Official public records now have metaverse evangelist in them
Yesterday we had to wander down to the Registrar in Fareham to officially put Sam on the system. I instantly blogged it as it was quite amusing over on my personal blog.. However in an SMS with Roo today where I told him the story he said “You have to put a picture of the birth certificate on eightbar”.
The conversation with the registrar was a lot simpler a few years ago with Sophie. Occupation: Consulting IT Specialist. This time with Sam, I proudly flashed my business card and showed that I was a Metaverse Evangelist. So it is now a matter of public record and family historians will have fun with that in a few years time.
When asked for the full names of Sam I nearly went mad and slipped Linden or Predlet in as he has been nicknamed Baby Linden and Predlet since his conception. However I am not a wealthy rock star (not that Linden is that unusual a name but Predlet may be a bit much) so we stuck to our agreed names.
The biggest hmmm should I ? moment occured when I was legally asked if I am known by any other names. Epredator and Epredator Potato may have been a bit too much for the poor registrar.
As it was she asked what the profession was, for the statistic people. We stuck with “online virtual worlds” rather than spark up a laptop and do a 40 minute demo. “That will keep them something to think about” she said.
So to the picture of the “worlds first metaverse evangelist on a birth certificate?” Well I can’t put that up.
a) It’s getting a bit too personal b)Its not here yet c) Its crown copyright. All three being very good reasons.

January 30th, 2007 at 22:24
I am amused.
Predlet… srsly!
January 31st, 2007 at 11:11
The ‘let’ suffix has long been used where we work. We have had a Briscoe brisclet, Trevor trevlet. Hugheslet is not quite as catchy as predlet.
For the sci fi minded I do not think we know much about how the young of a Yautja are raised or what they are even called. Yautjalet is as good as anything :-)
January 31st, 2007 at 11:32
Lindenlet…could have worked!
Predlet when searched through uk.yahoo.com provides a link to spiderman 3 official movie site – whats that all about!!! Pretty cool though!
April 30th, 2008 at 15:55
Hi,
All sounds like good fun. Reminded me of my own trip to the registrars when my daughter was born. My problem was that I couldn’t remember what we had finally agreed to call her!
April 30th, 2008 at 16:22
@alan I hope there was someone there to remind you ;-) I have heard a few war stories about people making things up on the spot and confusing the whole process and thier partner
June 2nd, 2008 at 14:33
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March 17th, 2009 at 01:14
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