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The Elderberries by Corey Pandolph and Phil Frank and Joe Troise for August 15, 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...
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.