Did You Have a Fake ID?

[Barrister]

This group included semi-notorious Ezra Levant.  Problem was though I was only 17.  I wound up borrowing some guy's student ID from Laurentian University.  He looked enough like me - at a distance and if you squinted.  But anyways it worked - we got in to the bar.

That is still a crime, using someone else ID to get a prohibited substance.

It's a huge crime in English Canada.

You should self-report yourself, just to be on the safe side. 

It would be an offence under the Gaming and Liquor Act - but not a crime.  So there.

At 48 years old I actually was carded earlier this year.  It's more flattering than anything at this age.

I was frequently carded (in my 50s -  good skin, minimal hair) in NYC a few years ago but weirdly never in Denver last year.

It's all a matter of good skin.  The standard apparently now is "if you look under 40 we will card you".  If I'm wearing a hat or toque I guess I can still pass for under 40.

If I'm hatless though my salt-and-pepper hair gives me away.