# Crazy Woman accosts my son and me in a bar **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648 "2014-01-13T10:45:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/101 "2014-01-16T16:38:34Z")
I got a lot of chuckles at all the Americans in this thread apologizing to (American) **DragonAsh** on behalf of Americans. I used to do exactly the same thing with my dad at an American-themed pub called Joe’s in Twickenham. Strangely, we were never accosted by any overwrought Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/102 "2014-01-16T16:40:43Z")
You are doing the right thing. I love the “tax deduction” line, and have used it myself when talking to to friends. The lady is a nut. In the US we have our bar & grills, sports bars, etc. where kids are welcome. My now adult son mentioned to me that he remembers going with me to the local brewpub where he got to hang with dad, cheer on a team, drink a Coke, eat bad food, etc. We don’t treat alcohol as this horrible thing in our family, which helps. When we were in Scotland years ago, my son would ask at the pubs if they had a “child’s license” - we were told that determined if your kid could come in and join you for a pub lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/103 "2014-01-16T17:06:46Z")
This woman is crazy. The Irish Pub down the street from me (in the USA) has a kids menu. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/104 "2014-01-16T18:30:37Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > This woman is crazy. The Irish Pub down the street from me (in the USA) has a kids menu. With kid-sized beers? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/105 "2014-01-16T18:32:37Z")
It’s not _that_ Irish. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/106 "2014-01-16T18:54:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > If she was that upset in a pub, she’d be apoplectic in a Euro MacDonald’s, where they also sell beer. A McPint? ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/107 "2014-01-16T20:23:56Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Literally? > > I can’t imagine having that many taps in one bar - and having them all hooked up behind must be a nightmare… > > Even something like this is only 14… [Taps Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur - Restaurant Reviews, Phone Number & Photos - Tripadvisor](http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Restaurant_Review-g298570-d2715384-Reviews-Taps_Beer_Bar-Kuala_Lumpur_Wilayah_Persekutuan.html) > > And in this setup it seems the accommodate 18 beers on tap… [http://www.lancerbeersystems.com/case-study/ausgrid-stadium-formerly-energy-australia-stadium](http://www.lancerbeersystems.com/case-study/ausgrid-stadium-formerly-energy-australia-stadium) [Rogue Ales](https://www.facebook.com/RogueSanFrancisco/info) in SF has 40 taps, perhaps it was there? > [@bengangmo](#): > > Anecdotal sure - but I do know of one Blardy Pom, he’d call the bar to let the barman (me da’) know he was on the way, and to draw him a pint and set it on the bar - he lived a 30 minute drive away Guinness \*can \*take an age to settle… > [@pancakes3](#): > > I’ve seen my mom put ice cubes in beer which even as a child I instinctively knew was an awful thing to do. Like ice cubes in milk. I do this to white wine _blush_ And I’m Scottish… ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/108 "2014-01-16T21:09:11Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > While I don’t want to disagree with anything people have said or make any comment on what’s the correct amount to drink, let me say that Americans really do drink less than Brits. It appears that Brits drink about 50% more per capita. My experience (I lived in England for three years) is that this is about correct: > > [List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption) Thanks. I was getting tired of all the dumb comments by people who seem to think this one dope somehow was representative of Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/109 "2014-01-16T23:30:48Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > For those in the UK who don’t get this it’s from a TV show called “That 70’s Show”. One of the characters is a foreigner who dismisses people by saying: [“I said good day!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuNvxH5kSKU) I’m pretty sure the indignant “I SAID GOOD DAY!” predates That 70s Show. I associate it with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (although the inflection is a little different). ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/110 "2014-01-17T08:22:51Z")
> [@Nuveena](#): > > I’m pretty sure the indignant “I SAID GOOD DAY!” predates That 70s Show. I associate it with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (although the inflection is a little different). I stand corrected. [Good Day sir, I said good day.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Rjn6W9jYk) ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/111 "2014-01-17T10:40:06Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > You are doing the right thing. > I love the “tax deduction” line, and have used it myself when talking to to friends Clearly, you’re a horrible, horrible person and your children will grow up to be monsters / sociopaths because of how terribly unloved they were. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/112 "2014-01-17T13:00:34Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > That was the reason I suspected, though I felt a bit delicate asking “Is it because y’all can’t drink during the game without getting shit-faced and starting a brawl?” The news coverage of those riots was my first exposure to European drinking habits–my first exposure to any drinking habits, actually, my family and their friends not drinking anything stronger than coffee. It’s probably why I always have a slight frisson of :dubious: when people wax on about how Europeans are so much more sensible and responsible and moderate about alcohol than Americans. Generally it’s a mistake to conflate “European drinking habits” with specifically British habits. France, for example, has a very different drinking culture to the UK. They see less binge drinking, and there is no legal minimum drinking age (although it is now illegal to sell alcohol to someone under 18 - it used to be 16). However, liver disease rates are probably higher. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648/113 "2014-01-17T14:46:48Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Even if I accepted the proposition that referring to a child as “the tax deduction” is funny, that’s beside the point. Children can be emotionally hurt by an attitude, even if the adult intends it to be funny. A child’s mind doesn’t always grasp the intent behind a remark, even when the adult thinks it’s obvious. Has it occurred to you that when he’s somewhat older, your son might read your posts on this very message board? Conversation a long, long time ago during tax time: Friend to Dad: You have three deductions, right? Dad: yes. 5yo to Dad: what is a deduction? Dad: [explanation of taxes and that each minor child was a “deduction”, each of us meant he paid less taxes than someone without children] 5yo: COOL! He’s now an accountant like daddy, I guess we could count that as being traumatized; a variant of Stockholm Syndrome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648.md?page=5)