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minus-squareThe AssmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 hours agoTIL the UK had prohibition. Guess there’s religious nuts all over.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 hours agoOh no, no prohibition in the UK - the exemption was written during one of Churchill’s trips to the US.
minus-squareBlemboTheThird@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoKinda makes sense then. I dunno about “indefinite,” but making an exception for some alcohol for a visiting alcoholic would be necessary since going cold turkey can be fatal.
TIL the UK had prohibition. Guess there’s religious nuts all over.
Oh no, no prohibition in the UK - the exemption was written during one of Churchill’s trips to the US.
Kinda makes sense then. I dunno about “indefinite,” but making an exception for some alcohol for a visiting alcoholic would be necessary since going cold turkey can be fatal.