French Joke

A joke posted by Merde in France that's making the rounds in France.

Jacques Chirac visits President George Bush. - Tell me George how do you put together such a efficient team while I'm assisted by a bunch of morons.

- Simple Jack, I constantly test my cabinet Secretaries. If they respond correctly, they stay on. Otherwise I fire them. It's a 'best of breed' process, I'm sure of keeping only the smartest ones.

Bush then calls Powell.

- Colin, I'm going to ask you a question. You know the rules. If you're wrong, you're fired. OK? Here we go:

- It is your mother's child, but it's neither your brother or your sister. Who is it?

Colin Powell thinks for a few seconds and then answers:

- That's easy. It's me!

- Perfect, Bush says, you stay on.

Chirac is very impressed. As soon as he gets back to Paris he calls on Raffarin (Prime Minister).

- Raffarin, I'm going to ask you a question. If you answer correctly, you stay on as Prime Minister. If not, you're fired. Here it is: it is your mother's child, but it's neither your brother or your sister. Who is it?

Raffarin, aware of his own shortcomings, requests a brief delay to think it over. Chirac gives him 24 hours. Raffarin rushes back to his palace, calls his cabinet ministers, and soon a group of senior civil service mandarins are studying the question. All of the possible outcomes are covered. After several hours of study, a guy more clever than the rest says:

- We must ask JuppeHe's always right and he knows what the President has on his mind. Great idea! Raffarin immediately places a call to Juppe

- Hello Alain? It's Raffarin. Chirac wants an answer to this question and since you know him so well you can find the answer.

The question is: It is your mother's child, but it's neither your brother or your sister. Who is it?

Right away, Juppe snickers slightly and with his well known superior attitude responds:

- That's easy, it's me.

The next day Raffarin rushes to the Presidential Palace.

- President Sir, President Sir, I know who it is!

- OK, OK, Raffarin. So, your mother's child who is neither your brother or your sister, who is it?

- It's Juppe President Sir.

Chirac's eyes bulge wide open.

- Pack your bags Raffarin. The correct answer is Colin Powell!!!!!