Melinda's Debutante Ball

By SOP newswire2

A U.S. Navy cruiser was anchored in Mississippi for a week`s shore leave.

The first evening, the ship`s Captain received the following note from the wife of a wealthy plantation owner:

`Dear Captain: Thursday will be my daughter Melinda`s Debutante Ball. I would like you to send four well mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms to attend the dance.

They should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite Southern conversation. They should be excellent dancers, as they will be the escorts of lovely refined young ladies. One last point: No Jews please.`

8:00 PM on Thursday, Melinda`s mother heard a polite rap at the door which she opened to find, in full dress uniform, four smiling black officers. Her mouth fell open, but pulling herself together, she stammered, `There must be some mistake.`

`No, Madam,` said the first officer.

`Captain Goldberg never makes mistakes.`

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