How To Run A Country

On his trip to Great Britain, Barack Obama had a meeting with Queen Elizabeth. He asked her, "How does one manage to run a country so smoothly?"

"That's easy," she replied, "You surround yourself with intelligent ministers and advisors."

"But how can I tell whether they are intelligent or not?" he inquired.

"You ask them a riddle," she replied, and with that she pressed a button and said, "Would you please send Prime Minister David Cameron in."

When Cameron arrived, the Queen said, "I have a riddle for you to answer. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"

Cameron replied, "That`s easy. The child was me."

"Very good," said the Queen, "You may go now."

So President Obama went back to Washington and called in Vice President Biden. He said to him, "I have a riddle for you, and the answer is very important. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was this child?"

Biden replied, "Yes, it is clearly very important that we determine the answer, as children are the future of this country. Can I deliberate on this for a while?"

"Yes," said Obama, "I'll give you four hours to come up with the answer."

So Biden went and called a meeting of the White House Staff, and asked them the riddle. But after much discussion and many suggestions, none of them had a satisfactory answer. So he was quite upset, not knowing what he would tell the President.

As he was walking back to the Oval Office, he saw former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton approaching him. So he said, "Hillary, can you answer this riddle for me. Your parents had a child and it was not your sister and it was not your brother. Who was the child?"

"That's easy," said Hillary, "The child was me."

"Oh, thank you," said Biden, "You may just have saved me my job!"

So Biden went into the Oval Office and said to President Obama, "I think I know the answer to your riddle. The child was Hillary Clinton!"

"No, you idiot!" shouted Obama, "The child was David Cameron!"