From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekid!rogerw Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Re what kind of government? Article-I.D.: tekid.23 Posted: Fri Jun 11 09:14:33 1982 Received: Sun Jun 13 02:06:46 1982 I agree the Newfoundland bar [er, pub] incident is a joke. However, don't single out one Province in Canada. Consider the following: 1) Just last night I went through the line in a cafeteria/ restaurant here in Oregon. I had a dinner and beer. A young lady, apparently a minor, was working the checkout. She totaled my order until she came to the beer, then had to step back and let an older person add the cost of the beer. Apparently the good people of Oregon feel that if a minor were to caress the cash register's keys over demon alcohol, she would be hopelessly corrupted for life. Mind you, she isn't even touching the stuff. 2) There is a restaurant called the Iron Horse in Seattle. While it has the atmosphere of a tavern, it legally is a restaurant. One major distinction is that the tap for draft beer is out of view of the public. (In this place, it is inside a model train station.) Therefore, it is safe for minors to enter the establishment. [Does the thought of this country's youth being exposed to the sight of graphic, bare, naked beer taps really keep people awake nights?] Roger Wells (...teklabs!tekid!rogerw)