Whats worse than being wanted by Internal Affairs? Being rejected...

There were two problems with the application, the first being that the photos I'd had taken had a tiny amount of sunlight reflection on my glasses, nothing that really obscurred my ugly mug (mores the pity I hear someone say?), but enough that they didn't accept it.

However, the second problem was more intriguing. Apparantly there's confusion over who I actually am, based on the details I had provided - some problem with accuratly finding my records in the births/deaths/marriages database. Looking over the copy of my application I sit looking confused, there's only 4 Derricutt's in New Zealand (my brothers wife kept her name), and I'm certainly the only Mark. Hmmm....

So I call my parents and ask them to dig out my birth certificate which is still at their house, and a few hours later I get a call back with a lead to the confusion. I've always spelt my middle name as Phillip with 2 L's, but it seems my birth certificate lists Philip with only 1 L. Now, I could understand confusion if their BDM database listed two people, Phillip and Philip - but with only the single result, both born the same day, same place, and every other detail the same. Surely they'd make the connection.

Oh well - its an amusing tale to tell at least, it's not everyday you're rejected by Internal Affairs :) So today I went and got a new photo taken sans glasses (no reflections here biatch!) and need to post them down to my mum back home, so I can get the same witness to sign the photo again (and hopefully before she goes in for heart surgery).

It's all fun and games...