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Before we get into this week’s strange laws, I just want to apologize for not posting anything on Friday. I said on Wednesday of last week that there would be a post on Friday. There wasn’t. So, to those of you who may have been waiting with bated breath, I apologize.

Now, let’s get on with the week’s set of strange laws. We’re a bit late for St. Patrick’s Day, but today we’re going to focus on some of the laws surrounding alcohol. We’ve already seen that you can’t serve beer and pretzels together in North Dakota, but here are a few more liquor laws:

• In Fairbanks, Alaska, it is unlawful to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
• Employers of bars in Haines, Alaska, may not let their bartenders serve if they are drunk themselves.
• In El Monte, California, waitresses are not allowed to drink alcohol bought by their customers.

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• In Fresno, CA, you may not sell gasoline to a drunk person. (This one doesn’t seem so strange to me. Presumably, it’s to prevent drunk driving.)
• It’s also illegal to get drunk in a playground in Fresno.
• In Colorado, no liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days.
• In Arvada, CO, the ugly lights must always be on—any establishment that sells liquor must have enough light to read text inside of them.
• In Scituate, Rhode Island, it’s illegal to drive down any street with beer in your car, even if the beer is unopened (how do you get it home from the liquor store?).
• In Indiana, liquor stores may sell neither milk nor cold soft drinks. Selling unrefrigerated soda, however, is allowable.
• Finally, citizens of New Orleans can rest assured that their city commissioners aren’t drinking on the job—if they drink alcohol during a public meeting, they can be fined $50.

For more strange laws like these, visit DumbLaws.com.

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