We all know that if the drinking age is eighteen, even younger kids of ten & twelve will get access to alcohol. Surely the solution is simple... Raise the drinking age even HIGHER! "But I'm not a day under seventy three!" 10 June, 2005

We all know that if the drinking age is eighteen, even younger kids of ten & twelve will get access to alcohol. Surely the solution is simple... Raise the drinking age even HIGHER! "But I'm not a day under seventy three!" 10 June, 2005
Date
2005
Reference
DCDL-0005426
Description

Shows an elderly man attempting to purchase alcohol at at Liquor, Wine and Beer outlet. A sign at the store reads "You must be over 55 to purchase alcohol. Do not be offended if we ask for ID". A security guard has apprehended the elderly man who tells the guard "But I'm not a day under seventy three!". Refers to debate about the legal drinking age of eighteen being too low.

Published in The Press, 9 June 2005

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Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
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We all know that if the drinking age is eighteen, even younger kids of ten & twelve will get access to alcohol. Surely the solution is simple... Raise the drinking age even HIGHER! "But I'm not a day under seventy three!" 10 June, 2005. Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons. Ref: DCDL-0005426. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22390347

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