reply to post by spinalremain
Often when coming back from Canada (pre 9/11) I was asked to produce my birth certificate. I always whipped out the handy dandy little short form I
posted here on ATS. Good enough for them.
Until one time...
I handed it over and before I could blink I was in custody. I was searched, my car was searched. I was held for 4 hours mostly waiting. Then they
asked some strange questions and let me go. I asked why I was stopped to begin with and I will never forget the answer.
"Sir, your birth certificate had been folded longways first then sideways in the past but when you handed it to us it was sideways first, then
longways. Tsk tsk. This caused obvious contradictory creases. We can not just let anyone into the US."
edit to add: this is a joke and not at all a true story.
[edit on 9-5-2010 by K J Gunderson]