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You need to view the car horn one differently : "I'm a danger on the road, I'd better warn everyone!"

Especially true if you're choking on the slice of lemon you didn't notice

Hah! Weirdos!

Probably . We have the same no honking law. I don't know if you noticed the no honking sign in Italy

I don't think I've been to a country where they honk as much as there

Michael Scofield will have a field day in your prisons..

Attempt to escape from prison is not illegal; however, if one he is caught he is required to serve out the remainder of his term.

That's weird. ... You can try as many times as you want [to escape] without consequenses at all.

I will admit it does not sound to be a particularly effective deterrent but I suppose the Danes don't want anyone taking up prison spaces for longer than necessary.

A few days ago I was thinking, "I'm sure I remember Tilla saying she was going to make a 'Stupid Laws'-type post nearly 2 months ago. Perhaps I should remind her "
I suppose I don't need to remind you about it now.

Prison Break 4 - New Prison, Same Old Crap.

Michael is incarcerated in Denmark's toughest prison for accidentally knocking the head off a giant lego man while visiting Legoland. Using stolen lego bricks he builds a staircase over the wall while the guards watch helplessly. On the outside, Linc is involved in a deadly game of Tilla and mouse with the Company's top assassin, who is having an affair with Bellick.

LOL @ the contradiction between the first two! And the law about escaping from prison, there are lots like that - like one here is, it's illegal for kids under 16 (soon it will change to 18) to buy cigarettes, or for adults to buy them for the kids, but it's ok for them to smoke them.

Yeah, pretty much . That law is a bit nonsensical, isn't it..? I mean, it's ok to buy it at 16 unless it's at a bar??

*nods*

Here it's legal for kids to drink in the company of a parent or guardian but they can't buy booze or have it bought for them. I think the parent has to feed it to the child by regurgitating it, like birds do for their babies.

How irresponsible is that?
I don't see how they could think it is better to "teach them to drink" than not giving them any alcohol at all.

Actually I'm for that. I'd rather my kids experience alcohol at home where I can keep an eye on them than having their first drink down a park surrounded by other drinking teens who're likely to leave them drowning in their own vomit after encouraging them to drink more than they can handle. It's happening more and more here with kids dying or worse after their friends have abandoned them while drunk.

I want my kids to have their first drink with me, where they can learn to drink in moderation rather than until they can't walk. With the right supervision it's a good thing for kids. Unfortunately most parents do that once then expect their kids to have learned the lesson and be responsible with drink. It takes a concentrated effort rather than a half arsed attempt when the parents can be bothered.

Now that I've thought it over more, I agree in part with what Mik said.
I personally had my first drink at home when I was really young (I do not remember the exact age but I was probably closer to 5 than 15 at the time.)
It was something of a calculated risk but it went as intended. My reaction at the time was one of disgust. I hated the taste of alcohol at that time and thus it became the single thought whenever I would knowingly ingest alcohol.

Doesn't matter what the source is: beer, cider or even something as innocuous as wine in a sauce, if it contains alcohol then I will taste it and dislike it. I can force myself to overcome my revulsion if the situation demands but I will know it is there and I will certainly never overindulge in it.

What was the point to this long recollection? Despite the Pavlovian side-effects, I think that supervised sip of alcohol at a young age was actually immensely useful for me. As a result of that sip, I am highly unlikely to drink myself into a coma or drown in my own alcohol-induced vomit.

For educational purposes - whether it is teaching a child how to drink in moderation or, as it was in my case, instilling a lifelong instinctive revulsion - then I do not think is a problem. As long as it is never glorified.

Respect

You were afraid of him seeing how bad you got?

I agree with Mik too, in a sense. I don't know how it is in other countries, but in Norway (outside the big cities) moonshine is extremely common, and you can never be sure of how good it is. A few years ago a couple of people died from poisoning after drinking what they thought was "ordinary" home-distilled alcohol. I can understand the parents wanting to rather give their teens alcohol at home.

It's a spirit made from potatoes. Illegally brewed in the hills. The irish version is potine and it's the only thing that ever got me passing out drunk.

The French and Spanish don't really have a problem with cheap, easily available alcohol or with their kids having it. I think it's more the culture we (and seemingly your country has) or drinking to get drunk. Half the people I work with seem to get drunk at least once a week.

People here seem to think that getting so drunk they can't walk, vomit everywhere, get violent and lose control of their bladders and bowels means that they're grown up.

I think the worst is "If you can't remember last night, you know you had a good time". I mean, WTF? Helloooooo, is there a brain in there? Aaaarrrrggghhh!

Usually, if you can't remember last night then someone's in an IC unit.

Things that made me quit drinking:
1) Out broke one night and had loads of fun without booze.
It made me realise that I not only didn't need it to have fun, but that at some point I'd thought I did. And I don't like anyone forcing notions in my head.
2) Seeing my doormen carrying a mid forties woman out of our club on a chair as she literally pissed herself.
3) Having some drunken idiot try to start a fight with me only to miss with his own first punch and put himself through a shop window, puncturing his lung on the way.

Booze does kill brain cells, binges kill more and regular binges get them before they can regenerate. However these people either never remember just how bad they've been or hang around like-minded fools and swap the stories as if they're to be proud of. They boast about getting drunk and starting a fight for no reason and, because I look thuggish to those that don't know me, they boast to me about it. And that's part of the reason I prefer online companionship to be quite honest.

I don't think I ever thought I needed it to have fun - I was more "this stuff tastes ok, and people are more comfortable with me if I'm drinking".
I gave up heavy drinking after a rather loud argument in a crowded street at 2am that could have turned nasty. Fairly mild maybe, but I felt totally ashamed that I'd let go like that. That was about 5 years ago, and I never had more than a drink a day since then. I gave up completely last November, after maybe two drinks in the last 3 months.

I enjoy drinking especially at parties but that's about it.. Alcohol loosens me up and I always know when I've had too much.. (slurred speech is a dead giveaway)
Never bragged about starting fights though or just drinking for the heck of it.. Has to be either a party or I'm out trolling for my future wife..

Is her name still "Booty"?