Comments on: Carding a Fat Lady

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:36:35 +0000

mwahahaha. That made me happy.

By: Lei

Lei — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:52:36 +0000

Lol! That’s awesome.

By: Keyona

Keyona — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:41:19 +0000

No, I’m sure he just thougth you looked so good there was no way you could be 13. No way. )

By: Kate (Bee In The Bonnet)

Kate (Bee In The Bonnet) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:11:41 +0000

I got carded at an “R” rated movie the other day. I still (on rare occasion) get carded for wine or beer, but I have never, not even when I WAS 17, been carded for a movie. I’m 32, so it is just physically impossible to pass for 16. No way. Period. Worse, they also carded my 41 year old husband. And then even worse, after buying the tickets from the counter girl and handing them to the ticket taker dude, he carded us AGAIN, and mumbled something about it being a new theater policy.

And I’m thinking, ‘Wow. This theater owner either thinks his employees are incredibly dumb’ (since they cannot tell the difference between a 16 year old and a 30+ year old) ‘or he thinks that the only way to get his employees to follow the rules is to make them check every. single. ID.’ (again, presuming that his employees must be incapable of using sound judgement)

Either way, it just felt incredibly invasive to be carded twice for a movie with only an “R” rating, like they were trying to keep tabs on who is going to see this particular movie. Sigh.

I keep trying to be flattered by it, but I’m just too realistic about my age to believe that I could be mistaken for 16!

By: Meream

Meream — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:36:09 +0000

So, it starts at 30, huh? I have 4 more years to go. People always think I’m underage.

By: Lynette

Lynette — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:51:30 +0000

When my husband and I were 28 and 25 respectively, we hadn’t been carded in years for alcohol but got carded for buying lotto in Florida, and the age for that was only 18.

Hope you enjoyed both the AC and the cuddling!

Oh, and about movie ratings – I never rely on them anymore to decide whether or not my kids should see the movie. My 9 year old was freaked out by the COMMERCIALS for Coraline.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:45:27 +0000

Oh wow, that is hilarious.

By: Janssen

Janssen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:32 +0000

Ah, the boy lied to you! Harry Potter is only PG. Which if you’ve seen the movie you know is completely absurd. I went with a friend who has a five year old daughter (the daughter did not come) and during the whole cave/horcrux/inferi scene, we kept saying “Oh, yeah this wouldn’t scare her at ALL!”

By: kadusey

kadusey — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:33:18 +0000

I find it especially funny as I’m pretty certain the latest Harry Potter film is only PG.

By: The Lazy Organizer

The Lazy Organizer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:28:02 +0000

Hilarious! You totally had me buying it. It sounds like the sort of brain cramp I would have when I was pregnant. I have the same kind now but no good excuses.