Perdue (not Frank either)

[Laurence Horn]

So we can assume no one born by Caesarean can be a natural born killer either?

At 10:57 PM -0400 3/20/11, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>Here is an example of this motif of humor with a reference back to the
>Reader's Digest in 1952. The barb is directed at an anonymous
>University of Pennsylvania applicant instead of a Purdue (Perdue)
>student:
>
>Cite: 1978, Statistical Survey Techniques, GB Page 480, John Wiley &
>Sons, New York. (Google snippet; Not verified on paper; Reader's
>Digest cite not verified; Data may be inaccurate)
>
>An applicant at the University of Pennsylvania filling out an entrance
>form came to the question, "Are you a natural-born citizen of the
>U.S.?" He puzzled a while, then wrote: "No - Caesarean" - (Readers
>Digest, June 1952).
>
>http://books.google.com/books?id=g2RdAAAAIAAJ&q=Caesarean#search_anchor
>
>
>The topic of interpreting the term "natural born" in the Constitution
>with respect to the cesarean procedure has been mentioned in legal
>circles since 1980 (and probably before) with varying degrees of
>levity.
>...

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