# 2-year old sips alcohol, mom calls cops and paramedics; blames restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245 "2010-05-04T03:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/101 "2010-05-05T16:10:17Z")
“Center of the table” doesn’t mean all jumbled up. It’s possible (probable?) that the drinks were arranged according to who ordered what, but were towards the center so that the plates could be set in front of everybody. This makes the most sense to me, especially if the table was on the small side. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/102 "2010-05-05T16:16:20Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > It would have been like taking Tobasco from a baby. Everybody would be yelling and screaming. Or “giving a white russian to a toddler” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/103 "2010-05-05T17:19:41Z")
Side note: You wouldn’t believe how often I’ve been able to use, “It was like taking tabasco from a baby” in conversation lately. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/104 "2010-05-05T20:36:39Z")
We’re all overlooking a major point in this story: Who the _fuck_ orders a White Russian when you’re having Chinese for dinner? Blegh! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/105 "2010-05-05T20:39:43Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > We’re all overlooking a major point in this story: > > Who the _fuck_ orders a White Russian when you’re having Chinese for dinner? Blegh! The Dude, among others. It’s a very tasty drink. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lurker\_Above](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Lurker\_Above](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lurker_Above)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/106 "2010-05-05T20:45:07Z")
> [@santosvega](#): > > Our modern culture needs to step it up a bit. Taken in an historical context, we’re alarmingly sober. There are many things in the history books that make a whole lot more sense to me if I assume everyone was drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/107 "2010-05-07T17:41:18Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Won’t someone think of the _children_! I thought that was illegal?! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245/108 "2010-05-07T21:14:57Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Who the _fuck_ orders a White Russian when you’re having Chinese for dinner? Blegh! Yeah, what ever happened to “Never get involved in a land war in Asia?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-year-old-sips-alcohol-mom-calls-cops-and-paramedics-blames-restaurant/538245.md?page=5)