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I’m 18! Woohoo!

Published on 21 August, 2009. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

I turned 18 yesterday! :D

So now I can legally drink, gamble, and watch 18 rated films. Yay! :P

Didn’t really have a very exciting day though. Mainly sat around and did nothing. :P

I got a few presents – Richard Hammond’s book entitled “As You Do”, some bike gloves (warm ones too, for winter – my current ones are designed to keep your hands cool, which in this country in the middle of December isn’t fun :lol: ), a mug that says “World’s Best 18 Year Old” on it, a BluRay Disc (Top Gear Polar Special – thanks to Mark from TWF for getting me that by the way!), and, from a couple of weeks ago, the 20″ Samsung monitor that I got from @serenium (which was an early birthday present). Plus, today I’m going to go and get Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and, maybe, Crank 2 on BluRay. :)

I was originally going to go to London for my birthday with my parents, but two weeks ago, on the 10th, my dad managed to break his left leg so we’re not able to go anywhere until it’s fixed, and of course we had to cancel all the plans for London. Oh well. :(

Brüno

Published on 9 July, 2009. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

So, I really want to see the new film, Brüno, which comes out tomorrow. However, one problem. The BBFC have rated it as 18, so, strictly speaking, I can’t see it legally until I’m 18, which is next month (August). I’m gonna try to go and see it anyway though. Hopefully I can get in without them noticing me too much. If not, sorry BBFC, but you’re making me do this…I’ll just have to pirate it.

Even worse is that in Australia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the United States, I would be able to see it, because it’s rated between 11+ and 17+ in those countries. So, I wonder why the BBFC have gone and stuck an 18 on it? You can see it in Sweden at 11, so…wtf? Why do 11 year old Swedish kids get to see it? If an 11 year old can see it, surely it can’t be that bad?

Moral of the story: ratings encourage piracy. ;) :P