My grandfather made some good money off that Prohibition silliness.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Mar 07, 2012 8:53:47 am PST #25613 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2012 8:56:50 am PST #25614 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My grandfather made some good money off that Prohibition silliness.
As did my great-grandfather, who lived in Chicago and ran booze for gangsters (family legend says Al Capone, and at this point, despite the fact that I can't verify it, I'm going with it because then at least *someone* in my progenitors had some level of badassery) in his flower truck. He always said that he only ran booze because the guys who ran guns eventually ended up dead.
EpicTangent - Mar 07, 2012 8:57:25 am PST #25615 of 30001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Are you of Irish descent, Sue?
Jessica - Mar 07, 2012 8:57:35 am PST #25616 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Especially if they were willing to buy their "medicine" from the Catholics, who got it for sacramental purposes. IIRC.
My favorite workaround for wine during Prohibition was vineyards selling concentrated grape juice, and putting "warning" labels on the box that said "DO NOT DILUTE WITH WATER AND ALLOW TO FERMENT OR THIS WILL TURN INTO WINE"
Tom Scola - Mar 07, 2012 8:58:25 am PST #25617 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
family legend says Al Capone
It's a pretty safe bet, since Capone killed off his competition in Chicago.
Gudanov - Mar 07, 2012 8:59:20 am PST #25618 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
A guy in the next section (who I normally like perfectly fine) just went on a rant about how Rush's 1st Amendment Rights are under attack.
Oh man I hate that argument. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism.
Steph L. - Mar 07, 2012 9:01:19 am PST #25619 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It's a pretty safe bet, since Capone killed off his competition in Chicago.
At this point in my life, whenever I picture my great-grandpa bootlegging for gangsters, I end up picturing Bart Simpson working for Fat Tony.
(My great-grandpa looked nothing like Bart Simpson.)
Jesse - Mar 07, 2012 9:01:49 am PST #25620 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My favorite workaround for wine during Prohibition was vineyards selling concentrated grape juice, and putting "warning" labels on the box that said "DO NOT DILUTE WITH WATER AND ALLOW TO FERMENT OR THIS WILL TURN INTO WINE"
That's awesome.
Also, semi-relatedly, YOU GUYS, I can't wait for The Poisoner's Handbook to be turned into a tv show (which it will be, check local listings next year). It's about all the ways people died, mostly by accident, in the Prohibition era -- some from bad liquor, but also everything else.
Sue - Mar 07, 2012 9:02:05 am PST #25621 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Are you of Irish descent, Sue?
Half. But that was not the rumrunning side. My grandfather was from St. Pierre and worked as an agent for the Bronfman family selling booze to rumrunners.
(family legend says Al Capone, and at this point, despite the fact that I can't verify it, I'm going with it because then at least *someone* in my progenitors had some level of badassery)
My family legend says my aunt Laura sang him a song and he gave her $5. I totally don't believe it.
JZ - Mar 07, 2012 9:02:06 am PST #25622 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Of course, as it turned out, they weren't all THAT affected. Especially if they were willing to buy their "medicine" from the Catholics, who got it for sacramental purposes. IIRC.
I gotta say that most sacramental wines I've tasted, even here just a stone's throw from the Napa Valley, are atrocious enough to make a teetotaler out of anyone.