The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for August 15, 2013
August 14, 2013
August 16, 2013
Transcript:
The General: Tomorrow's Veteran's Day. Any of you boys serve? Boone: Sure did...in the galley of a submarine in the Pacific. The General: The galley?? You mean workin' in the kitchen? Boone: That's right. In the early part of the war it was all they allowed a black man to do in the Navy. The General: Oh...er...well...no offense, my friend...I...er... The Professor: Seems like you served up a real can of worms for yourself there, General...
paha_siga over 11 years ago
Before the mentioning of kitchen, I thought that he had served in a galley-type submarine – you know, chained as a slave in his place to row it.
bigal666 over 11 years ago
That’s why the Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms than are necessary. The Pentagon was built before integration, and separate bathrooms were the law.
DanHills over 11 years ago
C’mon man. There were black officers in the civil war.
michaeljbounds over 11 years ago
Three words…Let.It.Go.
insipient1 over 11 years ago
I’m a Civil War buff, and I have yet to find a reference of black officers serving on either side. Yes, I said either side, for the South employed them as well as the North. They did serve honorably, most notably in the battle of Petersburg after explosives blew a massive crater in front of the rebel lines, and the resulting charge of mostly black union infantry were shot like fish in a barrel as they descended into that fiery cauldron of death.