"I can hardly wait to hear the story.!"
"It came about after some particular piece of nonsense, that I could not refrain from grinning. They asked me about it, and, in order to gain time, I told them that I was a Mind-scientist. They took that to mean that I was one of them, a pseudologist. I had to think fast for an explanation of my hilarity, so I told them I was reminded of the case of this corporal, who had earned a very high distinction for bravery. There came of necessity the question of promoting him to sergeant. Yet, his superiors put it off because he lacked all qualities for leadership. One of these pseudologists supposed, sarcastically, that the man might have become a general. I then told them that this corporal attained a position in which he could make and break generals, fieldmarshals and so forth, from the Polar-circle to the south of Greece, at the flick of a thumb. They simply could not believe it."
"I know. I too know the story of Hitler."