Today I voted straight ticket liquor!

[Zsofia]

People who live in states with no blue laws (let alone foreigners) won't understand what a big deal this is, but get a load of this - in city council elections today, Columbia voted 71% in favor of a referendum to allow Sunday beer and wine sales.

Holy fucking Jesus on a crutch. Sanity! Rationalism! Enlightenment! Do you realize that in Lexington County they string up tape across half the Wal-Mart at midnight on Saturday and don't take it down until 1 on Sunday? And you can't buy clothes and things? Because Jesus doesn't like it?

I was scared as hell that people who can't remember to buy beer on Saturday wouldn't remember to vote in an election that generally gets something like a 15% turnout, but mirabile dictu! It has happened!

I feel so... free and light. Truly, a new day has come!

[danceswithcats]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

People who live in states with no blue laws (let alone foreigners) won't understand what a big deal this is, but get a load of this - in city council elections today, Columbia voted 71% in favor of a referendum to allow Sunday beer and wine sales.

Holy fucking Jesus on a crutch. Sanity! Rationalism! Enlightenment! Do you realize that in Lexington County they string up tape across half the Wal-Mart at midnight on Saturday and don't take it down until 1 on Sunday? And you can't buy clothes and things? Because Jesus doesn't like it?

I was scared as hell that people who can't remember to buy beer on Saturday wouldn't remember to vote in an election that generally gets something like a 15% turnout, but mirabile dictu! It has happened!

I feel so... free and light. Truly, a new day has come!

Good for the Palmetto State. Maybe one of these days open mindedness will prevail throughout the land.

On second thought, nah-PA would never go for that shit.

[Boyo Jim]

Next year I'm gonna propose to make prostitution legal on Friday nights.

[picker]

So after I take them out and drop $100 on a night out I can KNOW I'm getting laid?

Sounds like progress to me

[guizot]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

in city council elections today, Columbia voted 71% in favor of a referendum to allow Sunday beer and wine sales.

So, what you mean is that the referendum to lift the blue law passed with 71%, right? Why do you say "straight ticket"? Were there several referendums, or perhaps the city council was taking sides?

I'd be curious to know what kind of argument the opposition put up, and why it took so long for the referendum to even get on the ballot.

My understanding is that these laws are circumvented by folks just driving to the next jurisdiction. Or they can just buy their beer on Saturday. I don't understand what they expect to accomplish with such laws, other than making Wal-mart quieter on Sunday.

[Santo Rugger]

Wow, wish I knew how to get that on the state ballot here! In New Mexico, the law is a bit less strict; the tape comes down at noon. At least it's not like Colorado or Oklahoma, though, where if you buy beer at a grocery store, it's 3.2% booze, and you can't buy liquor or real beer anywhere but the state sponsored liquor stores, which are closed all day Sunday.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Don't you care about the children!

[enipla]

Originally Posted by Santo Rugger

Wow, wish I knew how to get that on the state ballot here! In New Mexico, the law is a bit less strict; the tape comes down at noon. At least it's not like Colorado or Oklahoma, though, where if you buy beer at a grocery store, it's 3.2% booze, and you can't buy liquor or real beer anywhere but the state sponsored liquor stores, which are closed all day Sunday.

Colorado doesn't have state liquor stores. Perhaps you are thinking of Pennsylvania (which has the weirdest liquor laws I have ever run up against).

Anywho, they will start allowing Sunday sales in Colorado sometime this July.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by guizot

So, what you mean is that the referendum to lift the blue law passed with 71%, right? Why do you say "straight ticket"? Were there several referendums, or perhaps the city council was taking sides?

I'd be curious to know what kind of argument the opposition put up, and why it took so long for the referendum to even get on the ballot.

My understanding is that these laws are circumvented by folks just driving to the next jurisdiction. Or they can just buy their beer on Saturday. I don't understand what they expect to accomplish with such laws, other than making Wal-mart quieter on Sunday.

No, it was just a joke. Just beer and wine, no liquor, but "straight ticket liquor" is funny to me.

You CAN'T drive to the next jurisdiction, dear. Columbia is the most cosmopolitan place around. (You do have to remember not to go to Lexington between midnight on Saturday and 1 on Sunday, though.) As far as I know, we're the only ones who are going to have Sunday sales.

I'll quote a story from the newspaper last week about the congestion at the liquor store on Saturday night:

Latanya Service, 32, of Camden, got a half-gallon of Bacardi, a 20-pack of beer, a couple 12-packs and some other items.

She doesn't mind the congestion in the parking lot. If stores sell on Sunday, she won't be buying.

"That's the Lord's day," she said. "People ain't gonna go to church because all they're gonna do is go to the liquor store. Instead of getting up to praise the Lord, all they're gonna do is go to the liquor store. Drinking times three."

That's your good old fashioned Southern hypocrisy, there. Buy your booze on Saturday and you're a good upstanding person; buy it on Sunday and you're going right to hell.

ETA - the mayor says we may have Sunday sales as soon as the end of the month. Not everybody will do it, of course - places like to have a day they're not open, but I assume grocery stores and such are tired of putting up signs and turning off the lights in the beer aisle.

[Santo Rugger]

Originally Posted by enipla

Colorado doesn't have state liquor stores. Perhaps you are thinking of Pennsylvania (which has the weirdest liquor laws I have ever run up against).

Anywho, they will start allowing Sunday sales in Colorado sometime this July.

Not state sponsored, just dedicated.

I always think of the song, "On a cool Colorado night, there's something I forgot... It's hard to get drunk on three point two (repeat) yeah it's expensive to get drunk on three point two."

Wiki has a decent table for anybody who's interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol...tates_by_state

[Dunderman]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

That's your good old fashioned Southern hypocrisy, there. Buy your booze on Saturday and you're a good upstanding person; buy it on Sunday and you're going right to hell.

And apparently the airhead thinks that people went to church because the liquor store was closed. Oh well, liquor store closed, nothing to do, let's go to church. Why would she even want those people in her church?

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by Priceguy

And apparently the airhead thinks that people went to church because the liquor store was closed. Oh well, liquor store closed, nothing to do, let's go to church. Why would she even want those people in her church?

Yeah, you can totally go to church and the liquor store. Makes it easier to stand the sermon, I tell you what.

[enipla]

Originally Posted by Santo Rugger

Not state sponsored, just dedicated.

Dedicated? Not sure what you mean by that. AFAIK, there are just plain old private businesses.

Just curious, not being snarkey.

[chaoticbear]

You know, the statistic I hear is that 2/3s of Arkansas' counties are dry. Not only no liquor on Sundays, but NO LIQUOR EVER. I live in a town of 10,000 people and two colleges. Dry county surrounded by dry counties on all sides. We drive 30 minutes to the liquor store. And I just saw a new tidbit on that Wikipedia entry. Apparently our supermarkets can only sell wine that's made in Arkansas. That explains why there are only ever two dusty bottles on the shelf.

[Zsofia]

I should mention that Columbia (in my lifetime, at any rate) isn't dry on Sundays - you can order alcohol at restaurants that have the appropriate license, which not all do, and the bars are open. You just can't buy it to take it home to drink in the privacy of your own castle.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

I should mention that Columbia (in my lifetime, at any rate) isn't dry on Sundays - you can order alcohol at restaurants that have the appropriate license, which not all do, and the bars are open. You just can't buy it to take it home to drink in the privacy of your own castle.

That started circa 1988. Also, hardware and clothing type things couldn't be sold. Period. I think it was 1986 when that was changed. A downtown merchant (in that same building where "Eddie's" used to be, and the service recruiters have offices) owned a clothing store called "The Reflex." He defied the Blue Laws by opening on Sundays, and daring to sell. . . CLOTHES! He kept getting arrested, and it became a PR nightmare for "the officials." That, IMO, was a large part of getting the Blue Laws revised, and by extension, on-premise alcohol consumption licenses for bars and restaurants.

[Athena]

Originally Posted by enipla

Dedicated? Not sure what you mean by that. AFAIK, there are just plain old private businesses.

Just curious, not being snarkey.

Dedicated, as in stores that are dedicated only to selling liquor. I worked in a wine shop in Colorado a long time ago; the only thing that could be sold there was wine, beer, and liquor. No chips, no lime to go with that Corona, no Cokes, etc.

Other states allow varying levels of this. The Holy Grail of this is the laws I know exist in Michigan, New Mexico, and California (there may be others, but I don't know them) - just about any store can apply for a liquor license and sell, meaning that grocery stores can sell beer, wine, and alcohol.

Michigan even has party stores - that is, small privately owned corner stores that sell a small selection of beer/wine/liquor as well as sodas, chips, candy, milk, etc. Think of it as a privately owned 7-11 with alcohol.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker

That started circa 1988. Also, hardware and clothing type things couldn't be sold. Period. I think it was 1986 when that was changed. A downtown merchant (in that same building where "Eddie's" used to be, and the service recruiters have offices) owned a clothing store called "The Reflex." He defied the Blue Laws by opening on Sundays, and daring to sell. . . CLOTHES! He kept getting arrested, and it became a PR nightmare for "the officials." That, IMO, was a large part of getting the Blue Laws revised, and by extension, on-premise alcohol consumption licenses for bars and restaurants.

Could you not buy it at restaurants before then? (I wasn't really aware of liquor laws at age 8.) I've lived for the summer in a Georgia county where you couldn't buy a beer at a restaurant on Sunday, and if you forgot and ordered one they looked at you like you'd gotten up and taken a shit on the table.

Then again, I have family in Pennsylvania, so I know how weird it gets. I've never been anywhere else where I was forced to go into a sleazy bar just to buy a beer to take home!

[gotpasswords]

Originally Posted by Athena

Dedicated, as in stores that are dedicated only to selling liquor. I worked in a wine shop in Colorado a long time ago; the only thing that could be sold there was wine, beer, and liquor. No chips, no lime to go with that Corona, no Cokes, etc.

Other states allow varying levels of this. The Holy Grail of this is the laws I know exist in Michigan, New Mexico, and California (there may be others, but I don't know them) - just about any store can apply for a liquor license and sell, meaning that grocery stores can sell beer, wine, and alcohol.

Michigan even has party stores - that is, small privately owned corner stores that sell a small selection of beer/wine/liquor as well as sodas, chips, candy, milk, etc. Think of it as a privately owned 7-11 with alcohol.

So Beverages and More would have a hard time in Colorado - they'd have to drop all of that "More" from the stores.

I guess I've had a sheltered life. I faintly recall when the liquor section of the grocery store in Illinois was off-limits from something like midnight to noon on Sunday, but out here, it's anything goes. Whenever, wherever, whatever.

[Santo Rugger]

Originally Posted by enipla

Dedicated? Not sure what you mean by that. AFAIK, there are just plain old private businesses.

Just curious, not being snarkey.

From the Wiki:

Spirituous, vinous & malt liquor available in liquor stores only.

Liquor stores closed on Sundays & Christmas Day.

Off-premises sales of 3.2% ABW fermented malt beverages allowed on Sundays.

Liquor, with exception of 3.2% ABW beer, may only be sold at dedicated liquor stores—which may only operate in one location.

In other words, if you want something besides three two beer, you have to go somewhere that only sells booze. Upon preview, what Athena said.

I'm not sure how strict it is, since I don't live there, but I do remember the Durango ruggers telling us they'd drive down to Farmington to buy booze because it was easier and cheaper. I also remember buying or getting a coozie from the liquor store there, maybe it was supposed to be free and they charged me.

Originally Posted by gotpasswords

So Beverages and More would have a hard time in Colorado - they'd have to drop all of that "More" from the stores.

I guess I've had a sheltered life. I faintly recall when the liquor section of the grocery store in Illinois was off-limits from something like midnight to noon on Sunday, but out here, it's anything goes. Whenever, wherever, whatever.

I think the "which may only operate in one location" part means you can't have two liquor stores with the same name/owner, but I'm not sure.

[Anne Neville]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

Yeah, you can totally go to church and the liquor store. Makes it easier to stand the sermon, I tell you what.

Especially here in Pittsburgh- you can go to the Church Brew Works, which is a brewpub in a building that used to be a church (and looks very churchy). I don't know if they have sermons, though.

Pennsylvania has truly bizarre liquor laws. What I think of people who are in favor of these kind of restrictions on liquor sales, I probably couldn't say even in the Pit. I can tell you one thing, though- anyone who runs on a platform of changing them has two votes in Pittsburgh, guaranteed (Mr. Neville knows that, if he voted against such a change, I'd make him sleep on the porch). I miss California and being able to buy nice wines in the grocery store.

[Lamar Mundane]

Colorado used to (maybe still does) have a law that you couldn't sell/serve alcohol on an election day until the polls closed. I remember playing in a charity golf tournament and coming in to a huge bitch session in the clubhouse because the bar wouldn't open. The fundraisng auction was to be after the event, but most of the people left because of the booze thing. I'm sure the person who planned the event for that day got fired.

Anyone know if that is still on the books?

P.S. I always thought that was a cool law. Wierd, and kinda silly, but nontheless cool.

[Sunspace]

Originally Posted by Lamar Mundane

Colorado used to (maybe still does) have a law that you couldn't sell/serve alcohol on an election day until the polls closed.

Well, we wouldn't want people to vote drunk, would we? They might elect a sub-optimal government!

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Santo Rugger

Not state sponsored, just dedicated.

I always think of the song, "On a cool Colorado night, there's something I forgot... It's hard to get drunk on three point two (repeat) yeah it's expensive to get drunk on three point two."

Wiki has a decent table for anybody who's interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol...tates_by_state

::: Cruises through the link:::
Wow, take a look at Kansas and then read Missouri. What a contrast.

[3acresandatruck]

Originally Posted by Priceguy

And apparently the airhead thinks that people went to church because the liquor store was closed. Oh well, liquor store closed, nothing to do, let's go to church. Why would she even want those people in her church?

I think you misunderstand her. Her mind is so limited, that she believes everyone else thinks the way she does: she's going to buy liquor and drink her Sundays away, so she thinks everyone else will, too.

We have sensible laws here. You can get beer, wine and liquor at liquor stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, etc. I haven't seen it recently, but there used to be a store over on Hwy 30 with a sign that said "GUNS KNIVES LIQUOR".

[Maus Magill]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

People who live in states with no blue laws (let alone foreigners) won't understand what a big deal this is, but get a load of this - in city council elections today, Columbia voted 71% in favor of a referendum to allow Sunday beer and wine sales.

Holy fucking Jesus on a crutch. Sanity! Rationalism! Enlightenment! Do you realize that in Lexington County they string up tape across half the Wal-Mart at midnight on Saturday and don't take it down until 1 on Sunday? And you can't buy clothes and things? Because Jesus doesn't like it?

I was scared as hell that people who can't remember to buy beer on Saturday wouldn't remember to vote in an election that generally gets something like a 15% turnout, but mirabile dictu! It has happened!

I feel so... free and light. Truly, a new day has come!

You mean I can go to a Knights game and buy beer?

Oh, wait. Lexington County, not Lancaster.

Rats.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by 3acresandatruck

"GUNS KNIVES LIQUOR".

Sounds like a party to me!

[Punoqllads]

Originally Posted by Santo Rugger

Wiki has a decent table for anybody who's interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol...tates_by_state

"Arizona ... [s]upermarkets, liquor stores, and gas stations [emphasis mine] may sell liquor."

[50million]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

You CAN'T drive to the next jurisdiction, dear. Columbia is the most cosmopolitan place around. (You do have to remember not to go to Lexington between midnight on Saturday and 1 on Sunday, though.) As far as I know, we're the only ones who are going to have Sunday sales. SNIP

Well, now those of us who live in Richland County, but not the City of Columbia, can drive to your fancy little jurisdiction and buy up all of your beer and wine on Sundays. I wonder how long it'll be until the county gets tired of giving all the tax revenue to the city and pass the same law. Or, get rid of the same stupid law.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by 50million

Well, now those of us who live in Richland County, but not the City of Columbia, can drive to your fancy little jurisdiction and buy up all of your beer and wine on Sundays. I wonder how long it'll be until the county gets tired of giving all the tax revenue to the city and pass the same law. Or, get rid of the same stupid law.

You can't have my beer and wine!

Seriously, can you believe somebody buying a crapload of beer and Bacardi on Saturday night would give the newspaper a quote about how people aren't going to go to church on Sunday 'cause they're all sinning drunks?

[danceswithcats]

Originally Posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker

Don't you care about the children!

I'll try not to, since you feel that adamant.

Silly me, I thought "voting straight liquor ticket" meant voting for progressive candidates who favored doing away with antiquated blue laws, as opposed to those candidates who want to keep SC in the dark ages.

[gravitycrash]

Rick Yeah, if you can't find alcohol in Missouri at almost any hour of any day, you aren't trying hard enough. Just goes to show what successful lobbying by the largest brewer in the world can accomplish.

[50million]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

You can't have my beer and wine!

Seriously, can you believe somebody buying a crapload of beer and Bacardi on Saturday night would give the newspaper a quote about how people aren't going to go to church on Sunday 'cause they're all sinning drunks?

Camden isn't only 30 miles from Columbia, it's also 30 years behind Columbia. And that's saying something! (I'm mostly kidding, I love Colatown, especially now that we've gotten rid of Odom. But you went to school somewhere else, so you probably don't care about that.)

[cochrane]

Originally Posted by Punoqllads

"Arizona ... [s]upermarkets, liquor stores, and gas stations [emphasis mine] may sell liquor."

Well, for the most part around here, that would be the gas stations with on-premises convenience stores, Shell, Chevron, etc. They sell a bit of everything else; soft drinks, snacks, etc., and may also have licenses to sell liquor. Sort of a blurring of the lines between a gas station and a Circle K/7-11.

[Yookeroo]

Originally Posted by gotpasswords

but out here, it's anything goes. Whenever, wherever, whatever.

Can you buy alcohol after 2AM?

[Punoqllads]

Originally Posted by cochrane

Well, for the most part around here, that would be the gas stations with on-premises convenience stores, Shell, Chevron, etc. They sell a bit of everything else; soft drinks, snacks, etc., and may also have licenses to sell liquor. Sort of a blurring of the lines between a gas station and a Circle K/7-11.

Can they sell firearms and ammo?

[DMark]

Here in Nevada you can buy alcohol anywhere, 24/7.

I was always amazed in NYC that they still had those stupid laws...I can remember being at a grocery store to buy beer for a rooftop garden party, but they were not allowed to sell it until noon (I think) on Sunday. It was 11:55AM and I had to stand off to the side of the checkout lane for five minutes before I was allowed to pay and leave.

Then I had to schlep to another store to buy wine, because that couldn't be sold in a grocery store! I mean, seriously people - you would think wine would be sold at a grocery store and not beer - after all, some people (like myself) never drink wine but use it for cooking.

At any rate, just struck me as odd that NYC had liquor laws that made Mayberry RFD seem liberal in comparison.

BTW, I can remember as a kid in Illinois that they were not allowed to sell any alcohol on election days until after the polls closed! Seems there used to be a problem of politicians going into bars, buying rounds, and then getting the drunks to march over to the polling booth. I always found the idea of herding a bunch of drunks to polling booths a rather funny image.

[Caractacus Pott]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

You can't have my beer and wine!

Seriously, can you believe somebody buying a crapload of beer and Bacardi on Saturday night would give the newspaper a quote about how people aren't going to go to church on Sunday 'cause they're all sinning drunks?

So what do they think of people in Charleston and Myrtle Beach who've had Sunday sales for a decade or so? I guess they're heathens. THAT explains all the wicker furniture in the Lowcountry: it matches the handbasket they're all going to hell in.

[NunOfTheAbove]

Originally Posted by Lamar Mundane

Colorado used to (maybe still does) have a law that you couldn't sell/serve alcohol on an election day until the polls closed. I remember playing in a charity golf tournament and coming in to a huge bitch session in the clubhouse because the bar wouldn't open. The fundraisng auction was to be after the event, but most of the people left because of the booze thing. I'm sure the person who planned the event for that day got fired.

Anyone know if that is still on the books?

P.S. I always thought that was a cool law. Wierd, and kinda silly, but nontheless cool.

Utah still has this law, which is strange because the really should promote drinking and voting around there.

[Zsofia]

Originally Posted by 50million

Camden isn't only 30 miles from Columbia, it's also 30 years behind Columbia. And that's saying something! (I'm mostly kidding, I love Colatown, especially now that we've gotten rid of Odom. But you went to school somewhere else, so you probably don't care about that.)

Don't give a rat's ass about the basketball coach my alma mater did have, assuming Agnes Scott had a basketball team, which I honestly don't know. But Odom was such a nice guy! I mean, jeez, they were mean to him.

[Sternvogel]

Originally Posted by Zsofia

Don't give a rat's ass about the basketball coach my alma mater did have, assuming Agnes Scott had a basketball team, which I honestly don't know.

Well, there was one at least as far back as 1998, Although the Scotties were pretty bad then, they're now a decent Division III program, with a 17-9 record in the just-concluded 2007-08 campaign.

[gotpasswords]

Originally Posted by Yookeroo

Can you buy alcohol after 2AM?

I just checked, and it does seem that this state dries up at 2 AM every day until 6 AM. It's been a few years since I was awake during those four hours, much less interested in going out and buying anything.

"Anywhere, anytime" was more to the effect of how we don't have state-run stores, stores that sell only alcohol and not so much as a single soft drink, bag of ice or a corkscrew, or weird laws like "You can buy near beer any day of the week, but you can't buy real beer or spirits on Sundays."

[cochrane]

Originally Posted by Punoqllads

Can they sell firearms and ammo?

I honestly don't know. I don't own a gun. I have no need for ammo. So I don't notice if a particular place has any or not.

[guizot]

Originally Posted by Punoqllads

Can they sell firearms and ammo?

Throw in cigarettes and a bomb or two, and we can have a party with Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.

[enipla]

Originally Posted by Athena

Dedicated, as in stores that are dedicated only to selling liquor. I worked in a wine shop in Colorado a long time ago; the only thing that could be sold there was wine, beer, and liquor. No chips, no lime to go with that Corona, no Cokes, etc.

Hokay. 'State Dedicated' just sounded like the 'State' deceids when and where a liquor store will go. While this is true to a point since they issue the licenses, the state is not in the business of actually opening and operating the liquor stores. (which is what I thought [/b]Santo Rugger[/b] meant).

On re-reading his post, I see that I mis-understood his intent.

[wouldn't you like to know]

Originally Posted by Rick

::: Cruises through the link:::
Wow, take a look at Kansas and then read Missouri. What a contrast.

I grew up in Missouri and never realized what a bunch of 'old fashioned' liquor laws there were in other states. I do remember driving over to IL to pick up some beer on Sunday.

Missouri has one lawmaker trying to make Budweiser the official drink of the state. http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat...ial-beer_N.htm
Probably makes the St. Louis folks happy.

[Hypno-Toad]

Watauga County, NC was a dry county up until the students of Appalachian State University (at Boone) were permitted to vote in local referendums. They then immediately introduced and passed a measure to permit alcohol sales, subject to state laws. Nice to see such a civic-minded student body.

Things sure changed after that. A beer delivery guy once told me that his company had two trucks. One for Boone and one for the rest of western North Carolina.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Originally Posted by Punoqllads

"Arizona ... [s]upermarkets, liquor stores, and gas stations [emphasis mine] may sell liquor."

I'd be weirded out by anyplace where you couldn't go to the gas station and pick up a six-pack. It's not like it promotes drinking and driving; you're just as likely to be driving home from anywhere else you might buy beer.

I took a road trip in college to Miami University (the Ohio one), and we stopped overnight at a fraternity house in Richmond, Kentucky (where the University of Eastern Kentucky is).

They took us out to a bar that was owned by a member (free cover, a bit lax on checking our IDs, etc.)... at 11:50 we ordered a round of pitchers, and they looked at us a bit oddly.

Us- "What?"
Kentuckians- "Guys, this is the Bible Belt. You've got to finish your drinks by midnight."
Us- " *exchange looks*

Us- "glugglugglugglugglug..."

[Scubaqueen]

Originally Posted by Lamar Mundane

Colorado used to (maybe still does) have a law that you couldn't sell/serve alcohol on an election day until the polls closed. >snip<
Anyone know if that is still on the books?

yep, going strong in the hoosier state (indiana), backward hellhole that it is... i remember once going into a target store on a sunday. i wasn't thinking and i rounded the corner to the liquor aisle only to run into and i swear this true: 'police line do not cross' tape strung across the entrance. it was strung at the other end of the aisle, too!

i burst out laughing and a guy next to me who'd nearly done the same thing, started laughing too. we both made loud - and pointed comments - about the suspect IQ levels of state legislators who created such a law to begin with and a store that would go to all this trouble. police line tape? give me a freakin' break, people!

all this was overheard by somebody in the target management food chain. he was standing in the produce section in his little red shirt with his manager tag, arms folded, glaring at us like death incarnate. he was not amused. we ignored him. he probably was the bright bulb that came up with the tape.

my fellow chuckler asked me if i was a native. i said "hell, no. you?"
"no way," he replied. "i'm just here visiting friends!"

not only can't you buy a sixpack in the local market around here, indiana also boasts another of my favorite blue laws. by god and by golly, you CAN'T SELL A CAR on sunday, either.

somebody tell me what the hell kind of logic is behind that law?

okay, i can sorta see the no booze until the polls close. sorta... but no car sales?

what's that about, anyway??

[E-Sabbath]

If the car salesmen come in contact with someone who was in church recently, they ignite in holy fire and burn to death. Won't someone think of the car salesmen?