[Gllug] re: USA / civil liberties etc

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 07:48:54PM +0100, Russell Howe wrote:
> On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 12:22:08PM +0100, Mark Williams wrote:
> > I wonder how long it is since I had to prove I'm over 18? My kids don't 
> > often get asked, indeed the 16 year never has been & it's not like he 
> > never buys beer or wine...
> 
> One of our gllug IRC regulars, who is 18, got asked for ID in order to
> buy a burger at a recent social meet - no doubt they would have asked to
> see his ID card had they been introduced.

Then he should have refused to eat the burger - on the basis that if it had
fermented that much that he needed to prove that he was 18+ to be able to
consume the alcoholic profuct of fermentation ....

Seriously: did he show them ?

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