As part of the visa process, we have to go in and "have our biometrics taken." Biometrics! It's sounds so scientific and futuristic! We knew that this would involve fingerprinting, but what else? It had to be more, because if it was just fingerprinting then it would be called "having our fingerprints taken." But this? This is Biometrics!
I, being fascinated by the world, am dying to find out what this means. Will there be retinal scans? Voice printing? Will state-sponsored phrenologists be called in to map the complex geometry of our skulls to prevent Tom Cruise in a rubber mask from infiltrating the UK? We'll know later.
Update: We have now returned from the biometrics and....it was just fingerprints. High-tech scanning of the fingerprints into a computer, but still. They also took another photo. This time, smiling was ok as long as no teeth showed. I went with the blank stare again, just in case.
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