[Seany (OP)]

Your tie was loose, you scruffy boy!  []
(in the speech day photo, I mean)

LOL! My bad madam []

There we go..

My first DECENT-SIZED (and not a sip from my parents) lager!! Heehee on my sister's birthday!..

I always forget about drinking ages everywhere else.. It shocks me to see it! LOL How old is it there in the UK?

LOL, I think it's 18 over here. But that is only to purchase the alcohol. You can drink it at any age, as long as it is bought from an 18 or over pereson, and that you have permission from your parents. You can go to a restaurant, and your parents order a beer for you, and you can still drink it. I think

[DoctorBeaver]

Seany - that's not strictly true. An adult can be prosecuted for buying alcohol for an under-18-year-old.

Some restaurants will turn a blind eye to an underage person having a small glass of wine with a meal (if an adult is there), but I think they draw the line at 14.

[i am bored]

still thats better than here you have to be 21 to buy or drink alcohol if a resturant lets you have any alcahol if you are under 21 they shut it down

Seany - that's not strictly true. An adult can be prosecuted for buying alcohol for an under-18-year-old.

Some restaurants will turn a blind eye to an underage person having a small glass of wine with a meal (if an adult is there), but I think they draw the line at 14.

[kdlynn]

i think if you are eighteen and with your parents it's ok

[Karen W.]

Your tie was loose, you scruffy boy!  []
(in the speech day photo, I mean)

LOL! My bad madam []

Am I the MAdam you refer to with Doc beavers quote?? Young man Just how much did you have to drink! LOL

[Karen W.]

i think if you are eighteen and with your parents it's ok

NOT Here in the states ! If you hold a liquor licence and are caught serving alcohol to a minor under 21, you Can Loose your liquor license as well as being shut down..fined or what have you!

[kdlynn]

hmmm... i know several places that should be closed then...

[Karen W.]

Yeah unfortunantly there are lots of them.

[Seany (OP)]

Seany - that's not strictly true. An adult can be prosecuted for buying alcohol for an under-18-year-old.

Some restaurants will turn a blind eye to an underage person having a small glass of wine with a meal (if an adult is there), but I think they draw the line at 14.

Oh my dear.. LOL!.. How about at home?

[Karen W.]

Seany - that's not strictly true. An adult can be prosecuted for buying alcohol for an under-18-year-old.

Some restaurants will turn a blind eye to an underage person having a small glass of wine with a meal (if an adult is there), but I think they draw the line at 14.

Oh my dear.. LOL!.. How about at home?

At home here also if you are caught. It is a form of abuse I suppose!

[Seany (OP)]

I guess.. Is that the same with the UK?

[Mirage]

I guess.. Is that the same with the UK?

I guess it depends on how old the child is and how much the child has.

When I was younger my pops would let me have a shandy........that was nice, especially at the age of 8 []

Sometimes, around Christmas if I was lucky my pops would let me have a stumpy with my meal.......must have been about 12 or so

[Karen W.]

What is a Shandy? Is a stumpy a cigar? SLANG THREAD PLEASE! LOL

[Mirage]

A shandy is basically a beer or larger mixed with lemonade. More lemonade than beer though []

Stumpies are little bottles, they're only 25cl, so very small  []

[kdlynn]

ew!

[Mirage]

Ew? Which one or both?

[kdlynn]

the lemonade concoction..

[Karen W.]

A shandy is basically a beer or larger mixed with lemonade. More lemonade than beer though []

Stumpies are little bottles, they're only 25cl, so very small  []

Oh OK! We used to cell little soda we called stupies, I had forgotten about!

[Mirage]

the lemonade concoction..

It's not that bad actually, and if you're a driver and still want a bit of beer then it's ideal.

I think one of the worst concoctions has to be snakebite..........basically you have half and half of cider and larger mixed together.......it's very strong

[DoctorBeaver]

Specially for the dictator who kan't  []