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[bubosquared]

Feel like week-old, thrice-warmed-over ass. Hey kids, guess who's probably coming down with another stomach infection and will therefore be living off toast and soup and no coffee (er, after this mug) for the next three days? That's right, me. Expect cranky!Melle to make an appearance. Or two. Hundred.

FCA-L people continue to amuse me with their catfights. Plus, there's an actual interesting discussion going on, and I want to post my three cents in here, except I can't be arsed to be coherent right now, and hey, who asked me, anyway?

Today's moment of self-importance: someone on FCA-L asked where the term "RealPeopleSlash" originated, and I answered that as far as I know, it originated somewhere in the first few months of RS-X. Yo, at least I didn't add that to the best of my knowledge, I coined the acronym "RPS". So there.

Random annoyance of the day: I hate it when I'm in the middle of reading a rather good HP story, a rather good H/D story, even, and I'm thrown out because there's a reference to the drinking age as being eighteen. Drinking age in the UK is sixteen, people. Please, please, please do your research. There's enough British people online who will be more than happy to help you.

Was talking to Molly yesterday about how I really want to read a good, long, kind of happy kind of sad kind of really dark post-wara story, something character-driven and relationship-driven, not necessarily slash, but something exploring the people and interpersonal dynamics and how war changes people and their perceptions of others.

Am pondering my War!Bunny, and what everyone would be doing in it. So far, all I have are the twins, Harry, and Draco. Not that good, is it

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Drinking Age

[(Anonymous)]

To buy alcohol you have to be 18, to drink it (in a pub anyway) you have to be sixteen, other than that, it's up to your parents.

Random Brit girl

Re: Drinking Age

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ha! I knew you only had to be sixteen to drink it in a pub. (The scene I referred to was in a pub. :))

Is drinking age really enforced in the UK, btw?

Re: Drinking Age

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

... to some extent. Depends on the pub/barman. Some are really strict, some aren't, and then you get the pubs like The Rising Sun in my town where the back doors are left open in case of the inevitable friday night raid by the coppers and admitting to drinking in there after the age of 16/17 is regarded as incredibly sad.

Drinking age at home : 5
Restaurants : 14 or so
in pubs : 16, but you have to have responsible adults with you and several pubs don't let under 18s in.
Buying : 18

[(Anonymous)]

I bought alcohol when i was 16 in pubs. They don't ask for ID so if you looked old enough you'd get served. Also, if you look 16 but are with someone who looks 18 or 19 (even if they're not) you'll get served without needing any ID

Jenny

[pelicanzed.livejournal.com]

I'm not at all convinced. Everyone (here) knows eighteen to be the legal drinking age; I think it's ok to drink beer or cider in a pub aged 16 if accompanied by an adult, but not spirits. (Also, apparently you have to be fourteen to drink soft drinks in a pub.)

Some (posher) pubs have bouncers that don't let you in if you don't look and can't prove you're eighteen. But the vast majority of bar staff don't check at all; people at my school frequently went to both pubs and clubs (where you have to be eighteen to get in, but ID'ing is very irregular) from the age of fourteen onwards.

(Also, let it be known that Slimelight is one of the few nightclubs in Britain that's over 21s, so we've been there illegally. However, to the best of my knowledge, that restriction is just to keep under 18s out; people typically look three years older than they are, but not much more. Since Slimelight is only semi-legal (you can bring your own drinks and they turn a blind eye on drugs) they really don't want any minors going there, acting foolishly, and having their parents' sue.)

Re: Drinking Age

[(Anonymous)]

This would be where my not having been in a pub for about 4 years becomes a problem. But basically, from what my friends say, so long as the bar staff know you, and know that you're not one of those people who can't handle their drink, then you're okay.

Random Girl again

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yeah, drinking beer in a pub is what I had in mind. :)

It's pretty much the same here, but people don't really ID-check here, either.