The company commander and the first sergeant were in the field for maneuvers. As they hit the sack for the night, the first sergeant said: “Sir, look up into the sky and tell me what you see.”
“I see millions of stars,” the commander replied.
The first sergeant asked, “What does that tell you, sir?”
The commander answered, “Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me that God is great and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Top?”
The first sergeant said, “Well sir, it tells me that somebody stole our tent.”
from "Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II" by Charles Osgood