John Kerry after having exhausted his conversations for advice from his many foreign leader friends, he calls the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, are there any tips you can give me for when I become president?"
"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 intelligence 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.
Having heard this, Kerry calls up his new vice presidential candidate, John Edwards. "Hey Little 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 Edwards. "Let me get back to you on that one."
Edwards goes to his campaign advisors and asks every one, but none can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes John McCain’s shoes in the next stall.
Edwards shouts, "Senator McCain- 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?"
McCain yells back, "That's easy. It's me!"
Edwards smiles. "Thanks!" He gets Kerry on the phone and says to Kerry “I did a lot of research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's! John McCain."
Kerry screams back into the phone “No you idiot! It’s Tony Blair.” |
