Laziness loomed as I lamented the lack of locution for the letter “L” on Laugh Quotes. Luckily, last night (at a restaurant), I looked up and literally laughed at the liquor law lavishly framed on the wall.
Talk about a laugh quote:
This got me thinking about other laughable liquor laws. A little research and it seems New Zealand isn’t the only country with stupid drinking laws. The extremes seem to be countries like China, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Thailand and Vietnam which have no legal drinking age. And the opposite extreme – cities like San Salvador where drunk-driving is punishable by an immediate death, by a hastily-assembled firing squad; or, countries like UAE where any person (residents or tourists) must hold a permit to purchase alcohol or to consume it in public, and Muslims are prohibited by law from obtaining a permit.
I can’t forget the USA if I am looking for laughable liquor laws, they seem to have a plethora of stupid drinking laws still on the books. Apparently USA liquor laws vary by state, here are the “illegal” activities I found most amusing, listed alphabetically, as this is an A to Z challenge post (I went to uni in Missouri, so I had to pick on them a bit extra):
• In Alaska it is illegal to give any alcohol to a moose.
• In Colorado it is illegal to ride horseback while intoxicated.
• In Indiana it is illegal for liquor stores to sell milk or cold soft drinks (ok to sell if not refrigerated).
• In Iowa it is illegal for a man to drink beer while in bed with his wife.
• In Kentucky it is illegal to send a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a gift.
• In Missouri it is illegal to drink beer from a bucket whilst sitting on a street curb. In Missouri it is also illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to take out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container.
• In Nebraska it is illegal for a bar to sell beer unless it is simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
• In Ohio it is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• In North Dakota it is illegal for a bar or restaurant to serve beer and pretzels at the same time.
• In Texas it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
I know there are many more, but these are the ones which made me laugh. I think my personal favorite was Ohio. Which was yours?
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These things always crack me up. What is scary though is that someone somewhere got a moose and a fish so drunk that they had to make a law to keep people from doing it again. Now that is truly scary.
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Good point, but it still is funny
If I want to share some liquor with a moose, that should be between me and the moose. Keep your laws off my moose government.
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LOL – I love this comment. Thanks for the laugh.
Getting a fish drunk was an old poachers trick for when they wanted to catch trout. They would soak raisins (or sultanas, I forget which) in rum overnight and the next morning put some in the river the trout would get drunk and you could literally lift them out of the water – no rod or net needed so easy to say you were just having a harmless walk and not actually fishing should you be seen.
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Awesome comment. Thanks Louanne, now it all makes sense. Just curious how you know that . . .
If I told you I’d have to kill you
Louanne recently posted..K is for KITT
LOL – sounds like I will never know.
I’m surprised Sarah Palin didn’t change the moose law. Maybe that’s the real reason she left office. Very clever and informative. I also enjoyed the opening alliteration.
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LOL – I wonder if she did, maybe it’s an old law. Or, maybe it was made for her after a wild night.
This is too funny! I’m so glad I found your blog. I’m stopping by from the A to Z challenge and I look forward to reading more from you.
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I am glad you found it too. Welcome to Laugh Quotes, and I am glad I made you laugh today. I am off to check out your blog.
Interesting post, Rhonda. You’re forgiven for posting N is for nothing.
I’ve been messing with the Comment Luv site this morning. I think this baby will work now.
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Yay! It is working. Isn’t it great. (And great for me too, as your blog doesn’t come into my Google reader for some reason, now it is easy to get to. I am off the read and catch up with your challenge posts.)
It’s funny too that some counties in the USA are “dry counties” where the sale of alcohol is prohibited by law. Included among these is the county where you can find the Jack Daniels Distillery. Go figure…
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Actually Tony, I think that Jack Daniels story might be the funniest one on the page. Thanks for sharing it
Rattling nice design and good subject material , very little else we need : D.
Thanks
I think Iowa’s law makes perfect sense, and please tell us where you typically would partake of your bucket of beer if not seated at the curb?
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LOL Lynne. I went to uni in Missouri. We drank our buckets of beer standing at the curb, but never seated. (Just kidding, I did go to U of Missouri, but I never knew this law.