| The United States has its fair share of weird laws | | | | is banned because one of the volumes contains a |
| (what is up with having to pay taxes?), but there are | | | | homemade beer recipe. We aren't positive, but we |
| few laws that achieve the level of oddness that | | | | think any Texan caught with this encyclopedia will |
| certain American drinking laws attain. Underage folks | | | | probably get the death penalty. |
| may find the "21 and over" rule to be weird. People | | | | No Drinking with the Fishes: In Ohio, the law states |
| wanting to buy beer seven days a week may find | | | | that it is illegal to get a fish drunk. Apparently, the |
| the fact that liquor stores are closed on Sundays in | | | | "drinks like a fish" saying doesn't apply to the marine |
| many states to be strange. Those who like to stroll | | | | life in this region. You can give a carp or a trout the |
| around a park with an uncorked bottle of wine may | | | | worm, but you better drink the bottle of tequila all |
| find it bizarre that open containers of alcohol aren't | | | | by yourself. |
| allowed in many areas. But, the oddness that the | | | | A Women's Consent: Pennsylvania law prohibits a |
| above laws emit is nothing compared to the | | | | man from buying alcohol without a note of permission |
| peculiarities of those below: | | | | from his wife. This has turned women's liberation into |
| Don't use the "R" word: According to the Bureau of | | | | women's libation and, not surprisingly, left many |
| Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BAFT), the word | | | | Pennsylvania men single. |
| "refreshing" can't be utilized when describing alcohol | | | | Three at a time: The law of Texas states that no |
| beverages. That forces us, the alcohol consumers, to | | | | person can consume more than three sips of beer at |
| describe beer as brisk, gin as invigorating, and wine as | | | | a time if they are standing up. But, if they are falling |
| reviving. That's right BAFT, we have a thesaurus. | | | | over or stumbling around, then that may be a |
| When in Rome, Don't Act Like You Are: Thanks to | | | | different story. |
| the Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act, an | | | | Unfair for Fairbanks Moose: In Fairbanks, Alaska, it is |
| underage student studying abroad is forbade from | | | | against the law to give a moose any kind of alcohol. |
| drinking alcohol, even if they are in a country where | | | | This could be because moose don't know when to |
| they meet the drinking age requirements. Of course, | | | | say when or because they simply are light weights. |
| this sort of defeats the purpose of studying abroad | | | | For whatever reason this law exists, the Alaskan |
| altogether: what's the point of drinking in a different | | | | moose consider it "bull." |
| culture if you aren't allowed to be drinking in a | | | | Obviously, the above laws are rarely - if ever - |
| different culture. | | | | enforced in the industry of wine and spirits. This is |
| Bring Cash and Coins to Des Moines: In Iowa, it's | | | | for the better: those of us who love wine and beer |
| illegal to start a tab at a bar. This is a concept that | | | | would never be able to adhere to the above |
| undoubtedly leaves out of town patrons a-maized. | | | | regulations. A world of alcohol that didn't allow us to |
| Sorry, that was corny. | | | | go out drinking with the boys, the girls, and the |
| Texas Told'em Not to Buy a Reference Book: In | | | | Alaskan wildlife, just wouldn't be the same. |
| Texas, the complete Encyclopedia Britannica collection | | | | |
