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While on his state visit to England, George W. Bush meets The Queen, and
he turns round and says: "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 "King-dom", you have
to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."


Dubya thinks a while and then says: "How about a Principality then?", to
which the Queen replies, "Again, to be a "Princ-ipality" you have to be
a Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush."


Bush thinks long and hard and comes up with "How about an Empire then?"


The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replies, "Sorry again, Mr
Bush, but to be an Em-pire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you
are not an Emperor."


Before George Bush can utter another word, The Queen says: "I think
you're doing quite nicely as a country."