'a' is for amy, who fell down the stairs.

[amand_r]

I spent yesterday procrastinating and writing and finishing my crimmas cards, which, if I do say so myself, are pretty fucking funny. I'll post them sometime closer to the holiday, because they need to be shared.

But I get ahead of myself! Today!

Comments

[threegoldfish]

I'm from Michigan so all of the east coast/Mid-Atlantic liquor laws are bizarre. However, PA does take the cake. I hope they change that stuff up for you soon.

We go to BJ's which is not quite as evil as Sam's and it's called BJ's. I mean, come on.

[amand_r]

HAAAHAHAHAH BJ. SUPERB.

[threegoldfish]

One day we went to BJ's and then we went to Dick's. SRSLY.

[amand_r]

HAAAHAHAHAHAH THEN YOU SHOULD GO TO HOOTERS.

[phaetonschariot]

Our liquor laws: you have to be 18. Supermarkets don't sell spirits.

This is why we have so much of a problem with drink driving and alcohol-related crimes.

[amand_r]

I wish there was empirical evidence of that. Do they have that problem in the UK?

[phaetonschariot]

I'm not sure. It's partly culture as well - in France they don't have as much of that because there isn't as much of a "forbidden" thing with alcohol, it's just fairly normal, but here we've got this whole rugged pioneering country macho man thing going where the thing to do is get blisteringly drunk with no regard for consequences. We have epic drinking culture.

[cruentum]

See here, you have to be 16 to buy beer and wine, 18 to buy spirits, supermarkets sell everything.

But I don't think we have higher rates of alcohol-related crimes, would surprise me actually.

[quean_of_swords]

I had a pomegranate today. It was brilliant. Am also going to be in hell for a very, very long time. And I'm gratified that I'm not the only person who thinks of Persephone and Hades when they eat one. I can't NOT think about them when I eat them. I do love them, though.

Also pomegranate vs. anal sex made me laugh so hard that I scared the cat.

[amand_r]

Haahahah I REALLY LIKE THEM TOO, AND THAT IS ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT. Well, that and, "Man. No wonder pomegranate juice is so fucking expensive." I'm putting together a post of nothing but cocktails for the holidays, and one of my recipes calls for it. Now I'm all moody.

I was just rereading that and the anal sex thing struck me. Struck me like a eighty year old lady's cane in the head at the K-Mart parking lot

[quean_of_swords]

Hehe. You are brilliant.

[amand_r]

I think I might have a dopamine trigger in my head that just goes off randomly. That's the only possible explanation.

[kel_reiley]

7. that made my day :)

9. omg, move to michigan, you can buy beer at the gas station or 7-11 (open 24hrs)

[amand_r]

SHE'S ONE CRAZY BITCH.

[kel_reiley]

also, lookat yer kid, standing on top of the dresser!

[amand_r]

I PUT HER THERE.

[crowie]

Icelandic liquor laws:

All alcohol ads are banned

You have to be 20 to legally buy alcohol

Only special licenced shops are allowed to sell booze

They're open from 11-6pm except fridays when they're open till 7pm. Completely closed on sundays and all special holidays (christmas day, easter, independence day etc.). I just went and googled. I was wrong. Three shops in the entire country are always open until 8pm (except sundays when they're closed like the others)

There's also really high alcohol taxes, comes to roughly a dollar of extra tax PER CAN OF BEER. So for a 6 pack, you'd be paying normal price plus VAT plus 12$

..there's a reason moonshine is pretty common there.

Anyway I used to work near one of the special licenced alcohol shops and every monday morning the cops would lie in wait and surprise breathalize pretty much everyone who drove into the parking lot. It was sort of amusing to watch from my office window.

[amand_r]

HOLY CRAP. THANK GOD FOR THE AMISH.