Dry counties?

Options
Heineken Helen
Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
edited March 2007 in A Moving Train
I hadn't heard of these til recently and still think it's some kind of a joke on us Europeans... that it's just the southerners taking the piss out of us... 'yes we really DO forbid alcohol sales' ya know the way sometimes we'd go along with stereotypes to make fun of people who don't know any better :o

Anyway... SERIOUSLY??? What's the story? Are there really ENTIRE COUNTIES where you cannot buy alcohol? :eek:
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Post edited by Unknown User on
«134

Comments

  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I hadn't heard of these til recently and still think it's some kind of a joke on us Europeans... that it's just the southerners taking the piss out of us... 'yes we really DO forbid alcohol sales' ya know the way sometimes we'd go along with stereotypes to make fun of people who don't know any better :o

    Anyway... SERIOUSLY??? What's the story? Are there really ENTIRE COUNTIES where you cannot buy alcohol? :eek:


    indeed, perhaps not unexpected the neighboring counties are all the more happy to get that extra business.

    Look up "Blue Laws" and it should give you a good laugh.

    Apparently we simply don't enjoy commerce at certain times of the day or on a certain day of the week.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

    yeah, nothing like inforcing one groups morality on the rest of the population. No I don't want to do it and I don't want you to have the right to do it so I am going to use the police power of government to stop you from doing it....that kind of thing.

    People who don't particularly enjoy freedom.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I hadn't heard of these til recently and still think it's some kind of a joke on us Europeans... that it's just the southerners taking the piss out of us... 'yes we really DO forbid alcohol sales' ya know the way sometimes we'd go along with stereotypes to make fun of people who don't know any better :o

    Anyway... SERIOUSLY??? What's the story? Are there really ENTIRE COUNTIES where you cannot buy alcohol? :eek:

    Yeah I always found it funny that Tennessee is one of them when they make JD there.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Ha ha, growing up all over the southern US, this is something very familiar to me. For some counties, alcohol is completely 'forbidden', others just forbid it's sale on Sunday, still others it is a free for all. Yeah, it is silly as you can usually just drive to the next county to get alcohol.

    This might help

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I hadn't heard of these til recently and still think it's some kind of a joke on us Europeans... that it's just the southerners taking the piss out of us... 'yes we really DO forbid alcohol sales' ya know the way sometimes we'd go along with stereotypes to make fun of people who don't know any better :o

    Anyway... SERIOUSLY??? What's the story? Are there really ENTIRE COUNTIES where you cannot buy alcohol? :eek:


    Do you know how cute and questioning your title could have been with one letter missing? :eek:
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Yeah I always found it funny that Tennessee is one of them when they make JD there.

    I went to college in Memphis and alcohol is a way of life there!!!!! Alcohol is cool 24/7 in Memphis!
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    even flow? wrote:
    Do you know how cute and questioning your title could have been with one letter missing? :eek:


    damn...... you got in before me!!! i'll post my witicism anyway ;)



    i thought this thread was a story about dyslexic nuns


    *drums*
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I hadn't heard of these til recently and still think it's some kind of a joke on us Europeans... that it's just the southerners taking the piss out of us... 'yes we really DO forbid alcohol sales' ya know the way sometimes we'd go along with stereotypes to make fun of people who don't know any better :o

    Anyway... SERIOUSLY??? What's the story? Are there really ENTIRE COUNTIES where you cannot buy alcohol? :eek:
    Yes, there are. Liquor laws in the U.S. can be a little screwy. Look at South Carolina - until sometime last year, all the bars and restaraunts had to sell liquor from those little airline bottles. They had to make sure the bartenders weren't giving you a heavy pour. It made drinks with multiple shots and liquors - like a Long Island Iced Tea - extremely expensive.

    But they changed that. I'm not sure how the law works now.
  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    baraka wrote:
    I went to college in Memphis and alcohol is a way of life there!!!!! Alcohol is cool 24/7 in Memphis!

    Should have been more specific Moore County, Tennessee is where Jack Daniels is made annd that is dry.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    indeed, perhaps not unexpected the neighboring counties are all the more happy to get that extra business.

    Look up "Blue Laws" and it should give you a good laugh.

    Apparently we simply don't enjoy commerce at certain times of the day or on a certain day of the week.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law

    yeah, nothing like inforcing one groups morality on the rest of the population. No I don't want to do it and I don't want you to have the right to do it so I am going to use the police power of government to stop you from doing it....that kind of thing.

    People who don't particularly enjoy freedom.
    :eek: That link's giving me a good laugh... but please... I still kinda believe that you lot ARE taking the piss! I mean, is America not the land of the free and the home of all things good and all that? And then there's THIS????? Kinda takes from my dream of an easy rider style road trip... what's the fucking point if there's no alcohol? :eek:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Should have been more specific Moore County, Tennessee is where Jack Daniels is made annd that is dry.

    That IS interesting! Yeah, there is no problem getting your drink on in Shelby County whenever you want. Also, I don't believe there is an 'open container' law in Memphis.
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Should have been more specific Moore County, Tennessee is where Jack Daniels is made annd that is dry.


    Yet on the tour of JD the guide joked about coming in hungover and what they do to cure it. I just can't imagine that much booze hanging around and the law actually being enforced.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    baraka wrote:
    Ha ha, growing up all over the southern US, this is something very familiar to me. For some counties, alcohol is completely 'forbidden', others just forbid it's sale on Sunday, still others it is a free for all. Yeah, it is silly as you can usually just drive to the next county to get alcohol.

    This might help

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county
    well thing is we've had similar laws here... like pubs DO close earlier and open later on a Sunday than other days... and ALL pubs are closed Christmas day and Good Friday (which have become two of the biggest drinking days of the year BECAUSE of this - house parties everywhere good friday :D ). I read recently that all pubs were closed until the 70s in Ireland on fucking PADDYS DAY :D:D:D:D And look at how that turned out, lol.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Kinda takes from my dream of an easy rider style road trip... what's the fucking point if there's no alcohol? :eek:


    A banjo and inbreeding will have to replace the alcoolhol on that trip of the south. :D Just funnin' peoples as I saw it in a movie. :)
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    RainDog wrote:
    Yes, there are. Liquor laws in the U.S. can be a little screwy. Look at South Carolina - until sometime last year, all the bars and restaraunts had to sell liquor from those little airline bottles. They had to make sure the bartenders weren't giving you a heavy pour. It made drinks with multiple shots and liquors - like a Long Island Iced Tea - extremely expensive.

    But they changed that. I'm not sure how the law works now.
    :eek: could that maybe be more of a money thing? All shots here are poured from measurements... and you rarely get a bartender going OVER the measurement.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    even flow? wrote:
    A banjo and inbreeding will have to replace the alcoolhol on that trip of the south. :D Just funnin' peoples as I saw it in a movie. :)
    Shite... I can't play and I've no relatives in the South and I'm not a sheep... I think the roadtrip's off :mad:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    well thing is we've had similar laws here... like pubs DO close earlier and open later on a Sunday than other days... and ALL pubs are closed Christmas day and Good Friday (which have become two of the biggest drinking days of the year BECAUSE of this - house parties everywhere good friday :D ). I read recently that all pubs were closed until the 70s in Ireland on fucking PADDYS DAY :D:D:D:D And look at how that turned out, lol.

    I thought St Paddy's Day was synonymous with drinking! :D
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Shite... I can't play and I've no relatives in the South and I'm not a sheep... I think the roadtrip's off :mad:


    You can always come visit me, Helen, if you visit the south. We have our ways around these silly laws and you won't have to hook up with a sheep on your first visit. ;)
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    baraka wrote:
    I thought St Paddy's Day was synonymous with drinking! :D
    You thought right! That's why I thought that hilarious, the pubs were closed cos it was a religious holiday which we should respect apparently. Then the pubs were allowed open and suddenly it's a long weekend and a GREAT drinking opportunity. Then they decide to have all these parades and stuff... it's just asking for trouble really :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    baraka wrote:
    You can always come visit me, Helen, if you visit the south. We have our ways around these silly laws and you won't have to hook up with a sheep on your first visit. ;)
    :o but what if I want to? :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • baraka
    baraka Posts: 1,268
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :o but what if I want to? :D

    Now that I think about it, I don't think we have many sheep around here. Will a cow do? Perhaps a chicken, we have lots of those! Ha ha
    The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance,
    but the illusion of knowledge.
    ~Daniel Boorstin

    Only a life lived for others is worth living.
    ~Albert Einstein

Categories