On 3/15/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 15, 2010, at 4:23 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > St. Louis county (surrounding, but not including, the city of St. > > > Louis) has, or at least had, "blue laws" which restricted the > > > sale of alcohol on Sundays. From the time the bars closed at > > > 1 or 2 AM until noon, I couldn't buy any, which is ridiculous > > > because all the people who care are in church and couldn't > > > see me buying it anyway. Maybe that's the reason for the > > > blue law. It would have been impossible for them to keep > > > tabs on us drunks if we could just do whatever the hell we > > > wanted while they were singing some damn depressing hymn. > > > But I can't blame that on the Baptists. St. Louis is > > > predominantly Catholic. Go figure. > > > > > > > That's unusual - normally it's the Catholics who have all the fun. The > > protestants are the miserable ones. > > > > > > A lot of states have Sunday morning blue laws, Michigan and Illinois > included. I don't find it much of an inconvenience. I've never been moved to > get hammered on Sunday morning.
Actually, MO has statewide blue laws until 9am on Sundays, but allows local governments to add to those restrictions. It's St. Louis county specifically that extends them until noon. While it's normally not a big deal it becomes frustrating when the family is coming over for an early afternoon cook-out and there's no beer in the fridge. On the whole, though, MO's liquor laws are among the most liberal in US. Don't get me started on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board....grrrrrrr. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
