LLB for Lockhart and minimum legal ages

[Tabouli]

vheggie:
> I think I may have to start a campaign to insist that Lawrence 
Lewellyn Bowen, the 'dandy' interior designer famed on British TV at 
least gets a chance to audition for Lockhart. (Any good acronyms, 
anyone?)<

I've never seen the man on TV, but what I've read has convinced me, provided he can be persuaded to peroxide his crowning glory (though I can't help thinking that a dubious golden toupee which falls off when the Memory Charm backfires would be an amusing, if slapstick, twist...).  How about B.I.L.L.B.A.G (Brigade Inviting Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen's Audition for Gilderoy)?

Catherine:
> Despite his appearance, he is a family man (although his wife seems to wear 
the trousers).  

By the sound of him, he'd rather wear the leather tights anyway...

Happy 21st birthday to Nethilia!

On the subject of legality, what do people think about these "minimum legal age" issues?  What do people think of the 21yo drinking age in the US (is it all states or only some?)?  Here in Australia it's 18.  The legal driving age in Victoria is 18 as well, though it's younger in New South Wales and South Australia (when I moved to Adelaide for a few years at 17, I was struck by the difference in lifestyle afforded by the fact that you could get a driving licence at 16.5 there then).  Then there's the hairier one (!) of the ol' "age of consent".  16 in Australia, and also in the UK, I believe.  Variable between states in the US, I think.  What really gave me pause for thought was the news that the age of consent is 14 in Germany, especially as I soon after saw a double feature of "Pretty Baby" followed by "Lolita" (which was a very interesting combination, given how much much more explicit the former is - shows a real shift in public thinking since the early 80s).

Tabouli.


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