this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
650 points (97.5% liked)
Funny: Home of the Haha
5214 readers
1255 users here now
Welcome to /c/funny, a place for all your humorous and amusing content.
Looking for mods! Send an application to Stamets!
Our Rules:
-
Keep it civil. We're all people here. Be respectful to one another.
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry. I should not need to explain this one.
-
Try not to repost anything posted within the past month. Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.
Other Communities:
-
/c/[email protected] - Star Trek chat, memes and shitposts
-
/c/[email protected] - General memes
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
buying beer CASHIER: How old are you?
ME, 19: I'm 19.
CASHIER: Alright here you go hands beer
ME and CASHIER: laughs in European
Holy shit Europe has free beer for 19 year olds?
It's right there in your parents' fridge!
Omfg 😆
ME: A 12 yo Navy brat living in Italy, on vacation at a Palermo resort.
The waiter (addressing a table of 10-13 yo kids): I can take your order while drinks are self serve; soft drinks are over there, wine and whisky to the left of that.
ME: Wine it is then.
I don't know what the legal drinking age was at the time (mid-2000s), but if it was above 13 it certainly wasn't really enforced.
I don't know if Italy has a drinking age. The culture around wine just doesn't make it a taboo. Kids drink watered down wine like it's juice for dinner.
no drinking age but you gotta be 18 to buy it. Although Ibought alcohol from Indian stores without being 18