White House IQ Test

Now, folks, I've been a little hard on Dubya of late. In fact, I've accused him of being the dumbest President we've ever had. Yet, there is a chance, however small, that I could be wrong. Thanks to The Donald we have this report of IQ testing in the White House.

Dubya, during a visit with the Queen of England, asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give me?"

"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."

Dubya frowned, "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 intelligence riddle."

The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Would you please send The Prime Minister in here?"

Tony Blair walked into the room. "Your Majesty...."

The Queen smiled. "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, Blair answered, "That would be me!"

"Yes! Very good! said the Queen.

The Queen spots a typographical error.

Back at the White House, Bush called in his vice president, Dick Cheney.

"Dick, 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 the vice president. "Let me get back to you on that one."

Dick Cheney went to his advisers and asked every one, but none can give him an answer.

Finally, he ended up in the men's room and recognized Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall.

Dick shouted, 'Colin! 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?"

Colin Powell yelled back, "That's easy. It's me!"

Dick Cheney smiled. "Thanks!"

Cheney went back to the Oval Office and asked to speak with Dubya.

"Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell."

Bush got up, stomped over to Dick Cheney, and angrily yelled into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

There you go, folks. Dubya and the boys in the White House ain't near as dim as I thought they were!

Knowing that I voted for the dumb SOB the first time around, it makes me feel like I'm not exactly the brightest light in the hall either.

Duh!