Ok so get this........the Amish have a custom known as "rumspringa" (or 'running around') which is a period beginning at the age of 16 in which Amish teenagers are let go to take part in everything the world of the english has to offer.
This includes drinking, smoking, sex, and driving.
B/c the Amish don't believe in baptism at birth, the youth are allowed to go free of the church, then at whenever period of the rumspringa they feel like they are ready to be baptized and join the church, they are allowed back into the Amish life.
Pretty wild huh?
If interested, watch the documentary "Devil's Playground" for Amish girls gone wild.
And if you thought drunk southern people were not cool, wait till you see strung out Amish teenage boys.
It's defintely worth a watch.
Oh, speeding tickets suck.
Monday, April 5, 2004
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