Triple Alcohol Prices, Cop Says ...

[Robin]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Pubs close at 11pm in Britain?

Brits .... What the hell is wrong with you people???

And for once, I'm not joking in the least. Seriously, that's just daft!

Yeah, here in Texas the local bars only start to FILL UP at around 11pm.

You know it used to be 10:00pm in England. All bars were shut between 3pm and 6pm too. Then an extra hour was given about 15 years ago as well as all day opening. I think this all started during the 1st world war. The powers that be wanted to keep the ammunitions and agricultural workers etc sober. Funny that it's only just changing to flexible full hours next week.

[MorganGrayson]

I remember being in Kentucky for the first time a couple/few decades ago. We sat down at a restaurant table and ordered cocktails before dinner. The waitress said "I'm sorry, but this is a dry county."

We all said "a what?"

No liquor sales whatsoever. Had to go over the county line (and past the patrol cars) to buy liquor.

Which we did....

(I was going through my "grasshopper" phase at the time. Kahlua and cream. The occasional Brandy Alexander, too. Milkshakes with a kick. Not too surprisingly, I wasn't even 21 yet.)