Where were you born, son?

Where were you born, son?

It was the summer of 1942.  They were on a vacation trip in the 1941 Ford woody.  Parents were in the front seat, Richard and Geoff in the second, Carol and Lynn in the back.  They pulled up to Canadian Immigration.  The officer looked at the papers the driver gave him for a few moments.  Then he stuck his head in the car window, rapidly scanned the faces of three of the children then focused on the little boy in the rear seat.  "Young man, tell me, where were you born?"  Unfazed, the boy said, "Brooklyn Base Hospital".  The officer held his gaze for a moment, then withdrew and waved the driver ahead.

They drove on for a moment, then the parents broke into laughter.  Finally the woman turned to ask,  "Why Lynn, where did you just say you were born?!  Brooklyn Base Hospital? Where on earth did you get that idea?!

Editor's note: Lynn was born in Long Island College Hospital, in Brooklyn, NY.