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  1. Joel4fun4u's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    This is the price you pay for thinking you're too good to follow the same system as everyone else.
  2. General Gab's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Fake I.D. ??? how did you get out on the town previously?
  3. Bring It On!'s Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    I was seriously considering that but I didnt want to waste a year of my life doing nothing. but now it seems like I've made a stupid mistake
  4. x-pixie-lottie-x's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Unlucky!!
    Find some people who dont drink?
    not gonna encourage underage drinking or aught like that im afraid,
    take it your not in halls either then?
    i dont really have any good answers to your problem im afraid...

    i thought most unis you had to be over 18 to start a course ??
    x
  5. Bring It On!'s Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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.
  6. KiiNGofLONDON's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Stay at a guy's house :thumbsup:
  7. Joel4fun4u's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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.
  8. xmarilynx's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Make friends with someone that looks like you
  9. xo-Heva's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    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.
  10. maxfire's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by xmarilynx)
    Make friends with someone that looks like you
    How would that help?
  11. Mischievous Little Thing's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Lots of people start Uni at 17 - you'll be fine!
  12. xmarilynx's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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.)
  13. explosions hurt's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by maxfire)
    How would that help?
    Swap IDs
  14. xinitoo1's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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:
  15. xmarilynx's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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:
  16. xmarilynx's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by explosions hurt)
    Swap IDs
    At least somebody else got what I meant! :five:
  17. Trouser Snake's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    Get a six-pack of Pandy Shandy and watch Strictly Come Dancing.
  18. Tuppenny's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by 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.
  19. goodmen's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    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
  20. maxfire's Avatar
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    Re: Not yet 18, freshers week approaching what do I do?
    (Original post by explosions hurt)
    Swap IDs
    Oh
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