An army general telephoned to his unit in another place wanting to speak to someone. He said, "Hello!"

There was a soldier, playing like a sergeant or something, at the other end of the line. He didn't recognize the voice of the high general commander in chief. He said, "Hello! Are you okay? Are you all right? What's up, doc? We should go out drinking again sometime. All right?

So the general shouts at the top of his voice, "Do you know who are you talking with? Shut up!"

Suddenly, it was quiet for a long time at the other end of the line. Then he asked, "Who is it? Who's speaking?".

The General said, "I'm the General, Commander in Chief of your unit."

There was a longer pause, greater silence; and the other end said, "Do you recognize who's speaking to you also?"

The General said, "No, who are you?" The soldier said, "Oh, very lucky for me that you didn't! Good bye!"