A US Navy cruiser was anchored in Mississippi for a week's shore leave.
The first evening in port, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a very wealthy, influential plantation owner (who also happened to be a very generous political donor). It read:
"Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter's Debutante Ball. I would like for you to send four (4) well-mannered, handsome, unmarried officers in their full formal dress uniforms to attend the dance. They must arrive promptly at 8:00 PM and be prepared to engage our guests in an evening of stimulating but polite Southern conversation. They all should be excellent dancers, as they will be the escorts of a group of lovely refined young Southern belles. Please make note of one last important detail: “Absolutely NO JEWS."
After reading and contemplating, the Navy Captain replied with a handwritten personal message that he had delivered to the Lady by yeoman. It read:
"Madam, thank you so much for your generous invitation. In order to present the widest possible knowledge base for an evening of polite, stimulating conversation, I am sending four (4) of my best and most impressive Officers.
The first young Officer I offer is a Lieutenant, with a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS) from University of Texas at Austin (College of Natural Sciences). He is world-renown for his work with Integrated Quantum Materials (IQM) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in establishing prototype deciphering benchmarks in the field of Advanced Technological and Cryptographic Algorithms. He is also awaiting notification on his Doctoral Dissertation (PhD) from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
The next Officer, another Lieutenant, proudly serves as one of our ships helicopter pilots. He is a graduate of Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. He also holds a PhD. in Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. The Lieutenant was recently accepted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronaut Candidate Selection Program which is quite an honor in its own right.
The third Lieutenant is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis with an additional Master’s Degree from The Pratt School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. He also serves as a Navy expert in the field of Fluid Technology and Thermal Technology as it relates to Marine Turbine Engineering in Ship and Vessel Design.
Finally, the fourth distinguished officer, a Lieutenant Commander, is our ship's Medical Doctor. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia with his Medical Degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The Doctor is also well respected in the field of Emergency Shock Trauma and Critical Care Surgery at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda."
Upon receiving this letter, Melinda's mother was quite excited and looked forward to Thursday's Ball with pleasure. Her daughter would be escorted by four handsome US Naval Officers without peer and all the other women in her social circle would be immensely impressed and 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 erect, very handsome, smiling ..... BLACK Naval Officers.
Her jaw dropped and her mouth fell open, but after pulling herself together, she stammered, "Ex, ex, excuse me. There, m,m,must be some kind of mistake."
"No, Madam," said one of the Officers confidently.
"Captain Goldstein NEVER makes mistakes."
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