I would give you the three-finger rule, but then I met that extremely tight 22 year old…
I think Astros’ ankle idea is a whoosh. Right Astro?
As to the OP, you can’t tell very well. I was in a lounge Saturday night. They checked IDs very carefully, and gave everyone 21 and over a red wrist band. There were a bunch of girls in there with the wristbands that looked about 14 or 15 to me, so this problem works both ways.
Ya’ pays your money and ya’ takes your chances. 
Thanks astro, there goes my whoosh cherry…
Oh, come on. You didn’t know 14-year-olds who were trying to score with college guys? Freshman showing up at booze parties trying to do their best to get in good with the top football players? There are so many teen girls I know that look and act older than they really are that I find your incredulous question hard to believe.* Hope you were joking. I’m not talking out of my ass here, because I’ve been going to school with this kind of girl for the past 12 years.
*Those kind of girls, who try to look and act substantially older than they really are, usually use it to get into trouble. Not the kind you want to mess with.
No it’s not. To be specific the “ankle thing” was told to me in all seriousness by an Ocean City policeman who used it to make a quick estimate as to whether young girls were underage or not in bars and various other adult venues and clubs etc. where they did not belong. He didn’t say it was foolproof but it was a useful and relatively accurate indicator if the rest of the package was dressed up and made up. The only way he described it was that ankles don’t really lose their “little girl” look until a woman is at least 18-21 or so. I’m not an ankle afficianado but I assume he was talking about either shapeliness or maybe there is still some thickness, “straightness” or chubbiness there a trained eye can discern.
If the indicator is all that useful you’d think it would be more widely known.
In thinking about it some more it does occur to me that as a girl/woman ages between 14-21 her ankles become noticeably more umm… “tendony” and the tendons stick out more whereas in younger girls they are not as prominent. This also happens with hands. Maybe that’s what he’s referring to.
You dip her in water, and if she turns green, she’s underage, and if she turns blue, she’s overage. If she turns white, she’s drowning, so better be careful.
Hhmmm… looks like the old whoosh cherry might still be intact… sorry for the unjust accusation astro, there is certainly something in the hand observation, so maybe tendons really are the kicker.
If her name is Deloris, leave her alone.
Now, now, ladies! Can’t have two of my favorite women fighting over something like this. If you’re going to fight, A) I’ll pay you each $5,000 for the video rights, and B) it should be over a fight over me. 
SFT has a fiesty side! Cool. 
I think the phenomenon we’re talking about is probably much more common in the US, than in Ireland. And, just because irishgirl doesn’t have the ahem good taste to prefer older men, doesn’t mean she’s in denial. I doubt young Irish girls are assaulted by the Hollywood/Wall Street double-team of glitz and glamour to anywhere near the extent our girls are.
It definitely DOES happen, here, though. I’ve seen 15 year olds who could pass for 30. And, personally, I don’t blame any man (or woman) for gazing longingly at any girl who is presenting herself as sexually active and seductively dressed. That includes girls wearing teeny bikinis and thongs to the beach. There are other styles they could be wearing. Acting upon that visual invitation is another matter, however.
Girls in Ireland don’t go for older guys?? Damn, I love freckles, and I rreeaaaalllyy love the accent!!
On the one hand you can look at their hips. A 14 years olds hips will not have spread out and from below the chest their lines go straight up and down.
Or on the other hand just talk to them. That is not against the law and if they are too young don’t date them. Talking to them will probably make their summer.
Cut her in half and count the rings.
well… if she looks old enoug…
“but officer… she showed me an ID that said she was 18”
but seriously… don’t F her on the beach… ask her to go out later to a club that does not allow anyone under 18 in… if you don’t have any of those around… try a rated R movie… lol…
The best advice yet.
This guy sells me a magic frog.
The magic frog says to me on the golf course, “Use your 5 iron.”
I use my 5 iron and get a hole in one.
A thought sprung up in my mind:
Casino!
Magic frog says, “Play the third slot machine from the left.” Jackpot! $475.25!
Magic frog says, “Put it all on 32 red.” 32 red! $27,000.00!
Magic frog says, “Stay at 19.” House hits on 15, then draws a Queen. $5,700,000.00!
I take my winnings and magic frog up to penthouse suite of the hotel/casino. I pour myself a drink. I wonder what to do for the frog. So, I fill up the tub and let the frog hop in.
At the touch of water, the magic frog turns into a gorgeous, nubile, completely nude, yet only fifteen year old girl.
I was shocked. Then the police came in.
And I swear, Your Honor, that’s how she got into my hotel room!
Ok NCB, that was funny.
“How old are you?”
“Eighteen.”
“What year were you born?”
“…1981.”
“:knowing grin: How old are you? Nobody has to think about what year they were born.”
- Queer as Folk (British version)
Well, shoot, I thought I was a narrow-hipped, smooth-skinned, rather awkward 26-year-old who doesn’t wear makeup or sexy shoes and has quite a few 40ish colleagues, but now I am quite surprised to learn that I’m really 14.
I think your best bet is to talk to them. Sure, they might lie, but it’s hard to sustain a lie of that magnitude if you ask them enough questions about college or work or whatever they claim to be doing.