Free Countries, Guns and Beer

[David Floyd]

In the US, I'm sure that MADD and religious funadmentalism has something to do with it.

[SlowwHand]

Because not everyone is ready to go to Hell like you, Monk.

Walking and drinking isn't that sure a bet, David.
Were you an honest man, you'd own up to that fact.

[centrifuge]

Except for the age limit, The rest of the list depends on where you are in the US

[David Floyd]

Sloww, huh?

Are you trying to say that it's legal to walk down the street drinking a beer? Because AFAIK, it isn't.

[Monk]

Because not everyone is ready to go to Hell like you, Monk.

Oh, that's it!

[David Floyd]

Except for the age limit, The rest of the list depends on where you are in the US

Technically, the age limit is a state law, too, but in any case, you'll notice that I specified "In Texas...".

[Monk]

Sloww,

Your warning has made me a new man. When I go to the party next Saturday and we pass midnight, I'll make sure to hide all the beer when nobody's noticing, thereby saving the souls of my fellow partygoers. I'm sure that upon discovery, they will thank me for my kind act.

[SlowwHand]

WTG, Monk. Good man.

And David, what I'm saying is walking while drinking can be hazardous; and I call on you to be honest and acknowledge that, through personal experience, you know that to be true.
Come on, come on.

[centrifuge]

Originally posted by David Floyd
Alcohol restrictions in the US:

-No hard liquor sales on Sundays, except in bars
-Liquor stores can only stay open until 9 pm
-Beer can only be sold until 12 pm, except in bars
-Bars may only serve alcohol of any sort until 2 am
-No one under the age of 21 may purchase or consume alcohol (except at home under parental supervision)
-One may not, in MOST cities, drink alcohol while walking down the street (there are some exceptions)

That's just off the top of my head. And those are ridiculous restrictions, too.

Where does it say Texas?

[David Floyd]

Whoops. Dammit, I meant Texas but typed US. Sorry

Sloww,

And David, what I'm saying is walking while drinking can be hazardous; and I call on you to be honest and acknowledge that, through personal experience, you know that to be true.

Yeah, and so is skydiving. But we don't ban skydiving. In fact, skydiving is definitely more dangerous than drinking a beer while walking.

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by centrifuge



Where does it say Texas?

If I had only read quicker........

In San Antonio, they sell on Sundays, just not before 11 AM.

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by David Floyd
Whoops. Dammit, I meant Texas but typed US. Sorry

Sloww,



Yeah, and so is skydiving. But we don't ban skydiving. In fact, skydiving is definitely more dangerous than drinking a beer while walking.

Nuh-uh. Is not either. And if I thought/knew you to have a diving under the influence to own up to, I'd ask for that.
But I know dadgum well you've stumbled, staggered, and likely fallen while walking drunk.
Don't lie to me, David.

[David Floyd]

Who's talking about walking around drunk? That isn't illegal - I do it all the time, and so do hundreds of other people on 6th St here in Austin. Now, yes, if you do something stupid you'll probably get a PI citation, but if I'm drunk off my ass, and stumbling around, I'm not gonna get arrested unless I'm trying to drive.

I'm talking about walking down the sidewalk drinking a beer, which is illegal.

[David Floyd]

Nuh-uh. Is not either. And if I thought/knew you to have a diving under the influence to own up to, I'd ask for that.

So you think there is a greater risk of serious injury if you are drinking a beer while walking than there is if you go skydiving?

Come on, that's just silly.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by David Floyd

I'm talking about walking down the sidewalk drinking a beer, which is illegal.

Sounds like a law designed to get rid of tramps and other undesirables.