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# Nope...
...its definitely 16.

At least it is round here - may be different in England.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:22, archived)
# you can 'drink' at any age really when given it by your parents
you just can't BUY it.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:24, archived)
# Yes...
...that should be pointed out.

Well done Fnord.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:29, archived)
# more points against the US
in my opinion
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:32, archived)
# Why?
same thing applies there - you can DRINK at any age, you just can't BUY until you're 21 (in the majority of states... they're kinda like mini-countries, bound together by a single currency and top-level bureaucracy... this is totally different to Europe, which is bound together by a single currency and top level bureaucracy...)
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:35, archived)
# no
I don't think that's true.

Anyone who gives an underage person alcohol can get into serious trouble.

And if that isn't really the law, that's what they make it sound like
*brainwashed
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:38, archived)
# it's something
like that. Also don't forget that anyone (over the age of 5 i think) can drink in their own home
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:26, archived)
# Blimey, when did they put that up?
Anyway its legal to drink from the age of 5,
at home. Although its parents/guardians that get into trouble if you overdo it.

And apparently its legal to buy a child a drink for consumption in a pub garden (which I guess doesn't count as licensed premises)

Also boats are not covered by the licencing laws...
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Nostril, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:32, archived)
# Once you are a certain distance out to sea...
...in international waters, I don't think any laws apply.

...but I still wouldn't risk murder or that, just in case.
(I helped save b3ta! Mystery_Bob, Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:34, archived)