Age restriction are stupid!

The main one that cracks me up every time I think about it is the age restrictions for porn and sex. At the age of 16 you can physically interact with a woman/man and do whatever you want with them (as long as they agree) yet you have to be 18+ to buy porn LMAO! So to read it in a magazine or even view videos/images you have to be 18... mental!

Stoner81.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
All the alcohol I seize gets booked onto the seized property register, so none of it goes missing. I spent 45 minutes counting numerous boxes of alcohol from new year's day.
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Aye, they get the Specials to do that work whilst the real coppers bugger off home with a boot full! :p
 
Whilst some of these things are perfectly legal to be bought under 18 or 16, it just comes down to the setup of their tills. The operators will go on what the till tells them to do, and the till will say flag any item that is in the alcohol category, this can even include cocktail books, glasses, mixers, just because of where they are located in the store. It is not worth the risk, or effort, for the operator to know the law inside out, but rather play it safe and let the till do the work.
 
I got ID'd for some chicken in wine sauce once (I'm 26) I didn't mind I always have my wallet which always has my ID so no problem for me.

decmatt is right the till operators will go off what it says on the till. Why risk serving something age restricted to an inspector and loosing your job
 
Why are knives seen as dangerous, when one could easily kill with a bar of soap or a toothpick.

Hell just make it so no one can touch or buy anything til they are 18.
 
I'm pretty sure you have to be 16 to buy paracetamol.

As for plastic cutlery it does seem a bit excessive but they probably group all cutlery under the category of "Must be at least 18 years of age."
 
Ahleckz said:
How can you kill someone with a bar of soap as easily as a knife?
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Well to be honest its really just hand to hand combat, im just adding in items of seemingly benign potential to it.

Specific areas on the body only require a swift jab via punch/whatever to completely immobilize the opponent, perhaps committing permanent damage and possible death, I do not remember entirely, the throat is one.
 
Ahleckz said:
I'd be a bit more worried if someone came charging at me with a kitchen knife, than a bar of Dove though...
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Who would be more determined, i would imagine the person handling the knife would think arrogantly enough, the Dove wielding maniac though, would be ultimately determined to use his weapon of choice as best he can.

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You used a poor example. Mostly because many stores create age restrictions on Paracetamol.

I was Id'd for a PG once... I thought it was a joke... PG13... I had my driving licence on me, and complained to the store manager. It's ridiculous trying to ID for a PG....

On another note, what really is stupid is that 'legally' speaking you can have sex at 16, however can't watch pornographic material until aged 18.... Now that's messed up age restrictions...

kd
 
Age 18 to view and look at porn. At age 16 you can do it all for real!

Used to be 16 for smoking, and 18 for matches.

Oh and I got ID'ed in Weatherspoons for a breakfast...
 
opstrat said:
a mate and his partner were at morrisons and buying wine with the rest of thair shopping. asked for id, his partner showed them her driving licence but still wanted to see my mates. he argued with them for ages eventualy he went home and got his id just to shove it in thair faces.
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After all the threads we've had on this some people just don't get it.

How did the store assistant know that it wasn't a setup by Trading Standards or whoever?
It does go on and it's how most stores get a bad mark against them.
 
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