# I'm finally 18! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583 "2002-06-23T18:16:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/1 "2002-06-23T18:16:30Z")
Yay! I’m finally 18, as of today! About two weeks ago, I graduated from High School, and got to send out all the oh-so-fun graduation announcements. Today, we’re having a combination birthday party/graduation party. I truly am highly excited I finally got to leave High School for-freaking-ever. Now I’m off to college (Willamette University), to start my wonderful career as an “undecided”. Hopefully college will be far better than High School. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/2 "2002-06-23T18:23:59Z")
'Grats to you. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/3 "2002-06-23T18:29:40Z")
Only one thing to do now… Go to a convienience store and buy the following: One (1) Porno Mag One (1) Cigar One (1) Lotto Ticket Then proceed to smoke stogee while scratching ticket and flipping through porno mag. Aww yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/4 "2002-06-23T18:30:37Z")
Speaking as an almost-eighteen-year-old: College rules. Even bad colleges are better than High School. Congratulations and good luck. ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/5 "2002-06-23T18:50:52Z")
Congratulations! 🙂 jessica ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/6 "2002-06-23T19:03:40Z")
Don’t forget to register for the draft. It’s the law. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/7 "2002-06-23T19:19:03Z")
Yeah! Congrats \*\*Netbrian \*\* Have an awesome day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/8 "2002-06-24T00:08:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*Only one thing to do now… > > Go to a convienience store and buy the following: > One (1) Porno Mag > One (1) Cigar > One (1) Lotto Ticket > > Then proceed to smoke stogee while scratching ticket and flipping through porno mag. Aww yeah! \*\* Hehe my 18th was spend nicely liquored up - on beer bought in a convenience store. And I was legal. Man, I love quebec 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/9 "2002-06-24T02:14:03Z")
Time for me to do what I do best! 😉 **HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NETBRIAN!!!** Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” Approximate English Translation of Above: “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” Finally 18, eh? Must feel really nice! 🙂 I hope you have a great birthday, and a terrific time at the party tonight… sounds like lots of fun! Take care of yourself! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/10 "2002-06-24T02:26:02Z")
Damn, beat me by a month and a half. Now fire up that cigar, scratch that lotto ticket and, um, read the fine articles in Playboy ;). ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/11 "2002-06-24T03:26:47Z")
Willamette?! Bah! (Linfield grad. ;)) Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/12 "2002-06-24T06:22:45Z")
Thank you everyone! I actually did follow through with part of the reccomendations, as a cousin gave me $10 worth of lottery tickets (and I beat the odds by winning $4!) I really have no interest in smoking right now though, simply because I can barely stand campfires most of the time. 😉 I loved the party. We invited lots of friends from church, and some relatives from out of state. Lots of food, cake, everyone had a good time, and I got to play with a cute baby. I know what I’ll be doing tomorrow, and it’s necessary, though not fun. It involves thank-you notes, registering for the draft and voting. Ah well, got to get it out of the way ASAP. Thanks for the good wishes! ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-finally-18/115583/13 "2002-06-24T08:18:21Z")
Happy Birthday!! I’ve just finished my first semester of uni, and it’s sooooo much better in all ways than high school.