My Friday Night

[Mr. B]

Well Friday night. The night of parties and lots of alcohol.

Lets just say I had a little run in with officer Fuck-tard.

I was on my way back to my dorm room and was almost there when I came face to face with a little man with a badge.

Out came the breathalyzers and the ticket book.

And now I am down $137 for underage compumption.

On the plus side, all my friends got one too. And we all have court on the same day.

[Mr Bean]

And now I am down $137 for underage compumption.

On the plus side, all my friends got one too. And we all have court on the same day

Heh that classic line
I can die for my country, decided the fate of the free world, smoke myself to death and even buy a gun

But I can't take a swig

[Tsyroc]

And now I am down $137 for underage compumption.

On the plus side, all my friends got one too. And we all have court on the same day

Heh that classic line
I can die for my country, decided the fate of the free world, smoke myself to death and even buy a gun

But I can't take a swig

The only reason I can see that the drinking age is 21 instead of 18 is because the government wanted an age where people were not likely to still be in high school. That way really underaged drinking was cut down because no one at a high school party should be able to buy alcohol.
When I was a sophomore in high school the drinking age changed in my state from 19 to 21. One of the guys on the track team was old enough that he was grandfathered in. The exact reverse happened to my dad. He was about to turn 21 when the drinking age was dropped to 18, the next year it moved to 19 which it stayed at until I was in high school.

One thing about your run-in got me wondering. You were walking, not driving? In that case what does the police officer do if you aren't carrying I.D.? Does he take the time to arrest you until someone can identify you? Does he take your word as to who you are? Or, does he let you go due to the extra hassle involved for something so stupid. As far as I know in the U.S. we are not required to carry I.D. at all times (Yet ).

Unless he has some quota to reach why would he give a crap about underaged drinking as long as you weren't doing something stupid.

[Lagmonster]

It's not that I think kids can't handle it, or that it's harmful, or anything. But I live near a high school which borders on a forested area on the edge of suburban Ottawa. And I have dropkicked my fair share of hung-over passed-out 14-year-olds off of my lawn and porch, and participated on community associations who walk the forest trailway and pick up empty beer cans, clean out fire pits, etc.

Now, maybe if they let kids drink in bars they wouldn't have to light fires and get drunk out in the forest. All I can tell you is, as a home owner, I'll support any change in legislation that lowers the chance that I have to stick a stake in your butt and use you to mop your puke off my porch.

[Dirty Harry]

It aint so bad in this country, you can drink when you 16( )

But you didn't get all the bad luck over the weekend, I got the Flu and spent all friday night puking into a bucket ( ).

[Azeron]

sounds like another fund raiser for the police dept.

[salm]

nice to live in germany where you can drink stuff like beer and whine at 16 and schnaps at 18.

my friday was quite cool too at least the evening. after studiying for my exams the whole day i had one bong hit after the other and ended up playing tekken ball with my room mate for 4 hours.

[Stormbringer]

Well Friday night. The night of parties and lots of alcohol.

Lets just say I had a little run in with officer Fuck-tard.

I was on my way back to my dorm room and was almost there when I came face to face with a little man with a badge.

Out came the breathalyzers and the ticket book.

And now I am down $137 for underage compumption.

On the plus side, all my friends got one too. And we all have court on the same day.

That sucks. Those are the kind of cops that give all other a bad name, they just have to be assholes even when you weren't doing anything wrong. At the parties I've been to the cops will let it slide as long as there aren't obvious minors (15 like) or driving.

Any way, you got off lucky. They could do a whole lot worse if they had wanted to.

[salm]

how much worse than $137 could it have been? a night in jail, well better a night in jail than $137.

[Stormbringer]

how much worse than $137 could it have been? a night in jail, well better a night in jail than $137.

I know people that have gotten much, much heavier fines than that. And a night jail would be worse. You do not want to spend a night in a drunk tank.

[Nathan F]

Well Friday night. The night of parties and lots of alcohol.

Lets just say I had a little run in with officer Fuck-tard.

I was on my way back to my dorm room and was almost there when I came face to face with a little man with a badge.

Out came the breathalyzers and the ticket book.

And now I am down $137 for underage compumption.

On the plus side, all my friends got one too. And we all have court on the same day.

Dont whine about getting a ticket. When you took a drink and you are underage, you took the risk of getting caught. You got caught. Life's not fair, don't B**** about it. You're not getting any sympathy from me because you broke the rules and are having to pay for it.

[Mr Bean]

Youre not getting any sympathy from me because you broke the rules and are having to pay for it.

I have a strong urge to exerise the right I got when I was 18 and buy a Gun to take care of this... sitatuion

When the rules make no sense why bother following them?

[Nathan F]

Decent argument, but, when a gun is used in the manner it was meant for (self defense, hunting, etc) you dont kill other people. With cigarettes you only hurt yourself. When you get drunk, you are a pain in the rear to everyone and if you happen to get behind the wheel, you put everyone in danger. So if you look at the big picture, the rules do have meanings. There is a method to their madness sometimes.

[Spanky The Dolphin]

Don't take any offence, Mr. B, but I feel you deserved it. You broke a law, plain and simple. You get no sympathy from me.

[Nathan F]

how much worse than $137 could it have been? a night in jail, well better a night in jail than $137.

Much worse than a night in jail and $137 combined. Try getting your license pulled, a much heftier fine, a few nights in jail, and getting kicked out of your school.


Hehe, and Spanky, for once we actually agree on something.

[Lagmonster]

When the rules make no sense why bother following them?

See my comment above about kicking 14-year-old drunks off my property on Sunday mornings in the summer. It's a person-specific thing, Bean. I mean, like I said, I don't care if kids drink, or smoke, or fuck. As long as 1) the results of all that doesn't end up on my porch in vomit format, 2) I don't have to pay for it and 3) I don't have to clean up after it. The rules as they are, are in place to try to limit less mature people. Still, there are lots of underagers like Mr.B. who are probably responsible drinkers; I believe that if he was just walking home without causing any problems for anyone, that he shouldn't have been singled out and penalized.

[Azeron]

Hmm I am on the side of Mr. Bean, but I am facist. this doesn't make sense, cause the people in opposition (who call me facist all the time) like seeing 18 years old being fined for drinking.

Mr. Bean, go into court and say this:

Beer is way to commune with God How dare they keep you from expressing your religous experience

they will let you go.

[salm]

argh... evil american laws again...

[salm]

Much worse than a night in jail and $137 combined. Try getting your license pulled, a much heftier fine, a few nights in jail, and getting kicked out of your school.


Hehe, and Spanky, for once we actually agree on something.

argh... evil american laws again

[Nathan F]

Much worse than a night in jail and $137 combined. Try getting your license pulled, a much heftier fine, a few nights in jail, and getting kicked out of your school.


Hehe, and Spanky, for once we actually agree on something.

argh... evil american laws again

evil american laws?

[Sebastin]

nice to live in germany where you can drink stuff like beer and whine at 16 and schnaps at 18.

Do you live in the same germany I live in? I think it is beer* and other soft alcoholic stuff at 14 and harder drinks at 16.

Of course everyone I know started with schnaps at 14 and moved to beer when older, it´s not like it is really enforced over here. We were all drinking in a bar (How to translate Biergarten?) at that age (14/15).

*German beer, not that brown water reportetly avaiable in the US.

[Sea Skimmer]

nice to live in germany where you can drink stuff like beer and whine at 16 and schnaps at 18.

Do you live in the same germany I live in? I think it is beer* and other soft alcoholic stuff at 14 and harder drinks at 16.

Of course everyone I know started with schnaps at 14 and moved to beer when older, it´s not like it is really enforced over here. We were all drinking in a bar (How to translate Biergarten?) at that age (14/15).

*German beer, not that brown water reportetly avaiable in the US.

My state has more privately owned firearms then the German armed forces, so HA. Forget going out to get drunk, I can go out in the woods at 15 and shoot things with an M16, which I've found to be far more fun then getting drunk.

[Mr. B]

Dont whine about getting a ticket. When you took a drink and you are underage, you took the risk of getting caught. You got caught. Life's not fair, don't B**** about it. You're not getting any sympathy from me because you broke the rules and are having to pay for it.

Asshole. Have you ever even broken the speed limit?

Do you know how many people drink every weekend and DON'T get caught? I only had three drinks and the only reason he smelled it on me was because some asshole had spilled on me. I wasn't hurting anybody, I wasn't being loud, annoying, or troublesome. It's not as if I had driven home. We had sober people driving, we made sure that there was a way to get back without any drunk person driving. There was no way for me to hurt anybody.

This is an unjust law that does nothing to stop drinking.

[MKSheppard]

This is an unjust law that does nothing to stop drinking.

There are scores of unjust laws that don't do fucking shit, so deal
with it, you stupid fucking idiot. SHIT HAPPENS.

[Nathan F]

Dont whine about getting a ticket. When you took a drink and you are underage, you took the risk of getting caught. You got caught. Life's not fair, don't B**** about it. You're not getting any sympathy from me because you broke the rules and are having to pay for it.

Asshole. Have you ever even broken the speed limit?

Do you know how many people drink every weekend and DON'T get caught? I only had three drinks and the only reason he smelled it on me was because some asshole had spilled on me. I wasn't hurting anybody, I wasn't being loud, annoying, or troublesome. It's not as if I had driven home. We had sober people driving, we made sure that there was a way to get back without any drunk person driving. There was no way for me to hurt anybody.

This is an unjust law that does nothing to stop drinking.

Hmm, well now. You DID know the laws. You DID know that you werent supposed to be drinking underage. Why didnt you stay put where you were at until the smell got off you? If you used a bit of since, and didnt get yourself into positions where you got tickets, then you wouldn't have gotten busted. Oh, and if your friends got tickets, did you not expect to get one when it could be smelled on you?

So dont whine to us about it.

Again, LIFES NOT FAIR! When you drunk the first beer, you ran the risk of getting caught, and guess what, you got caught.