[Amz]

I'm very pleased with myself, you see I have been wondering for quite a while why most American people are obese (please don't remind me of the size zero thing just read the rest of this post okay?) and why most English people are alchohlics (if you disagree, then you obviously havn't met any of my friends!) But now I know! In America you can't be given alchohol in pubs until you're 21!!!! So when 18 year-old English people are going out getting drunk the 18 year-old Americans are sitting at home eating!

[Zoo]

Well, I can't speak for the latter, but the former is more that you have to drive to get most anywhere in a lot of places, nobody "has time" to eat properly, or sleep properly, or do anything but work, the "restaurants" give you way too much food which you feel obligated to eat (even though of course you don't have to), and the fast food places keep coming up with bigger and bigger burgers (reminds me of the burger king ad where the men are singing about not eating girly food...).

Although I can't say I understand why our drinking age is higher than the age we can smoke, join the military, vote, etc., but that's beside the point.

[Nazē.]

You'd be surprised how many teenagers here drink alcohol anyway.

[Charlie]

Eh age limit doesn't stop people drinking


....*hides bottle*

[Phieta]

In America you can't be given alchohol in pubs until you're 21!!!!

I'm fairly sure that it's not just in pubs/bars/restaurants/wherever... even in the privacy of home, with parental approval, it's not allowed.

Which is incredibly stupid. :-\

(For some reason, very few of my friends drink, and all of them drink responsibly, including those who're underage. The rest of us either haven't bothered with it or don't like the taste )

[Dr. Kebab]

I'm very pleased with myself, you see I have been wondering for quite a while why most American people are obese (please don't remind me of the size zero thing just read the rest of this post okay?) and why most English people are alchohlics (if you disagree, then you obviously havn't met any of my friends!) But now I know! In America you can't be given alchohol in pubs until you're 21!!!! So when 18 year-old English people are going out getting drunk the 18 year-old Americans are sitting at home eating!

Vouch

I'm very pleased with myself, you see I have been wondering for quite a while why most American people are obese (please don't remind me of the size zero thing just read the rest of this post okay?) and why most English people are alchohlics (if you disagree, then you obviously havn't met any of my friends!) But now I know! In America you can't be given alchohol in pubs until you're 21!!!! So when 18 year-old English people are going out getting drunk the 18 year-old Americans are sitting at home eating!

Vouch

[Neraphym]

Aye, American laws are stupid.

[Bespetna]

I know man it sucks that we have to be 21 to get a drink but you guys can just all hope in a car and go to Amsterdam.

Res: You can and will refrain from saying stuff like that here.

[Jake]

Hop in a car in england and drive all the way to amsterdam for weed.

Yep... ALL europeans do that.

Uh huh...




In America most people start drinking way before 21.
And so many americans are obeese because of
cheap food
cheap gasoline (compared to europe)
We can't travel 10ft without jumping into a car and driving

[Rohtaren]

Germany doesn't have a drinking age limit...

[Unrealblight]

Well, I can't speak for the latter, but the former is more that you have to drive to get most anywhere in a lot of places, nobody "has time" to eat properly, or sleep properly, or do anything but work, the "restaurants" give you way too much food which you feel obligated to eat (even though of course you don't have to), and the fast food places keep coming up with bigger and bigger burgers (reminds me of the burger king ad where the men are singing about not eating girly food...).

Although I can't say I understand why our drinking age is higher than the age we can smoke, join the military, vote, etc., but that's beside the point.

"I'm a man hear me roar".... never mind >_>
I WILL EAT THIS MEAT! Untill my in-y turns into an out-y!

Anyways, No one really cares about the age limits anymore, I've seen policemen give their underaged children free access to their liquor cabinet, while they're off at work.

I'd put the blame on the all these shops and stores sprining up, I can walk like 2 blocks to go to a corner store, and then like 1 more to a plaza with a mini-malls, Popeyes, Churches, Bill Millers, Sonic, Dairy Queen, and McDonalds. In the past, the trouble was getting the food, now it's the trouble of which drive-thru you want to go to.

[BubbaMurphy]

Germany doesn't have a drinking age limit...

Yes they do, it's 16.

[Aaron]

Eh age limit doesn't stop people drinking


....*hides bottle*

It sure doesn't. I think if they had no drinking age, then less people would drink because they wouldn't have to break the law. I'm a teetotaler myself, but I still think there shouldn't be an age limit (there should be a BAL limit, though).

[Rohtaren]

Germany doesn't have a drinking age limit...

Yes they do, it's 16.

they do? i know someone who is much much younger than that and had at least a few sips of beer in Germany without getting in trouble with the law for it.

i think he was in a beer hall or a festhuas or whatever, a place that would notice if you were drinking underaged.

[Zziggywolf5]

Two-pound burger and a giant-sized fries, anyone? Don't forget your 40 ounce Coca-Cola!