I was almost born in Brooklyn

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:16 am

Mom & dad were married in NYC, worked in Manhatten and lived in Brooklyn.Mom was pregnant with me and my dad got a new job at Newark Airport and they moved to Newark, New Jersey and I was born at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, and I am not even Jewish. Having left New Jersey as a pre teen and moving to California with my mother I never was in Brooklyn or New Jersey long enough to aquire the accent of either of those cities for which I and others have been most grateful. :wah:

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:47 am

Gee lon, I had my chemotherapy at New York Methodist (in Brooklyn) & I'm not Methodist! Go Figga (that's written in Brooklynese).

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:45 am

Wow - I was born at Dartford General Hospital - and I'm not a General.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:55 am

OK if we are being silly.....I was born at The Woolwich Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and I am neither either.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:09 pm

Bruv;1468472 wrote: OK if we are being silly.....I was born at The Woolwich Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and I am neither either.
Ah, but you WERE one of them at the time - therefore you passed the entrance exam.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 1:26 pm

AnneBoleyn;1468464 wrote: Gee lon, I had my chemotherapy at New York Methodist (in Brooklyn) & I'm not Methodist! Go Figga (that's written in Brooklynese).

Well the amazing thing for me is that I escaped being circumsized for which I am most grateful,. though born in a Jewish Hospital

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:47 pm

Lon;1468477 wrote: Well the amazing thing for me is that I escaped being circumsized for which I am most grateful,. though born in a Jewish Hospital

You're kidding right? That can't be performed without parental consent, so it's your mom & dad who should be thanked!

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:36 pm

These days it's all down to the cutbacks.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:37 pm

FourPart;1468486 wrote: These days it's all down to the cutbacks.

I'm not British, please explain.