# To the Blonde in the Yellow Dodge... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886 "2005-07-30T15:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/1 "2005-07-30T15:10:14Z")
on the East-bound 520 bridge. I saw you take a pull off that Heineken bottle as we were waiting for traffic to creep forward. Forget any accidents _you_ might cause in your potentially inebriated state, I nearly crashed my car in shock! Who drinks beer while they’re driving a car? In broad daylight, no less. She wasn’t even trying to hide it. Ay-yi-yi ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/2 "2005-07-30T15:20:06Z")
That is awful. Who drinks Heineken anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/3 "2005-07-30T15:37:13Z")
I dunno, I think open container laws are silly. You can stop your car, get out, drink a couple beers, get back in, and drive. Assuming you’re under the limit and otherwise not seriously impaired, this is legal. But drink _one_ beer over an hour on a road trip, and it’s illegal. Doesn’t make sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/4 "2005-07-30T15:48:48Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Doesn’t make sense to me. I guess you aren’t _ **thinking of the children!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/5 "2005-07-30T15:58:51Z")
Was she hot?? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/6 "2005-07-30T17:05:49Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Was she hot?? Mmm…hot and drunk. Just how I like my blondes. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/7 "2005-07-30T17:12:23Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > …I nearly crashed my car in shock!.. Did you clutch your pearls? Did you have to find a fainting couch? Did you have an attack of the vapors? Were you afraid for the very fabric of civilization? Do tell! ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/8 "2005-07-30T18:27:17Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > I nearly crashed my car in shock! Wow. Maybe you need supplemental driving lessons so you can learn how to control your vehicle better. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/9 "2005-07-30T18:27:29Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Did you clutch your pearls? Did you have to find a fainting couch? Did you have an attack of the vapors? Were you afraid for the very fabric of civilization? Yes! Yes! Finally someone who understands! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/10 "2005-07-30T18:51:04Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > I dunno, I think open container laws are silly. You can stop your car, get out, drink a couple beers, get back in, and drive. Assuming you’re under the limit and otherwise not seriously impaired, this is legal. But drink _one_ beer over an hour on a road trip, and it’s illegal. > > Doesn’t make sense to me. It’s not legal in Washington. .08 is the limit for driving while intoxicated, blow .001 to .079, you get a ticket for driving while impaired, the fines are the same you just don’t lose your license. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/11 "2005-07-30T22:24:17Z")
At least she wasn’t on a cellphone. ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/12 "2005-07-30T22:35:28Z")
_Sigh_ You’re making me miss the good old days when it was legal… and I’m only going back to the 80’s in Texas. There was nothing better on a really hot day than stopping at the gas station and grabbing a cold beer for the ride home from work. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/13 "2005-07-30T22:36:23Z")
The silliest open container law is the “5 beers in a 6 pack container, even in the trunk” crap they pull in Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/14 "2005-07-30T22:59:03Z")
The OP’er should take a gander at the margarita stands of Louisiana… with drive-thru windows, no less! Although the “Sportsman’s Paradise” state has reformed somewhat; it’s no longer legal for the driver to imbibe behind the wheel. His passengers, though, are still welcome to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/15 "2005-07-31T00:44:10Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The OP’er should take a gander at the margarita stands of Louisiana… with drive-thru windows, no less! Although the “Sportsman’s Paradise” state has reformed somewhat; it’s no longer legal for the driver to imbibe behind the wheel. His passengers, though, are still welcome to do so. I was just going to ask if this sort of thing is true! I heard tell there is/was a drive-through daquiri stand in New Orleans. Which being itself is half-way expected, but I didn’t know it happened elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/16 "2005-07-31T00:49:31Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > The OP’er should take a gander at the margarita stands of Louisiana… with drive-thru windows, no less! Although the “Sportsman’s Paradise” state has reformed somewhat; it’s no longer legal for the driver to imbibe behind the wheel. His passengers, though, are still welcome to do so. Those are the greatest. I enjoy the White Russians. Comes in a non-incriminating container also. (Cheap Soda Cup) Of course, I would drive while drinking but great as a passenger. In NJ they would nail the driver for open container int he car. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/17 "2005-07-31T03:06:07Z")
> [@](#): > > I heard tell there is/was a drive-through daquiri stand in New Orleans. “A” drive-through daquiri stand in New Orleans? Yes, one on every block or so. I kid you not. Having just moved away from there, one of our favorite entertainments for out-of-town visitors was to take them by one of the many, MANY drive-through daquiri shops to see with their own eyes that such a thing exists and, indeed, flourishes. Of course, they don’t sell you drinks to imbibe on the way home. Oh, no, they put a little paper cap over the straw so you won’t drink it till you’re off the road! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/18 "2005-07-31T04:16:17Z")
:smack: I’m pretty sure it was daquiris, not margaritas. Although I’m more into rum-runners and Tom Collinses for beating the summer heat, anyway… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/19 "2005-07-31T04:52:21Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > Who drinks beer while they’re driving a car? In broad daylight, no less. That would be me. But only off-road. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886/20 "2005-07-31T12:05:28Z")
> [@Girl Next Door](#): > > I saw you take a pull off that Heineken bottle as we were waiting for traffic to creep forward. Forget any accidents _you_ might cause in your potentially inebriated state, I nearly crashed my car in shock! > > Who drinks beer while they’re driving a car? In broad daylight, no less. She wasn’t even trying to hide it. Who? Me. Everyday, on the way home; Nice cold Bud, top down on the convertible. It was legal here 'till the Mothers-Against-Having-Fun got it outlawed. > [@The Scrivener](#): > > The OP’er should take a gander at the margarita stands of Louisiana… with drive-thru windows, no less! Although the “Sportsman’s Paradise” state has reformed somewhat; it’s no longer legal for the driver to imbibe behind the wheel. His passengers, though, are still welcome to do so. We have drive-thru liquor stores 'round here. Big barn, open at both ends. Attendants behind display cases select what you point to, and bag it up at the end. That’s how I used to get my one (1) beer for the trip home. To the OP: Get a grip. **A** beer doesn’t equal drunk driving. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-blonde-in-the-yellow-dodge/314886.md?page=2)