As far as I can figure out … it is legal in Britain for 16 year olds to “consume alcohol with a meal on certain licensed premises. However, they cannot purchase it. The adult has to order the alcohol.” The source I found doesn’t say the adult has to be a parent…. I believe the girls are both under 16, but I also believe Britain doesn’t have the kind of voracious enforcement of drinking laws that we have in the US these days. I think it’s more like when I was a young fellow – if you looked old enough you probably wouldn’t be questioned.
To be fair, if the holiday camp was as nice and profitable as they make it out to be, either the owners wouldn’t have sold it or they would have rebuilt a nicer one nearby. I’d wager it was already on its last legs when the spacemen came along and gave it the coup-d’grace.
That other part about the rents, though, that’s all too true in most places that invite in big tech.
Nuliajuk over 5 years ago
Two underage kids and a whole bottle of wine… this cannot end well.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Just four? Pugh must not have been here long tonight. Maybe he will say good-night to all six of them when they leave.
scyphi26 over 5 years ago
Mm-hmm, sure he does…
R.U. Kidding over 5 years ago
What’s it all about lf e?
GaryCooper over 5 years ago
“When they’ve dug up all the space, they’ll leave!”
I live near Elon Musk’s Space X base in Texas, where just about all of this is true.
CougarAllen over 5 years ago
As far as I can figure out … it is legal in Britain for 16 year olds to “consume alcohol with a meal on certain licensed premises. However, they cannot purchase it. The adult has to order the alcohol.” The source I found doesn’t say the adult has to be a parent…. I believe the girls are both under 16, but I also believe Britain doesn’t have the kind of voracious enforcement of drinking laws that we have in the US these days. I think it’s more like when I was a young fellow – if you looked old enough you probably wouldn’t be questioned.
garcalej over 5 years ago
To be fair, if the holiday camp was as nice and profitable as they make it out to be, either the owners wouldn’t have sold it or they would have rebuilt a nicer one nearby. I’d wager it was already on its last legs when the spacemen came along and gave it the coup-d’grace.
That other part about the rents, though, that’s all too true in most places that invite in big tech.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Good old Mr. Pugh.
Pharmakeus Ubik over 5 years ago
Hopefully that’s a nice bottle of Scrumpy, since cider was what they were after to start with.
RonBerg13 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,
When you gonna let me get sober?
Leave me along, let me go home,
I wann’a go back and start over.
wallacewint over 2 years ago
God love Emlyn, he’s tryin