Ask an American....

Why are you guys allowed to marry your cousins legally ?

 

you're not in any state. . . . though 2nd, 3rd 4th etc, cousin marriages depends on the state.

 

hey, when you are in love, you just have to, ok! Jerry Lee Lewis set the bar for everyone.

 

damn that sucks. how much was the ticket?

 

i got one to at 20 drinking on the beach. 350$

 

thats rough

 

tell me about it, 2 months before i turned 21

 

do you think the low(for us canadians) liquor prices has something to do with the higher drinking age?

 

oh boy, where to start?. . . cash wise, probably around $400 when you add it all up (didnt even get a lawyer). then on the party nights (tuesday and thursday), for 4 weeks i had more or less an AA meeting i had to go to for 3 hrs those nights twice a week. . . . and i didn't even factor in the inconvenience of the fact they messed up one of my court dates so i had to fill out a prayer to the judge so a warrant wasn't issued for my arrest. . . . and i know it was them that screwed up, cause it happened to a guy that got the same ticket at the same time as me.

 

I'm so glad I haven't got a ticket, screw that jinx bull shit- I'm not getting one sometime soon.

 

do all underage liquor tickets have to go to court?

 

yeah, im sure around every state you have to at the least appear before a judge. . . and i wasn't talking about liquor, i had a beer. liquor would have been worse (ticket/money wise) . . . . and to clarify, my ticket was just for having the beer in my hand. not drinking it, acting wild, anything like that. just possession.

 

in california its a fine, and you can be charged with a misdemeanor, depending on circumstances..the law likes to keep tabs on us to see if we develop a pattern in our younger years.

 

so beer and liquor is different? so say you had a rum and coke it would have been more severe?

 

if i was at a house party would i get a fine or misdemenor?

 

yeah it would have been worse. malt beverage ticket would be worse than beer since it's a much more heavily regulated thing. . . . and since i was younger it was actually easier for me. it went off my record and all that. in NC when you get a ticket, 20 is worse than 18 odd huh?

 

both, and whoever is supplying the minors with alchohol gets extra attention....especially if minors are driving away from the house party.

 

if you were at a house party than the cop would need a warrant or an invite before they could come in.

 

do you have any idea why 20 is worse than 18?

 

If it's a noise complaint at a house party he can ask every one to leave and as the guests leave check id's in which then could result in tickets/arrests.