So I Heard This in Government Class...
So President Bush is talking to the Queen of England, right? They're doing their whole "tea and crumpets" thing, talking about politics and all the rest. Finally, the Queen sets down her tea cup and looks the President in the eye. She says to him, "You know, I have found a way to see if those under you are really mentally capable of having the office given to them."
Bush perks up, always on the look out to test the mental faculties of those he works with. "Tell me about it," he says.
"Well," says the Queen, "I've found that you simply ask them this question:
This person your father's son and your mother's son but not your brother. Who is it?"
The President's eyes light up, thinking this is a great question. So he gets on his cell phone and calls Tony Blair. He's like, "Tony, who is your father's son and your mother's son, but is not your brother?" Blair quickly replies, "That's easy. It's me."
Bush then calls up Dick Cheney, asking him the same question: "Dick, who is your father's son and your mother's son, but is not your brother?" Cheney thinks about it for a moment, then goes, "Hold on a minute, I'll call you right back." He quickly dials up Colin Powell, and repeats the question to him. Powell readily responds, "Why, it's me!"
Dick, now having the answer to the problem, calls back the President and says, "I have it!"
"...It's Colin Powell!"
The President replies, "No, you idiot, it's Tony Blair!"
Bush perks up, always on the look out to test the mental faculties of those he works with. "Tell me about it," he says.
"Well," says the Queen, "I've found that you simply ask them this question:
This person your father's son and your mother's son but not your brother. Who is it?"
The President's eyes light up, thinking this is a great question. So he gets on his cell phone and calls Tony Blair. He's like, "Tony, who is your father's son and your mother's son, but is not your brother?" Blair quickly replies, "That's easy. It's me."
Bush then calls up Dick Cheney, asking him the same question: "Dick, who is your father's son and your mother's son, but is not your brother?" Cheney thinks about it for a moment, then goes, "Hold on a minute, I'll call you right back." He quickly dials up Colin Powell, and repeats the question to him. Powell readily responds, "Why, it's me!"
Dick, now having the answer to the problem, calls back the President and says, "I have it!"
"...It's Colin Powell!"
The President replies, "No, you idiot, it's Tony Blair!"