I’ve never gotten around to writing about it here, but over the years some of my state’s blue laws have given me gout. For those of you not from the east [where blue laws are most often found], a blue law is a law that is so outdated that it has become laughable and impractical, yet it’s still an active law for some unknown reason. Want an example? It is illegal in Devon, Connecticut to walk backwards in public but only after dusk. See? Asinine. One of the best known blue laws in CT – and the one that once got me to write to my state representative – is the law that states that alcohol may not be sold after 8PM and not at all on Sundays.
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