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Reply 40

Bring It On!

Joel4fun4u

This is the price you pay for thinking you're too good to follow the same system as everyone else.

pwish :/ wasn't my idea the first place. I was forced to it for personal reasons.

Reply 41

KiiNGofLONDON

Stay at a guy's house :thumbsup:

Reply 42

Joel4fun4u

Bring It On!

pwish :/ wasn't my idea the first place. I was forced to it for personal reasons.

And now you have to suffer the consequences. Enjoy being the odd one out.

Reply 43

xmarilynx

Make friends with someone that looks like you :smile:

Reply 44

xo-Heva

Tag along and hope you don't get ID'd. :p:

Thats what I would do anyway.
Or I've heard of people showing their ID, despite the birthday on it being underage and still getting in.

Reply 45

maxfire

xmarilynx

Make friends with someone that looks like you :smile:

How would that help?

Reply 46

Mischievous Little Thing

Lots of people start Uni at 17 - you'll be fine!

Reply 47

xmarilynx

maxfire

How would that help?

OK, let me re-phrase that. Make friends with someone who looks like you, but is over 18 with ID. (I assume almost everyone else there will be.)

Reply 48

explosions hurt

maxfire

How would that help?

Swap IDs

Reply 49

xinitoo1

xmarilynx

OK, let me re-phrase that. Make friends with someone who looks like you, but is over 18 with ID. (I assume almost everyone else there will be.)

Yeah so then you go somewhere with that person, you both get ID'd and you enter and who cares about you friend? :p:

Reply 50

xmarilynx

xinitoo1

Yeah so then you go somewhere with that person, you both get ID'd and you enter and who cares about you friend? :p:

Most people have more than one form of ID (passport and DL), and you would go in separately, obviously. Erm, not that I'm condoning anything illegal of course, it was just a suggestion :p:

Reply 51

xmarilynx

explosions hurt

Swap IDs

At least somebody else got what I meant! :five:

Reply 52

Trouser Snake

Get a six-pack of Pandy Shandy and watch Strictly Come Dancing.

Reply 53

Tuppenny

sarahlousie

ah right cool, do you look older than 17? you might get away without getting asked for ID on student nights. You might not have any problems going on nights out to your student union because at my student union they just ask to see your student card on entry and not ID.

This. If your union just want student ID you'll have no problem getting in, mine never asked for additional ID, if you were as student that was good enough! The other option is to find out if theres a time when your union start checking IDs - mine never did before about 8pm so my little sister used to come down with me at about 7 and then just wait until the place filled up. Once you're in they'll serve you without checking.

Reply 54

goodmen

I really would do a gap year, work hard and earn money. Uni will not be the same at all being 17. You will get in nowhere in london at 17 without getting id'd

Reply 55

maxfire

explosions hurt

Swap IDs

Reply 56

Bring It On!

wow this is depressing :frown:

Will I have no chance in making friends without nightouts and alcohol?

Reply 57

DickDastardly

have no worries

if you go there in good spirit you will make friends and stuff.

Reply 58

twigletsandtea

Joel4fun4u

This is the price you pay for thinking you're too good to follow the same system as everyone else.

this doesn't apply to the OP but the age thing is different in scotland..alot of people finish school at the age of 17 after thier final year.

there arelots of people in my halls with this problem..they've been borrowing driver's licence and a couple of like,boots cards/tesco clubcards/blood donor cards with the person's name on it.
and the older person will just use thier own passport and everybody's happy.

the other option is flat parties...and at least that way you'll alsohave somewhere to stay. :yep: