# No Beer on Sundays or after 8pm. Why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-beer-on-sundays-or-after-8pm-why/77527>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2001, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-beer-on-sundays-or-after-8pm-why/77527 "2001-08-22T12:53:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-beer-on-sundays-or-after-8pm-why/77527/21 "2001-08-23T18:55:43Z")

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So the thinking is, if I can’t drink, I might as well go to church?

Makes sense, I guess, given my wife’s description of how to identify a rural Wisconsin town, rather than just a crossroads: it’s a crossroads with a grocery store, a church, and three bars.

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