George W. Bush is in England visiting the Queen. "So," asks W. "How do you pick smart people for your office? I've noticed they are all smart and all make good choices towards the future of your country. How do you do it?" "I ask them a simple question," the Queen answers. "I'll give you an example." The Queen then proceeds to call Tony Blair over the telephone. He answers. "Hello, Mr. Blair," the Queen says. "May I ask you a question?" "Go ahead, your Highness." "If your mother and your father have a child, and it is not your brother or your sister, who is it?" Tony Blair immediately answers: "It's me, of course." "That is correct. Thank you Mr. Blair." They hang up. "You see?" The Queen says to W. "I do!" Says Bush excitedly. "Thank you!" Bush goes back to his office in Washington DC. He ponders over the people in his office, and decides to give the Queen's idea a try. He calls in Jesse Helms, the secretary of Defense. "Mr Helms, If your mother and your father have a child, and it is not your brother or your sister, who is it?" Jesse Helms hmms and haas over the question, but just cannot answer. "Let me get back to you on that, sir," says Helms, and leaves the Oval Office. Immediately, he calls a huge meeting of almost everyone in the White House. He asks them the question, but not one of them can get it. One of them suggests, "Hey, how about we call Colin Powell?" It is deemed a good idea, and they call him up. Jesse Helms asks: "Mr Powell, if you mother and your father have a child, and it is not your brother or your sister, who is it?" Colin Powell answers immediately in a disgusted voice: "It's me, you idiot!" and he hangs up. Jesse Helms suddenly gets it and runs back to Bush's office, crying "I've got the answer! I've got the answer! It's Colin Powell!" "No, you dumbass!" Bush yells back. "It's Tony Blair!"