TABLE OR BOOTH?

Gerald and I went into a local restaurant and the hostess asked, "Table or booth?"

Gerald said, "John Wilkes."

The young woman said, "Hunh?  I don't understand."

Gerald said, "You know, John Wilkes BOOTHE?"

She answered, "I don't know who that is."

I said, "You know, the one who assassinated President Lincoln."

She said, "Oh, I don't know anything about that."

I said, "It was in all the papers."  Obviously unaware that I was striving for humor, she answered, "Really?"

Oh, please tell me, HOW could a person old enough to serve liquor NOT know who the Hell John Wilkes Boothe was?