# do this in memory of me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 5, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211 "2000-08-05T04:12:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/1 "2000-08-05T04:12:18Z")

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what did the RC church use during the Prohibition? was alcohol completely banned?

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/2 "2000-08-05T04:21:37Z")

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I do believe that ceremonial wine was legally exempted from Prohibition laws.

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/3 "2000-08-05T04:24:22Z")

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Yup… the wording of the XVIII ammendment states “… intoxicating liquors…for beverage purposes…”

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/4 "2000-08-05T04:43:13Z")

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We’ve been through this one already:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24296](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=24296)

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**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/5 "2000-08-05T05:17:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jb\_farley \*  
> \*\*what did the RC church use during the Prohibition? was alcohol completely banned? \*\*

The production of wine for religious purposes was not banned. Interestingly enough the production of such wine went up by quite a bit.

Non-alcoholic grape beverages were also sold with specific instructions on how following these steps would make it into an alcoholic beverage in violation of the law.

Marc

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/6 "2000-08-05T09:18:36Z")

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Didn’t they use RC cola??

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**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/7 "2000-08-05T11:35:22Z")

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_laughing_

ba-dum KKKKSSSHHHhhh

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/8 "2000-08-06T07:57:12Z")

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Thank you, thank you. I’ll be here all weekend. Next week I’ll be appearing at the Laugh Shack on Route 6. You’ve been a lovely audience. Good night!!

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-this-in-memory-of-me/28211/9 "2000-08-06T16:15:57Z")

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_LOL_

I’m imagining my parish’s priest sneaking down into the church’s basement, in an exaggerated cartoon-ish style. He moves aside a dust cover to reveal a large blue vending machine and gets some wine for communion. As he leaves, an announcer says “Some people will go out of their way for RC.”