From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: Re: What kind of government are you guys putting up with?
Article-I.D.: watmath.2627
Posted: Tue Jun 15 03:09:17 1982
Received: Wed Jun 16 03:48:41 1982
References: utcsstat.187

The most interesting legalism, but not funny anymore maybe, is the origin of
the ice cream sundae.  Somewhere, sometime, it was declared illegal for ice
cream parlors to serve Sodas or Phosphates on Sunday.  A clever soda jerker
simply served up all the other ingredients without the soda water, and created
the ice cream sundae (served only on Sunday).  This is yet another example
of the truth of the saying "The Law is an Ass".