Drunk in a Bar?

[Zephik]

Okay, so I was just talking to a friend, and I asked if it was legal to be drunk in a bar? And they answered no, because its a public place.

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wut? lol I'm so confused now. How does that work??

[Trace]

It is technically private property.
The whole drunkin in public thing, I believe, is if you are on actual public property, such as parks and sidewalks and streets, etc. Stuff owned by the city or state.

[billygoat333]

I have been drunk in a bar and have yet to have any repercussions. Like trace said, you have to be making a nuisance of yourself in a public place - street, park, government building, etc.

[Datech]

The law in most places only prohibit two things in relation to alcohol: public intoxication and Driving While Intoxicated/Driving Under the Influence.

Public Intoxication refers to being drunk on local, state, or federally owned property. I.E. wandering the street drunk, taking a wiz on a fire hydrant, or trying to do it with that statue in the park.

DWI/DUI includes, obviously, being smashed while operating any motorized vehicle, and in some cases non-motorized. This includes, but is not limited to, a car, a backhoe, a John Deere, a unicycle, and yes, even a horse.

If you are in a bar, at your house, at a club, or generally somewhere not mentioned above it is perfectly legal to have a Blood Alcohol Content of above .08 (federal legal limit in US) as long as you are not committing any other crimes. In the immortal words of Ron White, "I was drunk in a bar. They threw me into public."

However, if you are trolling at a Cyber Cafe, I'd recommend not being drunk :lick:

[Zephik]

The law in most places only prohibit two things in relation to alcohol: public intoxication and Driving While Intoxicated/Driving Under the Influence.

Public Intoxication refers to being drunk on local, state, or federally owned property. I.E. wandering the street drunk, taking a wiz on a fire hydrant, or trying to do it with that statue in the park.

DWI/DUI includes, obviously, being smashed while operating any motorized vehicle, and in some cases non-motorized. This includes, but is not limited to, a car, a backhoe, a John Deere, a unicycle, and yes, even a horse.

If you are in a bar, at your house, at a club, or generally somewhere not mentioned above it is perfectly legal to have a Blood Alcohol Content of above .08 (federal legal limit in US) as long as you are not committing any other crimes. In the immortal words of Ron White, "I was drunk in a bar. They threw me into public."

However, if you are trolling at a Cyber Cafe, I'd recommend not being drunk :lick:

Thanks for the info! Thats what I was pretty much thinking, but everyone was like; no, no. Its totally illegal. I don't know how it works. ...lol I guess thats what I get for trusting a bunch of drunkies.

and you forgot the emphasis at the end of public. Its more like pubLICKEH. :D

[Spawn-Inc]

ya and don't drink 3/4's of a bottle of vodka within 2 hours then try to go to a bar... you'll just end up in the hospital the next day like i did. :)

[Zephik]

ya and don't drink 3/4's of a bottle of vodka within 2 hours then try to go to a bar... you'll just end up in the hospital the next day like i did. :)

I watched my friend drink half a bottle of vodka once. He was puking like mad all night. No wonder you went to the hospital!

I'm a lightweight. I can drink 6 of those Smirnoff malt beverages and be good to go by the end of the night. lol

By the way, Pomegranate is DELICIOUS. So is the berry flavored one, the one with the blue cap, but I can NEVER find those anywhere. So lame.

[crenn]

I'm even more light weight, the only alcoholic drink I have... is lemon lime and bitters.

[XcOM]

pussssshh, light weights,

my and my scottish counterparts (daveW) will assure you we (By we i mean the scottish) are very heavy drinkers, i think nothing off kocking out a bottle of Żubrówka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBubr%C3%B3wka), ut saying that, i have sevreal friends from Romainia, Slovakia, Russia and Czech, I am not telling you lies here, even though i myself consider myself to be a heavy drinker, and can knock a bottle of that vodka out in one nights, these LADIES i know, can all (Barr one) drink me under the table with every sprit going (Except wiskey), i know, i have tried sevral times, and lost sevral times, but it was all worth it as it led to some good times :rolleyes:

and not feel the effects, well, i become merry, but i will by all means be over the legal limit.

Also i can knock out a bottle of wiskey in one evening and be pissed, but still hold my drink and walk in a straight line, gunniess is a personal fav of mine, as in Glen Morey, spayside, Isle of Jura and Glenmorangie.

[Zephik]

I'm actually quite fond of being a light weight. It saves me money! :P

Here is a sad story. On new years eve, I drank 2.5 malt beverages and I was already stumbling around and feeling light headed. By the time I finished that third one, I already passing out on the couch. I'm pretty sure that is a record of some kind! lol

But to save myself some dignity, it did take five OJ and Vodka's and two Trash Cans to get me buzzing when I went to the strip club for the first time a few weeks ago. Even my friends were like, damn, whats wrong with you? You should of been passed out the second we got here! lol

Trash Can = a mystery drink of a bunch of different hard alcohol, mixed with vodka and then topped off with a red bull in a huge cup. It glows green and it costs more than I care to remember. lol

[moon111]

A bar is the same as a mall, considered a public place. They are not suppose to serve you to the point you get drunk. Of course different places will have different rules. Not only would the bartender/waitress be fined, but so would the establishment. In my hometown they would harass the bars so bad, they would have seven places with six sets of staff. They knew one bar would always be shut down for one infraction or another.

It's amazing that as a teen, I would drink the same amount in one night as I do in a year now. It's amazing how many people I know who have died from drinking accidents... and not a single one involved a vehicle. There's so much attention given to drinking and driving, but just passing out with a cigerette has claimed lives in two cases and almost killed another in a third case. Another drowned in their own vomit. I won't count the suicide which may of happened anyways. A few others might be facing a worst faith, in that they're addicted.

I still drink abit. But just want to make a point that being stupid drunk really isn't a good idea whether your going to drive or not. Being young and of Finnish-decent, a bottle of Vodka use to be the norm. I think it's more by luck then anything else I didn't do myself in at times.

[XcOM]

i've aways said its never smart to get that drunk that you forget the evening, or to the extent that you cause harm to yourself or others.

I was brought up on vodka and wiskey so i got used to it, as a baby if i was crying i was given warm milk with wiskey in it. When i was teething my dad used to rub wiskey on my gums to ease the pain.

[Spawn-Inc]

i've aways said its never smart to get that drunk that you forget the evening, or to the extent that you cause harm to yourself or others.


ya there is no point in getting that drunk that you can't remember. that time i ended up in the hospital was because i was apparently trying to get into someone apartment as we were apparently going to some girls place and i wondered off.

i remember drinking all the vodka then going to the girls place and hanging out for a bit then going to the bar. i remember drinking 1 beer and then waking up in the hospital with people asking me my info. i ended up with a dam ambulance charge in the mail too :(

[Xpirate]

A bear goes into a bar to buy a beer. The bartender tells him that he won't sell beer to a bear in his bar. So the bear tells him that he will eat a woman who is sitting at the bar if he doesn't serve him a beer.

The bartender doesn't budge and the bear eats the woman and repeats his request for the beer. The bartender tells him that he definitely will not sell beer to anyone on drugs. The bear was confused and told the bartender that he was not on drugs. The bartender told him that was a "bar bitch you ate."

[Datech]

A bear goes into a bar to buy a beer. The bartender tells him that he won't sell beer to a bear in his bar. So the bear tells him that he will eat a woman who is sitting at the bar if he doesn't serve him a beer.

The bartender doesn't budge and the bear eats the woman and repeats his request for the beer. The bartender tells him that he definitely will not sell beer to anyone on drugs. The bear was confused and told the bartender that he was not on drugs. The bartender told him that was a "bar bitch you ate."

Lol. A big Texan man walks into a pub in Dublin, lays $1000 on the bar and proclaims, "I'll give $1000 to anyone who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back to back." Everybody looks around but nobody take the challenge, and one patron even gets up and leaves. About 30 minutes later no one has still taken the bet, and the man who left returns and asks, "Is the wager still good." The Texan says yes and the Irishman proceeds to order 10 pints of Guinness back to back without so much as a grimace. The Texan hands over the money and asks, "Good show boy! But where'dya go when you left earlier?" The Irishman walks over to his original seat and says, "I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first!"