Actually, it sounds like they fined him for littering (the bottle).

/Still asinine

WeeKeef: Actually, it sounds like they fined him for littering (the bottle).

/Still asinine

I was going to say if he littered, good. All litter bugs should be fined and some should be jailed. Then I RTFA. Yeah, asinine. There's a difference between littering and just forgetting your property.

Bet the bottle had vodka in it, and he'd just been out committing felonies.

-1 for "Nanny State".

Remember, the law is the law, and the law is always right.

stiletto_the_wise: Remember, the law is the law, and the law is always right.



/Approves

Kid was shiatfaced. Daily Star sucks donkey balls. Non-story.

Littering and...
Littering and...
Littering and...

To all submitters: You need to clarify whether the nanny state that's being spoken of is the UK or the US. As we all know, the UK is slightly ahead of the US in this department, however, we're catching up quick.

£50

Commander Lysdexic: £50

That's like 30 fathoms, American.

ABOY of 12 was sick as a parrot last night.

He's probably pining for the fjords.

Cop hate thread!!!!
Trying to cram as many as possible on Fark.

George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

alostpacket: Commander Lysdexic: £50

That's like 30 fathoms, American.

More like $85.

Also sick as a parrot? Are the cops sure he wasn't just pining.

Guess they should have offered him crackers.

I have no problem if someone is fined for puking and leaving it for someone else to clean up.

Iron Chef Scottish: George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

George Orwell didn't write V For Vendetta.

Malachilenomade Splitting hairs. My point still stands. Britian is a police state along the lines of south korea and george orwels is spinning in his grave.

Iron Chef Scottish: George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

Orwels? Who the heck is that???

V for Vendetta? Uh, he was long dead before that was even a glimmer in Alan Moore's eye.

Malachilenomade: Iron Chef Scottish: George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

George Orwell didn't write V For Vendetta.

Or so the man wants you to think....

/got nothin'

Iron Chef Scottish: Malachilenomade Splitting hairs. My point still stands. Britian is a police state along the lines of south korea and george orwels is spinning in his grave.

For the love of all that is holy! His pseudonym was George Orwell! Not plural, and you are lacking a consonant.

According to wikipedia V for Vendetta was based on 1984 so I was mostly right.

Should have thrown up on the cop.

I think Iron Chef Scottish was joking ...

Also, fining a 12-year-old for vomiting is asinine. They should have checked to see if the boy had been drinking (which they may have done - the story doesn't say). If there was some sign that he had been, they should have taken him home, informed his parents, found out where the party took place, then gone back to find out if any other children had been drinking.

If there was no sign the boy had been drinking, the police should simply have taken him home.

My guess is that he simply ate too much rich food. It happens.

Iron Chef Scottish: According to wikipedia V for Vendetta was based on 1984 so I was mostly right.

A lot of things have been "based" on it. That doesn't make you right by any means. Heck, some folk claim Orwell ripped the idea of 1984 off from the novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Iron Chef Scottish: According to wikipedia V for Vendetta was based on 1984 so I was mostly right.

Nnnnnope, you weren't.

Iron Chef Scottish: According to wikipedia V for Vendetta was based on 1984 so I was mostly right.

And Caddyshack 2 was based on Caddyshack, but it doesn't mean Bill Murray had anything to do with it

Fapinator: I think Iron Chef Scottish was joking ...

Also, fining a 12-year-old for vomiting is asinine. They should have checked to see if the boy had been drinking (which they may have done - the story doesn't say). If there was some sign that he had been, they should have taken him home, informed his parents, found out where the party took place, then gone back to find out if any other children had been drinking.

If there was no sign the boy had been drinking, the police should simply have taken him home.

My guess is that he simply ate too much rich food. It happens.

What are the laws over there for legal drinking age? Or public drunkenness? The article does leave much to be desired. Why WAS he fined? What actually did happen? Both sides of the story? Naaaaah, what a waste of time...

/I want rich food
//it will pay my bills, right?

Fapinator: My guess is that he simply ate too much rich British food. It happens.

There, FTFY

Klivian that's the worst argument i've ever seen. V for Vendetta was based on 1984 therefore many of the ideas in V for vendetta were the ideas of Orwel's. I was basically correct, if not 100%.

£50 isn't $100, the pound's fallen 15% since its highs.

/got nothing
//'cept empty pockets

Iron Chef Scottish: Klivian that's the worst argument i've ever seen. V for Vendetta was based on 1984 therefore many of the ideas in V for vendetta were the ideas of Orwel's. I was basically correct, if not 100%.

I'm not listening to you until you learn to spell Orwell

LlamaGirl: Good questions. I think the drinking age in the UK is 18, though I could be wrong.

I would also like to know why he was fined. If it was for littering, I can sort of see that, though the amount of the fine seems a bit steep.

I would also like to know the police's side of the story, though I don't expect that from The Sun. Perhaps from The Times, though even they have slipped some in recent years.

As for what really happened ... for all we know the whole thing could have been fabricated to generate outrage (and consequently sell newspapers and web advertising space).

Yay, my town makes the front page of Fark.

Given most of the 12-year olds around here, he probably was drunk, even though the article makes no mention of it.

Iron Chef Scottish: George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

This should be good.

michaeld5: To all submitters: You need to clarify whether the nanny state that's being spoken of is the UK or the US. As we all know, the UK is slightly ahead of the US in this department, however, we're catching up quick.

I've only heard of England as being the Nanny State. I've never seen any American articles like this titled "Nanny State"

Klivian I suppose it's easier to be a grammar nazi than to concede you've lost.

I have to laugh when a Fark thread morphs into a Slashdot thread, and people get super serious about someone's mistake like not correcting it will bring down Fark. I read the original post about Orwell, and it was so mistake prone I took it as the guy was joking. Please, moderate your coffee intake people, a Sunday morning is not the time to raise your blood pressure.

Lamune_Baba: ABOY of 12 was sick as a parrot last night.

He's probably pining for the fjords.

I lol'd.

Seriously. Who's sick as a parrot? I have a parrot, and she's never sick. So what does that mean, anyway?

/but he has beautiful plumage!

valencia: I've only heard of England as being the Nanny State. I've never seen any American articles like this titled "Nanny State"

We're the "Snowflake State."

Yet the only thing we sheep are doing is to continute BAAA BAAA BAAAAing our faux outrage on threads such as this....


...and continue to allow these asinine laws dictate our life.

/it's only going to get worse

But he was then stopped by community wardens who issued him with a fine.

Prison state?

Iron Chef Scottish: Klivian that's the worst argument i've ever seen. V for Vendetta was based on 1984 therefore many of the ideas in V for vendetta were the ideas of Orwel's. I was basically correct, if not 100%.

You were 100% wrong:

Iron Chef Scottish: George Orwels didn't go far enough when he wrote 1984 and V for Vendetta.

What you wrote is inaccurate. No,it's just wrong.

One day I was walking down the street and saw a kid sitting on the curb crying his eyes out. I asked him what was wrong and he told me. "A drunk just puked over there, and my brother got all the big chunks!"

So I took out my wallet, said "don't worry about it, kid. Here's a couple bucks. Go buy yourself a loaf of bread and you can sop up the juice."

carniemechanic
Some very sheep like thinking there, The Big Brother would be proud of you. I find it very funny that nobody can refute my arguements, it's easier to nit pick than to confront the truth, eh? I might not be able to spell George Orwell all the time, but at least I understand his arguements.

Iron Chef Scottish: According to wikipedia V for Vendetta was based on 1984 so I was mostly right.

You weren't even close to right.

Would it be mostly correct to say Bram Stoker wrote "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"?

There's a lot of bile in here for such an insignificant story.

Rimshot

Safe for work. Just a big red button.

My insurance company fines me $100 every time I'm sick enough to use the E.R. What's the difference?

What the hell does "sick as a parrot" mean?

I own a parrot and do not get the reference.