Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. 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." Obama frowned, and then asked, "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 intelligent riddle." The Queen pushed a button on her
intercom. "Send David Cameron in here, would you?"
Cameron walked in and said, "Yes, Your Majesty?" The Queen
smiled and said, "Answer me this please, David, your mother and father
have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is
it?" Without pausing, Cameron answered, "That would be me."
"Yes! Very good," said the Queen.
Obama went back home and asked Joe Biden, the
same question. "Joe, 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 Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one..."
He went to his advisers and asked every one, but none could give him an
answer. Finally, he ran into Paul Ryan in Congress. Biden asked, “Paul,
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?"
Paul Ryan answered: "That's easy, it's me!"
Back in the Oval Office, Biden told Obama: "I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Paul Ryan!" Obama leaped to his feet and yelled:
"No, you idiot! It's David Cameron!"
[Thanks ECS]
