{"id":98069,"date":"2016-12-12T11:11:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/content\/?p=98069"},"modified":"2023-04-05T12:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:28:54","slug":"the-queens-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2016\/12\/12\/the-queens-riddle\/","title":{"rendered":": The Queen’s Riddle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Queens Riddle!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the start of his tenure as president, Obama while visiting<\/p>\n

the UK had dinner with the Queen. Obama, wanting to learn as<\/p>\n

much as he could about governance, leaned toward her and asked;<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give me?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d said the Queen, \u201cThe most important thing is to<\/p>\n

surround yourself with intelligent people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Obama frowned, and then asked, \u201cBut how do I know if the<\/p>\n

people around me are really intelligent?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Queen took a sip of champagne.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, that\u2019s easy; you just ask them to answer an<\/p>\n

intelligent riddle, watch.\u201d The Queen pushed a button<\/p>\n

on her intercom. \u201cPlease send Tony Blair in here, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tony Blair walked into the room and said, \u201cYes, your Majesty?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Queen smiled and said, \u201cAnswer me this please, Tony.<\/p>\n

Your mother and father have a child.It is not your brother,<\/p>\n

and it is not your sister. Who is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answered,<\/p>\n

\u201dThat would be me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cYes! Very good.\u201d said the Queen.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden the same question.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have<\/p>\n

a child. It\u2019s not your brother and it\u2019s not your sister. Who is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure,\u201d said Biden.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me get back to you on that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went to his advisors and asked everyone, But none within<\/p>\n

the administration could give him an answer. He even called<\/p>\n

Hillary, she said, “Send in a donation, and I’ll put my whole<\/p>\n

staff on it. Frustrated, Biden went to work out in the congressional<\/p>\n

gym and saw Paul Ryan there.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Biden went up to him and asked, \u201cHey, Paul, see if you can<\/p>\n

answer this question. \u201cYour mother and father have a child,<\/p>\n

and it\u2019s not your brother or your sister. Who is it?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Paul Ryan answered, \u201cThat\u2019s easy; it\u2019s me!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Biden smiled, and said, \u201cGood answer, Paul!\u201d Biden then<\/p>\n

went back to speak with President Obama.<\/p>\n

\u201cSay, I did some research, and I have the answer to that riddle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Paul Ryan!\u201d<\/p>\n

Obama got up, stomped over to Biden, and angrily yelled into his face,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cNO, you idiot! It\u2019s Tony Blair!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u2026AND THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS PRECISELY WHAT\u2019S BEEN<\/p>\n

GOING ON AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE PAST EIGHT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

YEARS!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queens Riddle!!! At the start of his tenure as president, Obama while visiting the UK had dinner with the Queen. Obama, wanting to learn as much as he could about governance, leaned toward her and asked; \u201cYour Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give me?\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":49467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[145,2829,9725],"class_list":["post-98069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-barack-obama","tag-queen","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}