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On his 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
smoothly?"
"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."
So 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
Colin Powell approaching him. So he said, "Mr. 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 Powell, "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 Colin Powell!"
"No you idiot !" shouted Bush, "The child was Tony Blair!
Chris Gardner
Queen Elizabeth. He asked her, "How does one manage to run a country so
smoothly?"
"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."
So 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
Colin Powell approaching him. So he said, "Mr. 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 Powell, "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 Colin Powell!"
"No you idiot !" shouted Bush, "The child was Tony Blair!
Chris Gardner