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jeannebaxter (Rank: Mileva Einstein^2)

If you were around in 1919 (just before prohibition started) and came upon the following poster, I mean seriously, would you quit drinking?


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Asked in GENERAL INTEREST, prohibition, alcohol asked on: 05/18/2008 12:40am
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blacksmith81

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7 minutes after the question was opened (05/18/2008 12:47am)

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No, I'd probably feel the need to have one:p


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Beer Goggles needed

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xoloriib

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24 minutes after the question was opened (05/18/2008 01:04am)

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Not a shoulder in sight! No I don't think it would make the least difference to me.

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funrunna

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29 minutes after the question was opened (05/18/2008 01:09am)

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I see what you mean... CHUCK UGLY lot 'd drive a man to it!

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agentju90

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37 minutes after the question was opened (05/18/2008 01:17am)

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ladies best viewed thrugh the bottom of a beer glass.

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wumpus

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8 hours after the question was opened (05/18/2008 07:44am)

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Only if I had been drunk enough to have previously married one of them!

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martin.thomas

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48 hours after the question was opened (05/19/2008 11:43pm)

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I would get drunk as fast as posible!

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KentPDG

Rank: Archimedes (9,434) | GENERAL INTEREST (111), alcohol (13)

4 days after the question was opened (05/21/2008 04:03am)

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This is a classic example of how to define "empty threat".

No, I don't think it would have caused me even an instant's hesitation.

Give those stony-faced old bats high marks for determination and conviction. But not for realism.

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robinsamuels

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7 days after the question was opened (05/24/2008 08:43pm)

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Clicked on the photo.

Reached for the scotch 10 seconds later!

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rainchild

I love that poster so much!