cruzn57
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Just a note to say Hi.
been under the weather lately, so haven't posted much,
heres a cute story.............
A US Navy cruiser had just anchored in Mississippi for routine maintenance and a week's shore leave for the sailors.
On the first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a well known, wealthy, and influential tobacco plantation owner:
"Dear Captain, Your ship docked just in time. Thursday will be my daughter'sDebutante Ball and
I would be most pleased if you would send four of your best, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms to attend the dance and festivities."
"They should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite Southern conversation. They should be excellent dancers, as they will escort my daughter and three other lovely refined young ladies. One last point: "No Jews Please."
Sending a written message by his own yeoman, the captain replied:
"Madam, thank you for your kind invitation. In order to present the widest possible knowledge base for polite conversation, I am sending four of my best and most prized officers."
"The first is a lieutenant commander, and a graduate of Annapolis with an additional Masters degree from MIT in fluid technologies and ship design."
"The second is a Lieutenant, one of our helicopter pilots, and a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago, with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. His Masters Degree and PhD. In Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering are from Texas Tech University and he is also an astronaut candidate."
"The third officer is also a lieutenant, with degrees in both computer systems and information technology from SMU and he is awaiting notification on his Doctoral Dissertation from Cal Tech."
"Finally, the fourth officer, also a lieutenant commander, is our ship's doctor, with an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his medical degree is from the University of North Carolina . We are very proud of him, as he is also a senior fellow in Trauma Surgery at Bethesda Medical Center." And all of them, I can attest, are excellent dancers.
Upon receiving this letter, Melinda's mother was quite excited and looked forward to Thursday with pleasure. Her daughter would be escorted by four handsome naval officers without peer (and the women in her social circle would be insanely jealous).
At precisely 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 very handsome, smiling Black gentleman officers.
Her mouth fell open, but pulling herself together, she stammered, "There must be some mistake."
"No, Madam," said the first officer.
"Captain Goldberg makes no mistakes."
been under the weather lately, so haven't posted much,
heres a cute story.............
A US Navy cruiser had just anchored in Mississippi for routine maintenance and a week's shore leave for the sailors.
On the first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a well known, wealthy, and influential tobacco plantation owner:
"Dear Captain, Your ship docked just in time. Thursday will be my daughter'sDebutante Ball and
I would be most pleased if you would send four of your best, handsome, unmarried officers in their formal dress uniforms to attend the dance and festivities."
"They should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite Southern conversation. They should be excellent dancers, as they will escort my daughter and three other lovely refined young ladies. One last point: "No Jews Please."
Sending a written message by his own yeoman, the captain replied:
"Madam, thank you for your kind invitation. In order to present the widest possible knowledge base for polite conversation, I am sending four of my best and most prized officers."
"The first is a lieutenant commander, and a graduate of Annapolis with an additional Masters degree from MIT in fluid technologies and ship design."
"The second is a Lieutenant, one of our helicopter pilots, and a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago, with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. His Masters Degree and PhD. In Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering are from Texas Tech University and he is also an astronaut candidate."
"The third officer is also a lieutenant, with degrees in both computer systems and information technology from SMU and he is awaiting notification on his Doctoral Dissertation from Cal Tech."
"Finally, the fourth officer, also a lieutenant commander, is our ship's doctor, with an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his medical degree is from the University of North Carolina . We are very proud of him, as he is also a senior fellow in Trauma Surgery at Bethesda Medical Center." And all of them, I can attest, are excellent dancers.
Upon receiving this letter, Melinda's mother was quite excited and looked forward to Thursday with pleasure. Her daughter would be escorted by four handsome naval officers without peer (and the women in her social circle would be insanely jealous).
At precisely 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 very handsome, smiling Black gentleman officers.
Her mouth fell open, but pulling herself together, she stammered, "There must be some mistake."
"No, Madam," said the first officer.
"Captain Goldberg makes no mistakes."
