, and with that she pressed a
button and said, "Would you please send Tony Blair in."
When Blair arrived, the Queen said, "I have a riddle for you to
answer for me. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister
and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"
Blair replied, "That's easy. The child was me.
"Very good,' said the Queen, "You may go, now."
Very impressed, President Bush went back to Washington and called in
his chief of staff, Karl Rove. He said to him, "I have a riddle for
you, and the answer is very important: Your parents had a child and
it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"
Rove replied, "Yes, it is clearly very important that we determine
the answer, as no child must be left behind. Can I deliberate on this
for a while?"
"Yes," said Bush, "I'll give you four hours to come up with the answer."
So Rove went and called a meeting of the White House Staff, and asked
them the riddle. But after much discussion and many suggestions, none
of them had a satisfactory answer. So he was quite upset, not knowing
what he would tell the President. As Rove was walking back to the
Oval Office, he saw Secretary of State Condoleza Rice approaching
him. So he said, "Ms. Secretary, can you answer this riddle for me?
Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not
your brother. Who was the child?"
"That's easy," said Condi, "The child was me."
"Oh thank you," said Rove, "You may just have saved me my job!"
So Rove went in to the Oval Office and said to President Bush, "I
think I know the answer to your riddle. The child was Condoleza Rice!!"
"No, you idiot!" shouted Bush, "The child was Tony Blair
with Queen Elizabeth. He asked her, "How does one manage to run a
country so well and so effortlessly?"
"That's easy," she replied, "You surround yourself with intelligent
ministers and advisors."
"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?" he inquired.
"You ask them a riddle," she replied, and with that she pressed a
button and said, "Would you please send Tony Blair in."
When Blair arrived, the Queen said, "I have a riddle for you to
answer for me. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister
and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"
Blair replied, "That's easy. The child was me.
"Very good,' said the Queen, "You may go, now."
Very impressed, President Bush went back to Washington and called in
his chief of staff, Karl Rove. He said to him, "I have a riddle for
you, and the answer is very important: Your parents had a child and
it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"
Rove replied, "Yes, it is clearly very important that we determine
the answer, as no child must be left behind. Can I deliberate on this
for a while?"
"Yes," said Bush, "I'll give you four hours to come up with the answer."
So Rove went and called a meeting of the White House Staff, and asked
them the riddle. But after much discussion and many suggestions, none
of them had a satisfactory answer. So he was quite upset, not knowing
what he would tell the President. As Rove was walking back to the
Oval Office, he saw Secretary of State Condoleza Rice approaching
him. So he said, "Ms. Secretary, can you answer this riddle for me?
Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not
your brother. Who was the child?"
"That's easy," said Condi, "The child was me."
"Oh thank you," said Rove, "You may just have saved me my job!"
So Rove went in to the Oval Office and said to President Bush, "I
think I know the answer to your riddle. The child was Condoleza Rice!!"
"No, you idiot!" shouted Bush, "The child was Tony Blair
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