I started going to the pub at 12 ..... Double Diamond, I used to love that stuff !!

I ALMOST did...but for the reason that for the longest time I thought I couldn't have alcohol because it'd interfere with my seizure medication.

But then a new doctor cleared me when I was already nearly 21, so I got a late start, but All's Well That Ends with Wine. :)

never busted for underage drinking, na

Don't you love that piss-water they call beer in the US ..... luvvly jubbly !!

I drank beer at 19 and hard stuff at 21. That was the drinking age when I was that age.

Tucson, Arizona cops back in the 1980s used to pull over anyone college age or younger that drove past the most popular bar. Back then they could get away with profiling.

Before the drinking age got raised to 21 and the University of Arizona cracked down on drinking, parties advertised the keg numbers. The beer distributor for some parties would sometimes leave the truck nearby to sell more to the dorm or frat in case they ran out.

Never drank underage. 5 bucks that doesn't surprise anyone here.

Maybe it's because our beer is famously inferior, but I've never gotten the appeal...

Heineken I like...Newcastle when it's cheap at a sports bar...

Sam Adams is an absolute last I-must-drink-so-I-guess-it's-this choice...

But still, red wine, rum, cognac and cocktails are way more fun and worthwhile in my opinion.

I remember my 21st Birthday well. Vodka and my ex-stripper girlfirned with one of her friends... Yep, ol' Draug had one (and only one) 3-way on January 21, 1987.

Nothing like a good bottle of Burgundy.

"Nothing like a good bottle of Burgundy"

Except a 17 year old Scotch.

I almost put that In quotes just for you draug. One day maybe we could argue that point

Didn't start drinking till I was over in Europe and it was legal.

"Maybe it's because our beer is famously inferior, but I've never gotten the appeal..."

Maybe it's because you're a WOMAN.

While there is part of me that admires your willingness to wait till the legal drinking age, but there's a bigger part that actually feels a little sorry for you

Some of us have never tried pot or any other illicit drug either. I've just never had a desire to break a law. Hell, I've only been drunk twice in my life: the aforementioned 21st birthday and the night after I took the 360/370 Assembler final.

A LITTLE sorry?

Bloody panty-waists.

I have the rest of my life to get drunk whenever I want, so why not wait two years instead of risking getting arrested and being forced to drink shitty beer and liquor? Now I can buy my own stuff that doesn't taste like piss.

Dude, it's not about the drunk, it's about the chicks who want to get drunk and throw down...and that's not with the sober guy

So you want drunken sluts... We should be the ones feeling sorry for you.

Draug, your actually a retard, when your young, absolutely you want drunk sluts-----yummy

Also , nobody believes you had as stipper girlfriend or a three way you didn't pay for.

'Stripper'

Well, Peggy and her friend were also high as a kite. I probably had a contact buzz going on, but I didn't smoke any of it. Her name was Peggy Stamm. I think she is married now. She had this one inverted nipple. Instead of popping out, it would pop in...

Will you send me the penthouse forum article your quoting...

ssorenn - none of my friends go for drunk sluts, because that's just a douchebag thing to do. Maybe its just because I don't hang out with douchebags....

Anyone tried Kilkenny, slightly smoother than Guinness and easier to drink a few pints, with Guinness it's like part-drink, part-meal .... fills me up.

I didn't drink before 16 which used to be the drinking age.
I had my first sip of beer at a party about 12 hours ago, although I thought it was disgusting (Grolsch) and never finished it, but since you're now not allowed to have alcohol with you below 18 in public places, I suppose I technically broke the law for about 5 minutes. I didn't buy it myself so the only issue would be holding a beer in public for 5 minutes.

On the other hand though, pretty much everyone was drunk. You had to be 18 to buy drinks and that was checked, but no one seemed to give a shit about the actual drinking, even though security was probably tight enough to effectively kick all 16/17 years old drinkers out.

While I'm still not a drinker myself (although I'm sort of open for it, but I won't drink shitty beer, and I don't plan to start with strong stuff either. I probably wouldn't drink a lot either), I like the way it is, partly because drunk girls apparently love bubbling with me. Hell, they can't even wait for their turn... :)

Then again, most people seem to get drunk at home with the strong shit and go to the party afterwards, so it shouldn't matter too much in terms of being drunk.

I should also note that there was no way to get in below 16, so they of course knew that everyone drinking was at least 16.

If bubbling isn't the right word, grinding perhaps?

They can't wait because they are drunk and they want someone massaging their poonani.... but you might find that a little hard to believe (unless they were Mormons, in that instance that task probably already covered by a family member)

@ Nigs

I'm more of a Mackesons man myself, although Guinness is rather acceptable when you add a shot of port.

My first pub pint with mates wasn't until I was 16, in a pub that turned out to be the regular spot for our school's headmaster and a few of the teaching staff. That was an interesting night...

Oct - I thought you were out West, you have all of that cloudy cider that knocks your socks off (with the bits in the bottom)

Cider's a great summer drink, but in the cold winter months you want something a bit beefier when sat by the fireside. Variety, as ever, iis the spice of life. I have even been known, on occasion, to have a pint of Kronenbourg.

I will +1 the hell out of Kronenbourg. That's good stuff

Yeah, no, I agree with Draug for a change--

1. I'm NOT interested in a girl that just wants to get blasted on cheap shit, and

2. If I choose to buy a drink with a girl, I'm getting the best wine or cognac I can...

Quality over kegs.

Besides, if she's drunk, chances are she'll be shit to talk to...and if she's shit to talk to, I don't give a shit myself...and then I'd feel badly for her getting drunk and wouldn't want to say or do much lest it result in a problem...granted I can't ever see myself doing much anyway, but still, I'd rather the shame of failure than the guilt of trying when she's at a disadvantage and inhibited, to put it one way.

And again, I'd rather talk. *shrug*

So maybe between the wine preference and that, I am a woman, maple.

But that's OK--just means if I ever meet any of you schmucks for a drink YOU'RE footing the tab (and I ain't cheap.) :p

I was 16 for my first pub pint.at a pub I still love - the green room in toronto. Got drunk for the first time at 14. Smoked first weed at 13. This is more along the lines of how normal people grow up, I think.

I know the subject isn't really this anymore, but I just wanted to react on what ssorenn said:

"Draug, your actually a retard, when your young, absolutely you want drunk sluts-----yummy"

Is it weird that I just don't want that? Of course you can have a good time with drunk girls, but I'd rather have a sober girl any day. As a rule, I don't even try to kiss drunk girls, although I won't neccesarily stop them if they want to kiss me. It's just meaningless for me if they're drunk.

As I explained above, bubbling is just having a good time for me, and kissing could even be that too (if she really wants it, and isn't just too drunk to say no. I've seen that happen a couple of times and it really bugs me), but it's all just a fun time. I think I would prefer a good talk with a sober girl (I admit I would be going for the long run, and expect to be kissing soon enough anyway, with maybe more later, but even if that doesn't happen...) rather than making out or something with a drunk girl.

I suppose I prefer romance rather than sexuality.

I'll take both any day though, but still.

I should probably note that the sober girl would have to be a sober girl that I really like (or even love... Cute, huh?). If the girl is an annoying bitch, I'd rather take her drunk if at all, because there would have to be absolutely no meaning, and if you take her to dinner or something for your good talk, you send a much stronger signal of love I'd say.

^What he said...except for the part about the annoying bitch...

I think it was the pithy Ms. Dorothy Parker who said--

"AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!"

:p

(Seriously, why waste your time with a bitchy girl...I mean, if it's looks...is there really not a non-bitchy girl that can meat that shallow pleasure WITHOUT making you want to drill a hole in your head while drilling elsewhere? There has to be an awesome girl out there who's just as good looking and far nicer and smarter, ergo, a better person all around.)

Pushing the topic even further off:

@steephie: same here. I loved this article that I read about this recently. A quote:

"The stereotype is largely incorrect. If you really listen to most of the guys in your life, you’ll find that the majority aren’t screwing around or looking for a new partner every weekend. The vast majority only have one partner at a time, and they’re not particularly interested in one-night stands. We all need to understand that these guys are the rule, not the exception."

Read more at: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/andrew-smiler-male-sexuality-is-threatening-because-we-dont-understand-it/#sthash.YIXyD9U0.dpuf

I went to my first strip club along the main drag in Toronto back in the day, about '88.
Men downstairs, women upstairs ..... sexual equality back in the '80s.
I did wonder if it was more women or men going upstairs but I didn't take the time out to check :-)

The Brass Rail. The Coopers owned it. Good people.

Back to the first part of the OP, which sport? Proud IU grad, class of '89.

Lando - that's more or less how people in my area were....maybe add a year to everything (and ignore the pub part since, lol USA). I'd say probably 60-70% of people went through it at that rate.

It's all about the conquest of the almighty poonani. +1 Nigee

When your young

"I was 16 for my first pub pint.at a pub I still love - the green room in toronto. Got drunk for the first time at 14. Smoked first weed at 13. This is more along the lines of how normal people grow up, I think."

Aside from pub thing, this is the same as me.

Regarding this whole drunk sluts thing, no, don't do that. Don't be a dick. Besides, girls do it better sober because they aren't all about themselves.

@obiwanobiwan: I said if it's an annoying bitch I'd rather take her drunk if I take her at all. So that doesn't mean I want to take her, but if I had to choose how to take her...

And since I'm not interested in being a saint, I have no shame admitting that even I might just get horny :)

By the way, I experienced myself that some annoying bitches are not annoying when they're drunk/horny, so you would not be annoyed while taking her. The annoyance could come afterward though, like a hangover...

If both people know there's no real love in the game and it would just be a little adventure, and both would like that adventure, then why not...

That's if you're in the mood though, and if there's no girl that you really like around :)

Real life example: some of the bubbling yesterday was with a girl that normally doesn't really want to talk to me, which is a mutual feeling, but I wasn't complaining about her joining the fun since it was just that: having fun. No one expected anything else. Also, the girl I like the most was pretty drunk and approving (and joining. It was just a case of the more the merrier I suppose :P) so, I mean, if everybody wants me to have that fun I'll do it, because it's fun. Nothing lost. I didn't push anyone in any sense, so no one can whine at me if they have regrets either.