BlazinAzn38 t1_iufzsb5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:02 AM

Reply to comment by Bri-guy15 in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy

The way some liquor laws used to work in Texas was bars could only sell liquor if they were a “private club” so places started selling lifetime memberships for $10 and as a new member it came with a free drink. Liquor laws don’t do anything; they’re so dumb. We also still have the laws that you can’t purchase liquor New Year’s Eve or Day so people just buy the day before Eve. Just makes stores more congested

SavageComic t1_iug6l3q wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:55 AM

My favourite legal workaround was that when the smoking ban came in you could do it if you were an actor in a play. So this bar owner turned the back room into a black box theatre, and people would smoke in there. Said it was an improvised piece

big_sugi t1_iugb04d wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:30 AM

Not surprisingly, it didn’t work and I believe they got fined.

But it was a nice try.

1tqbfjotld t1_iugjdme wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:42 AM

Lol this was a Nathan for You bit. Not sure if is the same bar.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/nathan-for-you-review-smokers-allowed-305/