In a Manner of Speaking

Knowing I had completed a 20 year career in the Air Force, when a friend asked me what job I had, I told him I was a pilot.

Sensing he was in the presence of greatness and wanted to be sure he heard correctly he asked again, "Were you really a pilot?" 

"Sure," I said. When the supply truck came every morning, the sergeant looked at me and said, "Hey, you. Pile it over there."