A visitor to the throne room, finding himself rather tired, decided to take a rest and seated himself on the only available seat - the throne. The guard in charge of the room, shocked by the visitor's nerve, told him that it was the tsars throne and that he should not seat himself there.

"That's quite alright," replied the visitor, "he isn't here right now, and when he comes, I will, certainly, quickly, vacate the throne."