I was buying an axe......

iguana

......in B&Q today and when I got to the counter the cashier asked if I was over 21.:D I'm so happy, I'm 28 so it's nice to think I could still pass for 20 if I tried. The best bit is that the cashier was only about 18/19, so it means that the teenagers think I might be one of them.:D

This may be even better than the double glazing salesman who called to the door about two months ago and asked if my mum or dad was home.:D


(I know this post is nowhere near as interesting as the title suggests it might be, but I'm not getting home for Christmas and need to take my happiness where I find it).

monkeyfudge

I'm sure you'll find that statistically most axe murderers are actually over the age of 21.

Ballerina

[QUOTE=iguana(I know this post is nowhere near as interesting as the title suggests it might be, but I'm not getting home for Christmas and need to take my happiness where I find it).[/QUOTE]
ha ha thats true!-u dont even want to KNOW what i was expecting it to be about...

aw thats like wat happened to me a few days ago,i was in the off licence for the first time since i turned 18 and i was soo happy wen the lad asked me for id and i handed it to him w/out being worried that he'd realise it wasnt mine...;)

i know for my age its better to look older but in this situation-i was delighted

phantom_lord

u old people are easily pleased.

User45701

i only sometime sget asked for id most pubs ask but i neve get asked in offos or shops havent been asked since i was about 16

peepsbates

i was asked my age when i went to buy a paint scraper in homebase, i was 27 at the time. i lolled my way out of the store:D

Backtoblack

peepsbates wrote:

i was asked my age when i went to buy a paint scraper in homebase, i was 27 at the time. i lolled my way out of the store:D

Is there a legal age for scraping paint now???
Nanny state?? nooooooooooooooooaaaaaah!

GrumPy

lol, I dunno if I'd wanna look under 21 at 28 tbh.

Nuttzz

you will when you are 28

Backtoblack

Nuttzz wrote:

you will when you are 28

Definitely! Apparently I look young for my age - thank god!
Getting older is great in some aspects but not when you start getting grey and ugly wrinkles.

lemon_of_old

I'm 25 and am asked for ID everywhere I go. It used to wreck my head but now if I don't get asked for ID, I'm straight into the bathrooms to check if any wrinkles have started to show, or if I've sprouted a couple more grey hairs. Long may it last! (I'm seriously considering trying to get away with an under sixteen bus ticket today - that would really put me in the festive mood.)

Mossy Monk

havent been asked for id in 9 years now

and i dont wish i looked younger. thats just vanity

Tom Dunne

My bald patch seems to be a deterrent to people asking me for ID. :mad:

Mossy Monk

a bald patch is a sign of coolness

if in doubt just shave it all off

gandalf

They sold you an axe !!!! Holy **** having met you that has to be the most worrying thing I have read on boards in ages.

BTW Merry Christmas to you and give your other half a kick in the nuts from me

mal1

My girlfriend is always asked for id and she is 25. Even got asked when buying fags for her brother. I'm 25 and whenever I'm introduced to my brother's friends, they always think I'm his older brother and he is 30. So probably means that when strangers see me with my girlfriend they think that I'm some perv 30 something hanging around with a 17 year old......

Sparky

Is this axe for the turkey?

blorg

Since when do you have to be over 21 to buy an axe anyway? I presumed it was 16 (like knives.)

Pazaz 21

I bought an axe when i was 18 (looked like i was 16) and never got asked for ID.

Damn this nanny state, what if someone whose under 21 needs an axe to cut something down, chop fire wood, etc. What then huh?

Do you need ID to buy a chainsaw?

gandalf

Errrr iguana lives in the UK......

L31mr0d

Are you sure its not just their policy to ask anyone within reason if they are 21? I mean I used to work in a petrol station and if the person looked around 21-22 you had to ask them for ID just to be sure they where 18. Maybe staff at B&Q are told if the person looks like the might be around 25, then ask them for ID to prove they are over 21.

EDIT: Plus sometimes around the chistmas, funnily enough, I'd ask for ID off women who where obviously early 30's, to make them feel good that they looked that young. Although they might of actually been that young, but the cigarettes had aged them 10 years

blorg

gandalf wrote:

Errrr iguana lives in the UK......

Ah fair enough, they have to be more careful with their axes over there

Mossy Monk

L31mr0d wrote:

I mean I used to work in a petrol station and if the person looked around 21-22 you had to ask them for ID just to be sure they where 18

what if they were driving legally at the age of 17?

tSubh Dearg

The most depressing night for me about a year ago was when all my friends got asked for ID and I didn't. I clearly look like some old woman.

Firetrap

When I was a youngster, anyone could buy Tippex thinners. Lethal stuff.

Karl Hungus

L31mr0d wrote:

Although they might of actually been that young, but the cigarettes had aged them 10 years

Argh... It's might HAVE!!!!! :eek:

Of does not equal have!

seamus

My girlfriend's mum got that all the time. She was 25 with two kids and would get asked if her Mum was home when salesmen came to the door

mike65

blorg wrote:

Ah fair enough, they have to be more careful with their axes over there

Only if called Eugene

Mike.

Ruu_Old

I was ID'ed once when I was in the US going into a club, never before in Ireland. I only had my Garda ID thingy on me and they asked me again (like the bobby in Liverpool airport did before) "Whats your role in the Department of Justice?"

mike65

You could have spun a handy yarn and ended up running the local fuzz!

Mike.

Feral Mutant

Maybe the OP is just looked shifty?

Nunu

A few months ago I was asked for ID when buying crates of Miller in Tesco...I'm 27!

iguana

gandalf wrote:

They sold you an axe !!!! Holy **** having met you that has to be the most worrying thing I have read on boards in ages.

BTW Merry Christmas to you and give your other half a kick in the nuts from me

But I don't actually look scary, it's only when I open my mouth that I terrify people. Right?;) And I only wanted an axe to chop firewood so my little puppies could sleep by the fire, I'm very sweet deep down.

Merry xmas to you too.

Tar.Aldarion

I wish I got presents off of iguana.

Capt'n Midnight

now that you have your axe, a handy phrase in 112 languages http://www.yamara.com/axe/

CuLT

seamus wrote:

My girlfriend's mum got that all the time. She was 25 with two kids and would get asked if her Mum was home when salesmen came to the door

seamus, if your girlfriend's mother was 25, just how old was your girlfriend?

peeeeeeeedo

Pythia

monkeyfudge wrote:

I'm sure you'll find that statistically most axe murderers are actually over the age of 21.

Maybe that's because none of the younger ones can buy axes due to this rule!

InFront

why dont people put up photos of themselves and we'll try to guess their ages! (or is that still relevent to this thread??)

It could be fun! Or a little hurtful.... Any takers? And nobody cheat by clicking "view public profile"!

Dingatron

InFront wrote:

why dont people put up photos of themselves and we'll try to guess their ages! (or is that still relevent to this thread??)

It could be fun! Or a little hurtful.... Any takers? And nobody cheat by clicking "view public profile"!

What about a photo of everyones axes instead? On topic at least. Runs down to Homebase with id to purchase axe.........[SIZE=-1] [/SIZE]

The Bollox

it gets very embarrassing when I ask someone in their mid twenties for id, they never take offence, they laugh it off, but it's still embarrassing

DonkeyStyle \o/

Yeah I got asked for ID when buying smokes the other night... I was like "rofl?! oh plz :rolleyes:"
I mean really... if I was under age I wouldn't be able to afford them because they went up 50c remember?! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Nala

I work in a supermarket, I'm OK with lads but with girls its much harder to tell and I've asked 24 year olds for ID!

Backtoblack

L31mr0d wrote:

Are you sure its not just their policy to ask anyone within reason if they are 21? I mean I used to work in a petrol station and if the person looked around 21-22 you had to ask them for ID just to be sure they where 18. Maybe staff at B&Q are told if the person looks like the might be around 25, then ask them for ID to prove they are over 21.

EDIT: Plus sometimes around the chistmas, funnily enough, I'd ask for ID off women who where obviously early 30's, to make them feel good that they looked that young. Although they might of actually been that young, but the cigarettes had aged them 10 years

Where do you work? If someone comes in looking for an axe (that'll be me) make sure to ask me for ID!!!!!

crosstownk

And there was me thinking this thread was about buying a guitar........:rolleyes:

If I get asked for ID ever again it will be the result of an eyesight deficiency with the bouncer!

Thrill

Nala wrote:

I work in a supermarket, I'm OK with lads but with girls its much harder to tell and I've asked 24 year olds for ID!

Tell the girls their old age pension book's will do fine. I'd love to see the look on their faces.:)

E@gle.

you can buy a gun at 16 in this country and need to be 21 to buy an axe.

Shellie13

Ah perhaps theres something scary abut approaching your 18th birthday havin NEVR been asked for id tho and sudddenly everywhere you go the bouncers/salespeople harpin on at you...
lol
Roll on march...


So im supposed to believe a 19year old is more likely to chop me up with an axe than a 21 year old...I guess axemurdering is just down to immaturity really so!