George W. Bush was very depressed that people were saying he is stupid. so he called his good friend Queen Elizabeth, who said, "now George, what you need to do is to surround yourself with clever people. Let me show you." she called Tony Blair in and asked, "Tony, your parents had a baby. it isnt your sister and it isnt your brother. who is it?" Tony Blair replied, "its me!"
so Bush called Dick Cheney and said, "Dick, your parents had a baby. it isnt your sister and it isnt your brother. who is it?" and Cheny said, "wow, thats a tough one. let me get back to you." so Cheney called Colin Powell and said, "Colin, your parents had a baby. it isnt your sister and it isnt your brother. who is it?" and Colin Powell said, "its me!" so Cheney called Bush and said, "its Colin Powell!" and Bush said, "no, you idiot! its Tony Blair!"
《コメント》 環境論で良く引用されるフレーズ。例えば、陸つながりのヨーロッパに置いては,一国の大気汚染は必ず隣国に被害をもたらします。その為,ドイツを初めとするヨーロッパ諸国は人々の環境に対する意識(public awareness of the environment)が高いと言われいますね。逆に,日本のような島国はそうした連帯感が無いために,汚染に対する意識が低い,とよく指摘されます。