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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 favorite 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!". "What is
it?" "It's Bill Clinton". "No, you idiot", says Musharraf, "It's
Advani".
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