I'm checking into restaurants in Jonesboro for our trip. It's a "dry
county" which means unless it's a special club you can't even buy a drink or
wine with dinner. Well, there's the 501 Club & Restaurant downtown. Used
to be a members only club but they don't mention that online anymore. So I
called to inquire as whether visitors from out of town might be able to go
in and have dinner and drinks.

I dialed the wrong number. I didn't understand what the man who answered
the phone said so I asked, "Is this the 501 Club?" He replied, "Well, no.
But there's a buncha drunks who work here!" I cracked up. What a great
comeback!

Jill <--dialing the correct number now

jmcquown wrote on 2/14/2006:

> I'm checking into restaurants in Jonesboro for our trip. It's a "dry
> county" which means unless it's a special club you can't even buy a drink or
> wine with dinner. Well, there's the 501 Club & Restaurant downtown.

<snip>

Sooo, what's the answer? Can you go to this joint and get all hooched
up or not?
I needs to know. <G>

KevinS wrote:
> jmcquown wrote on 2/14/2006:
>
>> I'm checking into restaurants in Jonesboro for our trip. It's a "dry
>> county" which means unless it's a special club you can't even buy a
>> drink or wine with dinner. Well, there's the 501 Club & Restaurant
>> downtown.
>
> <snip>
>
> Sooo, what's the answer? Can you go to this joint and get all hooched
> up or not?
> I needs to know. <G>

Yep! We can get a 1 year membership for $5 - doesn't matter how many is in
the party. Then just sign the other folks in as guests. So yep, methinks
we'll get a membership so we can have some hootch before and during dinner.
The place is rated the best restaurant in town, as well you can imagine. <G>

For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so to
speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's nothing
out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine shop!

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff
> (so to speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line.
> There's nothing out there but once you cross the line there's a big
> ol' liquor & wine shop!
>
> Jill


That's similar to Ocean City, New Jersey. Dry. But cross the short bridge
outta town and there's a "Super Liquor". They should post a sign for folks
headed into OC, "Last Chance Alcohol" or something.

Andy

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
> For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so
to
> speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's
nothing
> out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine
shop!

Just out of curiosity...what's the difference here between importing and
smuggling?

Lisa Ann

Lisa Ann wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so
> to
> > speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's
> nothing
> > out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine
> shop!
>
> Just out of curiosity...what's the difference here between importing and
> smuggling?

Importing is the transfer of goods legally, means making a declaration
and paying the tarrifs.

Smuggling is the illegal transfer of goods, like how you sneaked that
bottle of booze across the border by secreting it in your crotch.

In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> Lisa Ann wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> > > For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so
> > to
> > > speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's
> > nothing
> > > out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine
> > shop!
> >
> > Just out of curiosity...what's the difference here between importing and
> > smuggling?
>
> Importing is the transfer of goods legally, means making a declaration
> and paying the tarrifs.
>
> Smuggling is the illegal transfer of goods, like how you sneaked that
> bottle of booze across the border by secreting it in your crotch.
>

I found a link to jpegs of this, but I decided against posting them...
;-) Sheldon can do his _own_ googling for it. <lol>
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

In article >,
"Lisa Ann" > wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so
> to
> > speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's
> nothing
> > out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine
> shop!
>
> Just out of curiosity...what's the difference here between importing and
> smuggling?
>
> Lisa Ann
>
>

ROFL!!!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

"OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Lisa Ann" > wrote:
>
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > . ..
> > > For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff
(so
> > to
> > > speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's
> > nothing
> > > out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine
> > shop!
> >
> > Just out of curiosity...what's the difference here between importing and
> > smuggling?
> >
> > Lisa Ann
> >
> >
>
> ROFL!!!

Well thank god *someone* laughed! Sheldon's answer was too...uhm...boringly
accurate,. I guess.

Lisa Ann

jmcquown wrote on 2/14/2006:

> Yep! We can get a 1 year membership for $5 - doesn't matter how many is in
> the party.

Sounds pretty exclusive. I'd probably fit right in.

Reminds me of the old joke:

Q: How many references do I need to get into this club?
A: 10 (or 2 5's).

jmcquown wrote:
> For when we're in our hotel room, we're having to "import" the stuff (so to
> speak) unless we want to drive 20 miles to the county line. There's nothing
> out there but once you cross the line there's a big ol' liquor & wine shop!
>
> Jill

I am posting from Google right now, so excuse this if it looks funny.
I can't access rfc via Agent at the moment, for some reason...

Get some NZ Sauvignon Blanc as one of your imports.

Are you getting champagne?

Christine