Dry Counties

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I find it funny that non Southerners find it funny that we have "dry counties" back home.

This does happen in the North, too. Gasp! My county was dry on Sunday, except for some weird loophole in this old law that resulted in "fermented" beverages being banned, but "distilled" beverages were OK. Until the voters repealed this law about 5 years ago, you could buy hard liquor and get a mixed drink on Sunday, but you couldn't purchase beer or wine.

Some towns in the county are still dry...all the time. This keeps popping up on the local ballots; it's always fun to see how the votes go on the TV reports. These always get special mention.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

This does happen in the North, too.

Yep. Slippery Rock was officially "dry" when it got named one of the Playboy top party schools. Of course, PA as a whole is slightly backwards when it comes to alcohol.