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Huh.

So, elemnar had to show proof of age the other day when buying a DVD through the self-checkout at her local supermarket. A PG-rated DVD, mind you, not one with an age restriction on it.

I go to another supermarket in the same chain, buy a box of paracetamol capsules... and the self-checkout doesn't ask for proof of age. This being a box of something which will melt your liver if you overdose on it.

I can't help but wonder what they're actually trying to protect against.

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I do wonder why any politician thinks appearing on Have I Got News For You is a remotely good idea (with the possible exception of Boris Johnson, who gets away with it through being Boris Johnson).

Case in point: last week's episode (that I finally got round to watching today - it's well worth watching), containing on one team a random comedian and on the other team the leader of UKIP. Cue a particularly vicious set of rounds with the target of all the jokes being said politician.