[Knitting A Conundrum]

Makes $$$ for the state....goes back to the weird history of alcohol use we have in the US.

And why should drinking establishments close at a set time, I ask you?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Makes $$$ for the state....goes back to the weird history of alcohol use we have in the US.

well, Prohibition was wierd - not least that it was brought in by Republicans and revoked by Democrats.. you'd think it would have been the other way around! ;)

And why should drinking establishments close at a set time, I ask you?

I know, we have the same thing over here - closing time doesn't make us Irish drink any less, and closing time means there is a bottleneck - drunken people arrive out on the street at the same time - recipe for trouble.