 An Australian journalist who thought she would try her luck with submitting a truly wild name for her newborn has been left shocked after it was approved. ABC presenter Kirsten Drysdale, 38, recently welcomed her third child with her husband Chris. However, when it came to naming their son, Kristen decided to see if she could push the boundaries and go for a out-there choice. Much to her amazement, the name she submitted – Methamphetamine Rules – was approved. While offensive terms are prohibited by the New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the name somehow got through. A few weeks after giving birth, the birth certificate arrived, with Methamphetamine Rules listed as the newborn's given name. She was shocked to discover her son's name Methamphetamine Rules had been approved (Picture: Kirsten Drysdale/ Instagram) The whole affair came about after Kristen thought she'd use her own child to help during research for her programme, WTFAQ, which aims to investigate the answers to viewers' burning questions. After the question 'What can I legally name my baby?' came up consistently, a then heavily pregnant Kristen was trying to decipher what the Registrar default names a child if the parents' first submission was rejected. After hitting roadblocks while trying to get a clear answer from the government department, as she was about to give birth, she decided to try her luck. 'We thought, what is the most outrageous name we can think of that will definitely not be accepted?,' she told news.com.au. 'Methamphetamine Rules we thought would surely get rejected, and then when it does, we can find out what name the Registrar chooses. 'It was really just a light-hearted, curious attempt to get an answer to this question.' She tried her luck as research for a TV programme (Picture: ABC) However, she was understandably surprised when her online submission){kind=link}
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An Australian journalist who thought she would try her luck with submitting a truly wild name for her newborn has been left shocked after it was approved.
ABC presenter Kirsten Drysdale, 38, recently welcomed her third child with her husband Chris.
However, when it came to naming their son, Kristen decided to see if she could push the boundaries and go for a out-there choice.
Much to her amazement, the name she submitted – Methamphetamine Rules – was approved.