Friend of mine posted this ..
At his meeting with Queen Elizabeth the other night, George W. Bush turned
to the Queen and said: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how
my great country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a
Kingdom." The Queen replies "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you
have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."
George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?"
To which the Queen replied "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a
Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush."
George thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?"
The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replies "Sorry again, Mr Bush,
but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an
Emperor."
Before George W could utter another word, The Queen said: "I think you're
doing quite nicely as a Country."
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