Musharraf
comes to Delhi for a meeting with Vajpayee. After dinner, Vajpayee
says to Musharraf: "Well Parvez, I don't know what you think
of the members of your Cabinet, but mine are all bright and brilliant."
"How do you know?" asks Musharraf "Oh well, it's
simple", says Atal. " They all have to take special tests
before they can be a minister. Wait a second".
He
calls Advani over and asks him "Tell me Advaniji, who is the
child of your father and of your mother who is not your brother
and is not your sister?" "Ah, that's simple", says
Advani, "it is me!" "Well done Advani", says
Vajpayee and Musharraf is very impressed. He returns to Islamabad
and wonders about the intelligence of the members of his Cabinet.
He calls in his favourite member of cabinet and asks: "Tell
me, who is the child of your father and of your mother who is not
your brother and is not your sister? " He thinks and thinks
and doesn't know the answer. "Can I think about it a bit further
Sir? May I let you know tomorrow? ". "Of course",
says Musharraf, "You've got 24 hours."
He
goes away, thinks as hard as he can, calls in his Cabinet Secretary,
Chief Secretaries and Joint Secretaries, but no-one knows the answer.Twenty
hours later, the member of Musharraf's cabinet is very worried-still
no answer and only 4 hours to go. Eventually he says to himself:
"I'll ask Bill Clinton, he's clever, he'll know the answer."
He calls Clinton. "Mr.President", he says, "Tell
me who is the child of your father and of your mother who is not
your brother and is not your sister?" "Very simple",
says Clinton, "It's me!"
"Wonderful!"
says the Cabinet member and hangs up. Jumping with joy realizing
that he knows the answer, he rings Musharraf. "Sir, I've got
the answer!".
