Funny joke

[thalberg]

I got this in my email and I thought it was really funny.  Are we allowed to share jokes around here?  If it's some sort of taboo, let me know and I'll refrain in the future.

George W. Bush, the American President, meets with the Queen of England,
Elizabeth II.  He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient  government?
Are there any tips you can give to me?
"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself
with intelligent people."

Bush 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.
Back at the White House, Bush asks to speak with 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 goes to his advisors and asks every one, but none can give him
an answer. Finally, he goes over to Colin Powell's room and asked: "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 smiles comfortably and said, "That's easy. It's me!" Dick
Cheney smiles. "Thanks!"
Cheney goes back to the Oval Office and to speak with Bush. "Say, I did some
research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell."
Bush gets up, stomps over to Dick Cheney , and angrily yells into his  face,
"No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
 

[opus10no2]

Nothing more patriotic than good ol' Bush-is-stupid jokes.

[counterpoint]

Nothing more patriotic than good ol' Bush-is-stupid jokes.

"Bush is stupid"  that's not funny.

"Bush is President of the USA" that's funny   

And it is terrifying at the same time 

[pianistimo]

what will be funnier is the next president.