welcome our adolescent drink-crazed knife-carrying underage overlords

"although the long-term social cost of alcopop-crazed juveniles sticking decorated war veterans in supermarket trolleys and throwing them off the roof of the nearest multi-storey carpark has yet to be counted."

Surely in an ageing population this is a good thing, think of the pensions, wont somebody please think of the pensions.

Sorry

:)

I thought there was a comma missing in the headline, and that it actually read:

"Store sells children, booze"

I'll have a 5 year old boy small enough to sweep my chimney and a case of vodka.

>>I have been instructed to stress that Tesco does not in fact sell alcohol to minors, and is

>> actually wholly dedicated to making Britain and better place for our children and our children's

>> children, etc, etc.

Is that a reference to that baby faced 13 year old boy who's been all over the red tops recently?

As long as those elderly ex-miners can prove their age, and as long as they remove their flat caps in line with the store's "no caps" policy.

"I'll have a 5 year old boy small enough to sweep my chimney and a case of vodka."

How do you expect a 5 year old to sweep a case of vodka?

Mine's the one with a copy of "Eats, shoots, and leaves" in the pocket.

If I trust you and latter find out that Tesco's does in fact sell alcohol to minors then I can seek financial compensation.

They're not selling MY kids' booze. They stole it fair and square, and no jumped up supermarket chain is going to get their grimy hands on it.

"Right, Chantelle, get the shotguns loaded up. Dwaine, start fillin' the sandbags.."

Hopefully they'll get drunk enough to be unable to have sex.

http://gl0rify.blogspot.com/2009/02/just-what-world-needs-more-pig-ignorant.html

Shows the value of a missing comma, that should be after 'children'...

In fact, round here they're noted for it - see our local paper:

"A Tesco store in Woodley has been caught selling booze to children following a police crackdown on underage drinking.

The sting operation saw a 15-year-old go into the Tesco Express in Loddon Vale Centre accompanied by undercover officers and attempt to buy alcohol. The employee was issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice for disorder after illegally serving the underage teen with booze.

This is not the first time Tesco has been in trouble for selling booze to underage youngsters in Reading.

The Extra store in Napier Road, Reading, and the two Tesco Express shops in Bath Road, Southcote, and Church Street, Caversham, were previously caught in test purchases in April/May 2006 and all given £80 on-the-spot fines for selling alcohol to a 15-year-old boy."

<http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2038141_tesco_caught_selling_alcohol_to_children>

At least they aren't selling them cigarettes!

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Tesco-asks-59yearold-man-for.4968166.jp