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Licensed to swill
by Merlot Daruwala Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:30 am
I might have mentioned in passing that in the glorious metropolis of Mumbai - that New York of East, that Shanghai of the West, that maximum city (haha) - has an advanced social welfare system that protects its citizenry from the evil vice of alochol.
Citizens (morally corrupt foreigners excluded) can't consume, transport or even possess alcohol without a permit issued by the Mahrashtra government in exchange for a small fee. Cops routinely go around checking the permits of people in pubs and bars, all for their own good of course.
After all these years of breaking the law and consuming, transporting and possessing liquor without the permit, I've learned the error of my ways and reformed. Yesterday, I got myself a lifetime Parwana from the Sarkar, that entitles me to consume / transport / possess two units of alcohol per week. Woo hoo.
Citizens (morally corrupt foreigners excluded) can't consume, transport or even possess alcohol without a permit issued by the Mahrashtra government in exchange for a small fee. Cops routinely go around checking the permits of people in pubs and bars, all for their own good of course.
After all these years of breaking the law and consuming, transporting and possessing liquor without the permit, I've learned the error of my ways and reformed. Yesterday, I got myself a lifetime Parwana from the Sarkar, that entitles me to consume / transport / possess two units of alcohol per week. Woo hoo.
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Re: Licensed to swill
by Hellsangel Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:40 am
Congratulations! Now it is not as much fun.
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by Merlot Daruwala Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:01 am
Yeah. Apparently true pleasure is only in the forbidden.
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by Idéfix Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:04 am
Congratulations, agent. Mumbai is a strange, strange place. Do you need a license just to consume alcohol? Weird.
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Re: Licensed to swill
by Propagandhi711 Wed Nov 28, 2012 11:56 am
Merlot Daruwala wrote:Yeah. Apparently true pleasure is only in the forbidden.
it's like you met the parents and put a ring on the finger and dont feel like banging her anymore. same ballpark
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by Petrichor Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:23 pm
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=444347812260198
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by Kumarg Wed Nov 28, 2012 3:35 pm
Merlot Daruwala wrote:I might have mentioned in passing that in the glorious metropolis of Mumbai - that New York of East, that Shanghai of the West, that maximum city (haha) - has an advanced social welfare system that protects its citizenry from the evil vice of alochol.
Citizens (morally corrupt foreigners excluded) can't consume, transport or even possess alcohol without a permit issued by the Mahrashtra government in exchange for a small fee. Cops routinely go around checking the permits of people in pubs and bars, all for their own good of course.
After all these years of breaking the law and consuming, transporting and possessing liquor without the permit, I've learned the error of my ways and reformed. Yesterday, I got myself a lifetime Parwana from the Sarkar, that entitles me to consume / transport / possess two units of alcohol per week. Woo hoo.
I always knew that pubs and liquor stores need a permit, but its odd that consumers also need a license to drink alcohol. I doubt if that is true.
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Re: Licensed to swill
by Merlot Daruwala Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:54 am
panini press wrote:Congratulations, agent. Mumbai is a strange, strange place. Do you need a license just to consume alcohol? Weird.
Yeah, in the first heady flush of legislative privilege, still drunk on Gandhianism, the legislators of the time enacted this little gem called the Bombay Prohibition Act in 1949. And there is an elaborate bureaucracy to enforce this half-brained morality even 60 years later, which revels in raiding the homes of old ladies who make chocolate with liqueur centers and dragging them off to the clink for that egregious crime.
Here's a primer: http://realityviews.blogspot.in/2012/06/facts-know-about-bombay-prohibition-act.html
Now you know why I think of this place as a third world dump.
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by southindian Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:20 am
atcg wrote:https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=444347812260198
Amazing video. Am sure the woman judge is thinking, "hope he's not gay".
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by Idéfix Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:05 pm
Wow. So I was committing a crime whenever I drank in Mumbai and Pune. This is retarded. I can't believe they haven't repealed this nonsense.
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by Kumarg Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:39 pm
Merlot Daruwala wrote:panini press wrote:Congratulations, agent. Mumbai is a strange, strange place. Do you need a license just to consume alcohol? Weird.
Yeah, in the first heady flush of legislative privilege, still drunk on Gandhianism, the legislators of the time enacted this little gem called the Bombay Prohibition Act in 1949. And there is an elaborate bureaucracy to enforce this half-brained morality even 60 years later, which revels in raiding the homes of old ladies who make chocolate with liqueur centers and dragging them off to the clink for that egregious crime.
Here's a primer: http://realityviews.blogspot.in/2012/06/facts-know-about-bombay-prohibition-act.html
Now you know why I think of this place as a third world dump.
This is totally retarded.... !!!
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