Tom's birth certificate finally arrived so we were now in a position to apply for his passport. Simple enough chore, don't you think?
Problem is that since certain events in 2001, photo ID for the passport has changed. Somewhat. All photos must be eyes open, mouth shut, both ears showing on a neutral background. Easy enough if you are, say, older than 2 or 3 years old.
I wonder if anyone in boffin-land has tried to get a four week old to conform to this criteria? Well, perhaps no. We tried on several occasions whist shopping today to get him a) to open his eyes b) not to cry whilst opening eyes c) to wake up for the camera, but alas, to no avail.
Of course, babies with eyes shut must, perforce, be terror suspects, or drug smugglers.
These days you can barely write on the lines, let alone between them.
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