It was funny cuz on my 19th birthday I went to buy alcohol and I couldn't wait for them to card me so I could whip it out and prove that I was finally 19 .. and they didn't card me .. the one and only time I haven't been carded was the day I wanted them too .. bastards.
i get carded for stupid things heh
ie. lottery tickets i still get carded at some bars.. and once for smokes (of course it wasnt for me) but i dont get carded for buying alcohol tho
I got carded today; it pissed me off. I order the same drink every cotton-picking time I go to this one restaurant, and they carded me. Last week, I was really hedging on what alcoholic beverage I wanted, and didn't get carded.
When I was 21, I was told I looked 15. poo. Now I'm 25 and I get carded many places in the States. In a few years, I'll be happy about it, but now I'm angry.
I've gone dry Irish pub crawling in Ottawa and didn't get carded, and I walk straight into bars in Saint John, and at NxNE last year, I was with a 20-year-old and an 18-year-old, and the youngest one looked the oldest, so we all got into Holy Joe's even though they were theoretically 19+. I wanted to go see another act at the Horseshoe, but they were supposedly actually carding so instead we walked around Toronto.
But to me, Canadian carding is just a myth.
~Official fan of Canadian Bands that can be abbreviated to three letters~
<p>...Though I haven't heard anything by Matthew Good...
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
My ex bf bought me my first drink when I was 16 .. and I spent like an hour or 2 puking in a park near my house .. until a cop showed up and asked if I was okay .. he thought my bf was 'trying something' ... it was kinda funny.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
nothing better? isn't that why everyone gets drunk? ?
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
SoozyJ wrote:And it's nothing like the scary drinking age enforcements in the US. I was 20 when I was last there and it was awful! Checking ID up to the age of 30 and arresting people and breathalysing them if they're underage drinking is just wierd. I think I was only ever asked for ID 3 or 4 times from the age of 16 onwards and a couple of those times I think I was 20 anyway!
no it doesnt, people are dumb and drive drunk. I think bars have to card here unless the person looks over 40 it is just policy usually.
yeah, even though I don't drink, England's law about it is a lot better than the U.S.'s policy. Isn't the problem with drinking in the U.S. a lot bigger than in any European countries with more lenient drinking laws? The U.S. should be like that, but it would be mass chaos for a long time after they make it law so I doubt it will ever happen.
In Holland you can buy drinks whenever you want. Officially you have to be 18 for hard liqour like whiskey, rum, etc. and 16 for beer, wine and mix-drinks. But it's not hard for kids under that age to get a drink. I don't believe we have more problems than elsewhere in the world with stricter rules.
