From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:54:04 +0800
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Subject: Re: SS Follies
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On Wed, 15 May 1996, Duncan Frissell wrote:

> Almost real dialog from the Spring of 1996:
> 
> Parent: "My child has no SS# because (he/she) has lived overseas for
> (his/her) entire life."
> 
> College admissions bureau-rat:  "But how can (he/she) have a Passport
> without an SS#?"
> 
> Parent: "That's our problem, not yours unless you've joined the State
> Department in the last 15 minutes."

Not to mention that an SS# is not required to receive a U.S. Passport.

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