Last night

A Russian party-official arrives late at night to his hotel (in Russia). He is
not surprised to find that his reservation has been mislaid but he is more than
a little peeved that his status in the party isn't enough to get him a good room
anyway. However, the clerk insists, the only bed they have left is the fourth
bunk in a 4-bed dorm - he'll have to make do with that. The Russian grumbles but
eventually he picks up his suitcase and heads for the dorm. On his way, he meets
a chamber-maid and thinking he might as well try to make friends with his
room-mates, he asks her to bring them four cups of tea.


As he enters the dorm, he finds that the other three guests are Polish, they
are having a fairly wild party and they're very drunk. They also ignore him
totally from the moment he enters. After sitting there for several minutes, he
realizes he can't stand them anymore and decides to pull a joke on them. He
stands up, grasps a floor lamp and speaking into the light-bulb as if it were a
microphone he says: "Comrade Colonel, we would like four cups of tea to our room
immediately!"


The Poles stare at him in disbelief, which turns to horror as
the chamber-maid knocks on the door and delivers the tea a few minutes later. In
about 30 seconds the Poles have all packed their bags and fled the hotel. Our
Russian gets the entire room to himself. He sleeps very soundly. The next
morning, however, as he's checking out and is about to leave, the desk-clerk
calls after him: "By the way, Sir, the Comrade Colonel said to tell you he
appreciated your little joke last night!"