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".