One Sunday when I was home on leave from the Marines, I had forgotten about the old ‘Blue Laws’, and me and a buddy that was with me went to a Seven Eleven over on Lem Turner to buy some beer. Went to the counter and the clerk looked at us kinda funny.
He said, “You’re not from around here, are you?”
I played dumb and said no.
He told us that he couldn’t sell us alcohol on Sunday and I suddenly remembered the Blue Laws and acted surprised. My buddy was from Maryland and had never heard of such a thing so he was really surprised.
But the clerk was cool, and he could tell we were military because of our short haircuts, so he sold us the beer anyways.....................
Remember when you could drive up to the drive thru at a Jax liquors, order a mixed drink and get it handed to you right through the window?
I tell that story now and most people don’t believe it. Lol!