Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 1/18/03 "The Big Numbo" Yesterday we took a family trip, an hour's drive down to the Office of Social Security. In the lobby it was Ananda's opinion that Zachary did not need a "numbo" and when we told her that she had one too, she asked if hers was five. She didn't have the faintest idea about what the government was, or even the United States for that matter. We stepped up to the counter with Zack's application all filled out and with his crispy, new birth certificate in hand, but we were lacking another required form of I.D. for the little guy. "Don't you have a hospital record?" the clerk asked us. "How about an immunization or doctor's report?" We shook our heads. He seemed to freeze, looking at us for a moment, and then asked us to excuse him. When he returned he was accompanied by a very professional-looking woman who had been seated at a desk in the back. "Maybe we can be exempt from these for our religious beliefs?" I asked her with my eyebrows up. She then informed us that a baptismal or church document would suffice. "We don't belong to a church," Jim said and I added, "We kind of do our own thing." She nodded and I could tell that, by then, the two of them were starting to get a kick out of us. I said, "We figured that if all this was for identification purposes we could just bring him in so you could see him." I held the baby up to the window and said, "This is Zack." "HI Zacky!!" Ananda suddenly burst forth and in such a joyous, high voice that the baby turned his head toward her and beamed like light rays shooting in every direction. We couldn't help it; Jim and I busted up in giggles. "Well," the woman said, "This is against policy but I'm the supervisor and I'm just going to sign it off. Everybody's been crazy," she continued, rolling her eyes up to the ceiling and shaking her head, "since September 11th...but sometimes you've just got to think outside the box." "Woooo!" I cheered. "All right!" exclaimed Jim, "We like that!" Finally, they told us that Zack would be receiving his card (with his "big numbo" on it) in about two weeks and we joked that we were sure he'd be waiting eagerly every day for it. There were smiles on everyone within earshot as we walked out, and even Mr. Serious, the security guard waved at us and said goodbye. (picture included) Attachment: (image/jpeg) 116-1664_IMG.JPG [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Delightful picture. , "Kheyala" <kheyala@n...> wrote: >> > (picture included) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 You mean that the answer to the question "Who am I" is not: THE BIG NUMBO !!!! Thanks for sharing this Kheyala and the sweet picture of Reality in expression. Love and in JOY Patt Kheyala writes: 1/18/03 "The Big Numbo" Yesterday we took a family trip, an hour's drive down to the Office of Social Security. In the lobby it was Ananda's opinion that Zachary did not need a "numbo" and when we told her that she had one too, she asked if hers was five. She didn't have the faintest idea about what the government was, or even the United States for that matter. We stepped up to the counter with Zack's application all filled out and with his crispy, new birth certificate in hand, but we were lacking another required form of I.D. for the little guy. "Don't you have a hospital record?" the clerk asked us. "How about an immunization or doctor's report?" We shook our heads. He seemed to freeze, looking at us for a moment, and then asked us to excuse him. When he returned he was accompanied by a very professional-looking woman who had been seated at a desk in the back. "Maybe we can be exempt from these for our religious beliefs?" I asked her with my eyebrows up. She then informed us that a baptismal or church document would suffice. "We don't belong to a church," Jim said and I added, "We kind of do our own thing." She nodded and I could tell that, by then, the two of them were starting to get a kick out of us. I said, "We figured that if all this was for identification purposes we could just bring him in so you could see him." I held the baby up to the window and said, "This is Zack." "HI Zacky!!" Ananda suddenly burst forth and in such a joyous, high voice that the baby turned his head toward her and beamed like light rays shooting in every direction. We couldn't help it; Jim and I busted up in giggles. "Well," the woman said, "This is against policy but I'm the supervisor and I'm just going to sign it off. Everybody's been crazy," she continued, rolling her eyes up to the ceiling and shaking her head, "since September 11th...but sometimes you've just got to think outside the box." "Woooo!" I cheered. "All right!" exclaimed Jim, "We like that!" Finally, they told us that Zack would be receiving his card (with his "big numbo" on it) in about two weeks and we joked that we were sure he'd be waiting eagerly every day for it. There were smiles on everyone within earshot as we walked out, and even Mr. Serious, the security guard waved at us and said goodbye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 , plomba3200@a... wrote: > Dear Ones, > > You mean that the answer to the question "Who am I" is not: > > THE BIG NUMBO !!!! > > Thanks for sharing this Kheyala and the sweet picture of Reality > in expression. > > Love and in JOY > Patt > > Kheyala writes: > > 1/18/03 "The Big Numbo" > LOL!! My pleasure. It's nice to meet you, Patt. ! Kheyala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 I loved this one...been there, done that! You lucked out! ))))))Shawn on 1/18/03 10:30 AM, Kheyala at kheyala wrote: > 1/18/03 "The Big Numbo" > > Yesterday we took a family trip, an hour's drive down to the Office of Social > Security. In the lobby it was Ananda's opinion that Zachary did not need a > "numbo" and when we told her that she had one too, she asked if hers was five. > She didn't have the faintest idea about what the government was, or even the > United States for that matter. > > We stepped up to the counter with Zack's application all filled out and with > his crispy, new birth certificate in hand, but we were lacking another > required form of I.D. for the little guy. "Don't you have a hospital record?" > the clerk asked us. "How about an immunization or doctor's report?" We shook > our heads. He seemed to freeze, looking at us for a moment, and then asked us > to excuse him. When he returned he was accompanied by a very > professional-looking woman who had been seated at a desk in the back. > > "Maybe we can be exempt from these for our religious beliefs?" I asked her > with my eyebrows up. She then informed us that a baptismal or church document > would suffice. "We don't belong to a church," Jim said and I added, "We kind > of do our own thing." She nodded and I could tell that, by then, the two of > them were starting to get a kick out of us. I said, "We figured that if all > this was for identification purposes we could just bring him in so you could > see him." I held the baby up to the window and said, "This is Zack." "HI > Zacky!!" Ananda suddenly burst forth and in such a joyous, high voice that the > baby turned his head toward her and beamed like light rays shooting in every > direction. We couldn't help it; Jim and I busted up in giggles. > > "Well," the woman said, "This is against policy but I'm the supervisor and I'm > just going to sign it off. Everybody's been crazy," she continued, rolling > her eyes up to the ceiling and shaking her head, "since September 11th...but > sometimes you've just got to think outside the box." "Woooo!" I cheered. > "All right!" exclaimed Jim, "We like that!" > > Finally, they told us that Zack would be receiving his card (with his "big > numbo" on it) in about two weeks and we joked that we were sure he'd be > waiting eagerly every day for it. There were smiles on everyone within > earshot as we walked out, and even Mr. Serious, the security guard waved at us > and said goodbye. > > (picture included) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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