Who is my father's son who is not my brother?

[anarch]

[DelawareValleyDem]

1. Your mother's worst nightmare

[Lady Freedom]

2. hehe

:evilgrin:

[anarch]

4. haha!

We have a winner!

[mainegreen]

5. Maybe I'm dumb

but i don't get it. Could someone spell it out for me?

[anarch]

6. see post #3 n/t

[mainegreen]

8. Oh my god

I'm a moran. Why did I not get it? :banghead:

[calico1]

7. His father's son who is not his brother.

He is also his father's son, remember? Its one of those questions that can kind of throw you.

[JVS]

3. You, you stupid jerk!

:P

[billyskank]

9. This was a joke I heard around 1998, I think

anyway, it was when Arsenal had just won the Premier League and the FA Cup. Ferguson wanted to know what Arsenal's secret was, so he went down to Highbury to pay them a visit. Once at the Arsenal ground, he asked Arsene Wenger what his secret was.

"Simple," said Arsene, "ah keep mah playerz sharp by testing not only zeir bodeez, but also their minds. Regard!"

Arsene calls out to Denis Bergkamp, "Denis! 'Ee is your father's son, but 'ee is not your brother. 'Oo is 'ee?"

Denis Bergkamp calls back, "oh, that is simple. He is me!"

Ferguson is very impressed, and travels back to Old Trafford. Once back home, he calls out to David Beckham: "David! Come here, I have a riddle for you!"

"What's that boss?"

"He is your father's son, but he is not your brother. Who is he?"

David Beckham thinks hard for a minute, and then asks if he can take the problem home and think about it overnight.

At home, David phones up his teammate Jaap Stam and tells him the riddle.

"Oh that's easy," says Jaap Stam, "that is me!"

The next day David Beckham finds his manager and says, "I got the answer boss! It's Jaap Stam!"

"No, you moron," says Ferguson angrily, "it's Denis Bergkamp!!"

[anarch]

11. hahaha!

Yeah, it's a pretty adaptable joke...here's another version:

While visiting England, George W. Bush is invited to tea with HRH, The
Queen. Mr. Bush asks her majesty what her "real" leadership philosophy is.

HRH replies that it is quite simply to surround herself with intelligent
people. George W. then asks how she knows if they are truly
intelligent.

"I usually do so by asking them the right questions," says
the Queen. "Allow me to demonstrate." She then phones Tony Blair and
says, "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question: Your mother has a
child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or
sister. Who is it?"

Tony Blair immediately responds ,"Certainly, the child would be
me, ma'am." "Correct. Thank you and good-bye, Mr. Prime Minister," says
the Queen. She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, George?"

"Yes, your
Majesty. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that one!"

Upon returning to Washington, Mr. Bush decides he better put the Chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the test. He summons Jesse
Helms to the White House and says, "Senator Helms, I
wonder if you can answer a question for me."

"Why, of course, George, What's on your mind?"

"Uhh," says Mr. Bush, "your mother has a child, and your father has a
child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Helms hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to
you?" Bush agrees, and Helms leaves. Helms immediately calls a meeting of
other senior Republican senators, and they proceed to puzzle over the
question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Helms calls Colin Powell at the State Department
and explains his problem. Senator Helms poses the question "Now lookee
here, son, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this
child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you dumb cracker." Much
relieved, Senator Helms rushes back to the White House and reports, "It's
Colin Powell!"

Mr. Bush replies in total disgust: "Wrong, you dumb shit, it's Tony Blair!"


....

I also know another Beckham joke, but it involves a word that will get this locked....

[UrbScotty]

12. Yeah, I was just going to find and post that.

;-)

[hyphenate]

10. Your transgendered sister

is also a possibility

[RedCloud]

13. "Oh that's easy," says Jaap Stam, "that is me!"

Me? Me?

The conjugated form of to be links like entities.
Subject with subject.

It is I. Repeat.

:spank: :spank: :spank:

[anarch]

14. Oh, woe is I.... n/t

[youthere]

15. It is you.