Is pdela back?

Actually, I think in most (if not all?) dry counties it's illegal to sell alcohol, but it can be consumed.  However, there are plenty of places around the world where consumption is illegal.  Different morals doesn't equate to lack of morals, as many different cultures can attest.

to be clear: she doesn't hide. She fights back with style. I love that.

I lived in Arkansas, and the counties were a patchwork of dry and not. Since you're from the South (the name's kind of a give away) you agree that it's an accident of geography? Is that what you're saying?

Yes, I pretty much agree. I dont know about other states outside the US South...if they have "dry" counties or not ?  Maybe its just something unique to the south ? 

It's not unique to the south, Reb.  I've worked in dry counties in Ohio.  It bugged some of the guys I was working with, but I got a daily care package from Trysts that made them feel better for a little while.

LOL

I vaguely remember dry towns on Martha's Vineyard. Of course I mainly spent time in the other towns, contributing to the vagueness of my memory ...

I just took a look on wikipedia, which has a summary of states with various laws.  I didn't realize that in 3 states (KS, MS, TN) the default status is dry.  A community has to pass a specific ordinance to not be dry, not to be dry.

EDIT: forgot the link :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_counties#States_that_permit_localities_to_go_dry

Speaking of TN, I'm pretty sure that the county in which Jack Daniels is produced is a dry county.

this is interesting-

"However, prohibiting alcohol sales may actually reduce public safety. Research has found that dry counties have higher proportions of alcohol-related traffic crashes than do wet counties. A study in Kentucky suggested that residents of dry counties have to drive farther from their homes to consume alcohol, thus increasing impaired driving exposure.^[1] A study of Arkansas noted that wet and dry counties are often adjacent and that alcohol beverage sales outlets are often located immediately across county or even on state lines.^[2] Other researchers have pointed to the same phenomenon. Winn and Giacopassi observed that residents of wet counties most likely have "shorter distances [to travel] between home and drinking establishments."^[3] From their study, Schulte and colleagues concluded that in dry counties "individuals are driving farther under the influence of alcohol, thus increasing their exposure to crash"

There are also still blue laws in many states that prohibit the sale of alcohol on Sundays.... again I dont know if this is unique to the South but most Southern states still have these laws .... 

BTW, for an ignorant limey ... does Maryland count as the South?

I've always used the Mason Dixon line as my indicator, so by that measure yes:

Not sure if that's the appropriate rule though.

No

It's not.  In Michigan, you can't buy alcohol on Sundays until noon...when you get out of church!

@nick:  It depends on who you ask.  Most Marylanders would claim southern status, I think.

It ain't very far south, though.  Folks are weird, I remember an old-timer Okie referring to Oklahoma as, "Here, in the south."  I always thought Oklahoma was a western state.

In my own, weird like all other folks' mind, the south is:  Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.  I apologize to the many Virginians, Floridians, and Tennesseeans that I've offended.

Maryland was split in the U.S. civil war. They didn't split like Virginia did, in to Virginia and West Virginia, but the loyalty there was divided. Technically they remained part of the "Union".

As a yankee, I consider Marlyand no-man's land.

well according to the Mason-Dixon line, yes.

Not really. Maryland is ghetto. Some people call Indiana the South, and when you're in French Lick, it is. But South Bend is ghetto. So the U.S. is split up into South, deep South, Midwest, West, East, and Ghetto

You will get a lot of disagreement on which states are " Southern States " these days , even among Southerners !  Some only include the states of the former CSA , some include Maryland and some don't  and so it goes..... even if you google maps of " Southern US States " you will get different results....