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Debutante Ball

A US Navy cruiser 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 mess dress uniforms to attend the dance. They should

arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite… Continue

Added by Spivey on July 31, 2010 at 10:53am — No Comments

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