How old do you have to be/get...

[m1spw]

Quick few questions, how old do you have to be to get the following without parental consent?
-piercings
-tattoos
-knives (I think its 16?)

And how come you can buy blades/knives etc at 16 yet you can't drive? Or how come you can only ride a scooter at 16 to a maximum of 30mph whereas a year later you can drive as fast as you want (in theory of cours, assuming you don't get caught )? Or why can you buy fags at 16 but not alcohol, when cigarettes have a much more damamging effect over time?

[Lois]

I think piercings are 16, tattoo's 18.

[gorvid]

m1spw said:

-piercings -tattoos -knives

I have all these

[bluespanner]

youre gonna look a right thug.

[gorvid]

bluespanner said:

youre gonna look a right thug.

Hey

[bluespanner]

didnt mean you, i meant chris

[UncleDave]

Fag age is set to be upped to 18..

AFAIK all the above are 18..?

But there are always ways round it, derestricting your bike wouldn't be noticeable as long as you stick to 30mph when there are a lot of people around


Edit: Yeah think piercing could be 16.
Not going to bother with any of the above myself Apart from maybe a knife.. would make eating far easier.

>> Edited by UncleDave on Tuesday 14th February 20:54

[m1spw]

gorvid said:

bluespanner said: youre gonna look a right thug. Hey

Nice one BS, managing to insult someone in the third post of the thread...

[dougc]

UncleDave said:

Fag age is set to be upped to 18..

About the same time as you can go to a pub and not smoke!

[Lois]

UncleDave said:

AFAIK all the above are 18..?

I've had piercing without official parental consent at 16

[texasjohn]

UncleDave said:

But there are always ways round it, derestricting your bike wouldn't be noticeable as long as you stick to 30mph when there are a lot of people around

Alternatively buy a (55mph?) JCB Fastrac and drive it on a tractor license

As for derestricting your bike, I can probably help you out there if its an older 50

(I am from the age of DTs, MTs and TSXs)

[Wacky Racer]

The MINIMUM age for purchasing a knife of ANY description is currently 16 in the UK however there is talk of the age being raised to 18 in the forthcoming violent crime reduction bill......

[eccles]

uless of course you're a chav, then its 16months old for tattoos and piercings.

[bluespanner]

texasjohn said:

Alternatively buy a (55mph?) JCB Fastrac and drive it on a tractor license

cant. tried

[deevlash]

16, 18, 16 IIRC 16 for glue too. I think alcohol can be just as damaging to your health as cigarettes if abused, which is very easy to do, ie binging.

[xxplod]

Indeed Eccles. I feel an uncontrolable urge sometimes to take the parents of Chav-kids aged usually around 10-12 and put them in front of a firing squad.

[texasjohn]

bluespanner said:

texasjohn said: Alternatively buy a (55mph?) JCB Fastrac and drive it on a tractor license cant. tried

cant you drive a Fastrac at 16? (I am assuming they are perhaps too 'fast' to be classed as a tractor or something silly like that?)

[bluespanner]

what is it with girls our age getting these swirly tattoos on theie back just above their nickers? ugh. such a turn off.

er that wasnt a reply, texasjohn.
yeah, they go too fast, i think theyre in the same legue as the lorries you can drive on a car license.

>> Edited by bluespanner on Tuesday 14th February 21:02

[eccles]

deevlash said:

16, 18, 16 IIRC 16 for glue too. I think alcohol can be just as damaging to your health as cigarettes if abused, which is very easy to do, ie binging.

so is water, if abused, i.e, binging

[soxboy]

Forget knives, ciggies, piercings, tattoos etc.

Real question on 'how old do you have to be?' is 'How old do you have to be to buy a Jag?'

If anyone under 40 has recently bought a new one I'd be intrigued to know.