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Put a Burka on that Gin Bottle!

Here's one for my "Oh for fuck's sake!" files:Legislators in Utah are pushing to restrict restaurants that make mixed drinks in full view of minors, arguing that all those pretty, glittering bottles and delicious-looking garnishes behind the bar constitute a sore temptation, one that could lead youngsters to an unquenchable craving...
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If the law passes it would require restaurants to remodel their layout so the bar is effectively screened off from the dining room. Now I ask you, aren’t you freaking grateful you weren’t born in Utah? Waddoups adds that these semi-Draconian, post-Prohibition prohibitions are necessary because children’s brains are undeveloped; thus they’re more suceptible to alchohol damage. Seems like the kids aren’t the only ones with the undeveloped brains here. On the other hand, if I hadn’t watched my parents mix martinis from the time I was first able to burble out the phrase “twist, no olive” maybe I wouldn’t be the unrepentant lush I am today. Go figure.–Gail Shepherd”>

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