No Beer on Sunday... :(

It's Sunday, and it might as well be called Jesus Day because here in the dumbass state of South Carolina you can't buy beer on a Sunday. Apparently Jesus was against drinking beer on Sunday... the day after the real Sabbath, so South Carolina has decided to mix up the Church and State even moreso by making it illegal to buy beer here unless you are a member of a private bar (Country Club basically). It's 11:50 right now, and at 12:01 am on Monday morning, you better believe I'm gonna buy me a goddamn beer and a 40oz for Jesus, 'cause let's face it... Jesus is a homey, even tho I'm not a Christian. We gonna kick it out on the stoop and smoke some camel lights and get to' up!

I don't mean to rant (wait... yes I do), but does anyone else have this issue with buying beer on Sunday? I mean... we already have the ridiculous mini-bottles here, but damn... they had the beer covered up in the grocery store like it was contaminated... it had these thick plastic sheets coverning the beer section, but I didn't care... I just reached in and grabbed a six-pack and took it up there... almost checked out, and then an alarm went off and I had to put it back.

I then decided to go to the Indian-run gas station down the way to take advantage of their foreign status and hopefully lack of understanding of the law. The man sells handmade glass pieces from under the counter and it's basically a bodega in the first place, so I was really really hoping he might just sell it to me regardless, but no... this damn mullet headed yokel came in and need a pack of marlboros and she paid in pennies and maybe a total of five nickels. She turned to me and our conversation went like this:

"We don't sell beer here in South Carolina on a Sunday"

"Really? Well, that's no fun. Someone should do something about that!"

"Where you from, son?"

"Rome, Georgia?" I said

"Oooooh..." she said, as if I had just shat myself and been completely unaware. "Well, we don't sell beer on Sunday. No sir."

I walked out of their realizing that no, I did not receive my beer that I am entitled to by my own personal set of gods, but I also realized that I did not have a mullet, nor had I shat myself... and I also realized that the woman I come home to is much hotter than the woman she had with her in her plymouth reliant. Now I shall buy beer!

Peace

 

Dude, where we live, you can't buy liquor before noon on Sundays. Do what my old man does. Stock up on Saturday Night, to see you through.

I don't see what these laws are trying to acomplish. FORCING people to remain sober on a day of their choosing? Makes no sense. Jesus liked wine......a lot. And I bet he drank it on Sunday. Maybe even before noon.

 

I guess that's what I've gotta do! I went by last night right after I posted, but when I got there, the man told me that I had to wait until 6am on Monday to buy beer! I don't even want a beer anymore, but damnit, it's 8:48am and I just woke up, so as soon as I get my shit together, I'm gonna buy some beer and talk to my professor about this lil' dilema! I shoulda just called him 'cause he owes me anyways...

 

Yeah, it's the same way here in Colorado. It pisses me off, but no matter what the constitution says about seperation of church and state, the fundamentalists will always find a way to force their views on everyone else. Fortunately, gun ranges are open on Sundays, so I always have something fun to do on the Load's Day Also, in Texas, for some reason you cannot buy a car on Sunday. It's not like I want to buy a car every Sunday, but still... silly religious laws piss me off. The constitution states that all religions must be treated equally under the law, but if on every religion's holy day you couldn't buy shit, stores would be closed all week.

But hey, at least it's better than Germany. When I visited Germany a couple of years ago, I found out, much to my dismay, that practically nothing except churches are open on Sunday, not even grocery stores or restauraunts. I arrived in Germany on a Sunday morning with no food, and after Walking halfway acrost the city of Koln I just had to resign myself to the fact that I just didn't get to eat on the Load's Day, I had to go to bed hungry. Needless to say, the next Sunday I had a stockpile of Beer and Sandwiches ready.

 

Lol, you went to Germany too? I was just there this summer with my brother, and I had a very similar experience. I arrived on a Sunday as well, and all we could do was go to "the beach," which is a shitty little cold lake outside of Frankfurt with a little sand around it and a beer and food stand. They were all surprised it was open, but it was the first warm day they had seen, so it was packed with people. Peter lives there, so he's used to it, but to me it was all too scary. I think that Germans are really just Southern Rednecks at heart, but they have a dignified culture that makes them look better to the average American. They love racing, guns, fast cars, steel, shiny things, shit that can't break, and they are about as nationalistic and fundamental as you can get. They even pay taxes to the Church, but they don't go. The one thing that really got to me was how many of them don't think Hitler was that bad of a guy, and it seems that a lot of Germans still have some animosity towards the Jews. I was kind of shocked by that as I talked to them, but they have good food and beer, so what the hell! The funniest thing was this party I went to where we showed up and they had the board game "Axis and Allies" sitting out for me. They had it all set up and asked me if I wanted to play, but I declined and told them that either way I was gonna win, so why bother, right?

 

We have the same law in our state, no alcohol sold in stores on Sunday, but really, from what I see, most people don't like the law, but most also really don't care about it.

 

They used to do that in Florida, but a lot of it is becoming to urban/college town-ish for anyone to care.

My aunt lives in Ireland, she said that from Christmas till New Years, everything's shut down. I kind of like the idea though, everyone gets a break. It would probably suck not to be able to buy anything, but people probably just get used to stockpiling on Friday and Saturday.

 

Spartanburg changed their laws just recently while I was back home there. If I remember correctly, you still couldn't buy alcohol in convenience stores and such on Sundays, but you could still buy any alcohol at any bar in the city. I had been waiting on that to change for years I tell ya. And we finally just got rid of our stupid laws that forced stores to open late and close early on sundays. Yay for Spartanburg ...uh...sorta growing up a bit

 

Lol... I've dated so many chicks from Spartanburg... I need to go to the "Life" aisle at Wal-mart and pick one up for myself next time! Just kiddin! Yeah... my friend told me you can get it in private bars in other counties, but not in Laurens County. I want to go to the gas station and buy beer every day of the week... not just mon-sat! oh well... I guess I'll just have to go tell the government to change the law since I am the supreme chancellor and such... I'm higher than the president on the food chain, but damnit.... if I could just get people to recognize it! Hey, I'll legalize pot if you claim me as your supreme chancellor!?!? C'mon people!

 

I went to the beach on sunday and got a little tipsy. You are all invited next time.

 

where i live you can't buy alchohol within the city limits. ever. except at a bar, but it's a dry town so no alcohol in grocery/convenience stores.... and then on sundays you can't buy liquor at all at the strip (where almost all the liquor/beer stores are located) it's annoying... and the liquor stores close at 9pm and the beer stores at midnight Sunder-Thursday, 1am Friday and Saturday...

 

It's the same way here in Minneapolis. All liquor stores in Hennepin county close at 8 on weekdays and 10 on weekends. To buy alcohol later than that, you need to drive about 40 minutes north to Anoka county, liquor stores are open until midnight there. I think it's stupid to make people drive far to get booze, it would seem like you wouldn't want people that are buying liquor to have to drive far to get it...

Alex

 

It's the same way in Georgia.. not that it bothers me because I hate drinking, but it's kind of funny how at all the groceries on Sunday have tarps over the beer.

 

I think the law in the UK is that you can't buy alcohol between midnight and noon on a sunday, again with the rediculusness of it having to be locked out of sight. I popped into the nearby 24 hour shop one saturday evening, and when it got to midnight they had to go and lock the alcohol section.

 

Tigerlily, that's b/c it's the reminents of the old "Blue Law" here in TX. I used to work for Miller Beer so I know all about the alchohol laws. Infact I remember when it was a law for stores not to be open on Sundays at all. Stupid law.
BUT Be grateful we aren't in Mexico,They will throw you in jail if you are caught purchasing or consuming alcohol on Sunday (sans-sunday mass).

 

I can drive down to the store right after church and pick up a sixer here in California! Seriously, it's too bad that these absurd laws get enacted; what fundies don't realize is that by forcing stuff like this on the secular population, it only sours people that much more to Christianity. Nowhere in the bible is it mentioned that one will be damned for having a beer or a glass of wine on a Sunday...

 

Yeah, in the city limits restaurants and bars are allowed to serve alcohol. Most stores still wait until 1:30 to open, though. Yea for Sparkle City.

 

Here in Jersey, there's not too many alcohol laws that I know of. Most liquor stores are open 7 days a week. However, you can't buy hard liquor after 10 pm, most liquor stores are open till about midnight. And unlike most everywhere else, you can't buy beer at a regular store-all alcohol must be sold in liquor stores only. But you CAN go to a bar and pick up a sixer at like 1 in the morning if you choose.

 

I don't think laws restricting alcohol sales on Sunday make any sense, but there is nothing "unconstitutional" about them. In fact, I'd like to see a return to the days when nearly all businesses were closed on Sunday. There's great wisdom in the biblical concept of taking a Sabbath rest from work. Americans especially could stand to learn that there's more to life than commerce.

 

In PA you can't buy beer from grocery stores or 7-11s, no matter what day it is. That fucked up or what. Basically, you can buy a six pack at a ridiciously high price at a bar, drink at a bar, buy a case from a distributor if you can find one that's open, or if you wanna get hammered on liquor you have to go to a state store.... it sucks if you drink...