"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Dave Smith wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I should also say I don't appreciate the "bible belters" saying
>>> (voting) my county or any county should be "DRY".... if you don't
>>> want to drink, it's your personal choice but don't impose that
>>> "moral" crap on other people. They tried that with Prohibition;
>>> obviously it didn't work.
>>
>> It's a funny thing about dry counties. You can't buy liquor legally,
>> but there always seems to be a thriving bootleg market. When I was
>> much younger I went on a short vacation with a small group of
>> friends. We were not of age at the time. We arrived in the small
>> town where we were going to camp out. We stopped at the gas station
>> and asked if there were any bootleggers around. We were told to go
>> to the first street on the left and go to the second house. If he
>> didn't have any, go to the next one, and if he was out, try the place
>> across the street.
>>
> You'd be the last to laugh. Jonesboro, Arkansas is in a dry county. But
> for $5 you can buy a "membership" to the 501 Club or the Italian
> restaurant
> downtown. Or you can just go to the Holiday Inn bar and have a mixed
> drink
> or wine or whatever you want. The folks who keep voting to keep it "DRY"
> are apparently also the ones at the private clubs tossing back a few
> before
> they go home to the little Missus who insists on believing it's a "dry
> county". Yeah, right
>
>

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