1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Welcome 2 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you, as always 3 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in. This is Ridiculous Histories blue 4 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,319 Speaker 1: period sort of and there's no law against that. Does 5 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: that mean we're gonna swear? Does that mean we're gonna 6 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: get We're gonna we're gonna tell dirty jokes. We might 7 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: go some naughty limericks. Perhaps we'll see what our super producer, 8 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: Mr Max Williams, let's sneak through the edit. Uh, you're nol. 9 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I love I love that you're you're referencing 10 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: going blue. Can you tell everybody a little bit what 11 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: that is? They may not know. I I forget what 12 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: the actual etymology or the you know, providences of the expression. 13 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: But it's an old timey comedy term referring to doing 14 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: raunchy material. Um, I don't. I can't, for the life 15 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 1: of me remember where the blue part comes from. But 16 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,199 Speaker 1: today we're talking about some other kind of blue parts 17 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: blue laws. Uh, and we do know where the blue 18 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: and that comes from, and we're gonna get to it. 19 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 1: It's stupider than you might think. And I always assume 20 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: that blue laws were maybe in some way connected to 21 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: the concept of like blue being a term for bad 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: or like you know, naughtiness and in sin and debauchery. 23 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: But um not the case, As is often the case, 24 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: It's something much more innocuous and kind of dull. But 25 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: the story itself neither innocuous nor dull. Right, Yeah, no 26 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: blue laws. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it 27 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: may be that you live outside of the United States, 28 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: or maybe you don't live in an area where blue 29 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: laws are a thing. But blue laws are often seen 30 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: as these kind of puritanical stipulations, right, these policies that 31 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: are meant to target vices or leisure or just having 32 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: a good time. And a lot of what we would 33 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: call blue laws or some descendant thereof, are still on 34 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: the books today. No full disclosure. The three of us 35 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: usually record ridiculous history from the fair metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia, 36 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: which is in the southeastern United States, which has a 37 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: little bit of a reputation both in our country and abroad. 38 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't. Before we get into that reputation, I just 39 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: have to point out I was looking for where blue 40 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: comedy came from, and it's associated with the word rybaldry. 41 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 1: You know, the rybald humor is another word referring to 42 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: kind of body or or unchy comedy. And on the 43 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: Wikipedia page for it, here's a picture of just a 44 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: man like in a woman like you see on a 45 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: on a bathroom door, like the kind of like little 46 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: stick figure, and one has a heart on the woman's chest, 47 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: and you know, there's a heart on the man's uh 48 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: swimsuit area. And I guess that is that as a 49 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: graphic depicting what a sexual joke might represent. It's like 50 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: you're talking about it up here down there. That's best 51 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: ryeball baby, that's blue. And we don't go blue in 52 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: this town. And and that's the case. We we do 53 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: go blue though in in many towns in Georgia these 54 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: laws a lot of them have been phased out. But 55 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: I had an encounter myself that I think would be 56 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: a good tone setter here. It was on a Sunday. 57 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: I don't remember how it happened, but a wall got 58 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: punched through in a rental property. I don't remember exactly 59 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: what led to that, but we all of a sudden 60 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: needed to fix it very quickly, and so we went 61 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: to Walmart, which was open, and we made it all 62 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: the way to the checkout and we had like some 63 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: some you know wall fixed and stuff, and they wouldn't 64 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: sell it to us on a Sunday. And I'm like, 65 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: wait a minute, what I don't understand. And they had 66 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: to explain to me what blue laws were, because it's 67 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: not just alcohol prohibition on right, which a lot of 68 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: people assume as as I did. It's it's it's all 69 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: kinds of other stuff. Is anything that would cause you 70 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: to not treat the Lord's Day as a proper day 71 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: of rest and repose and you know, holiness, and uh, 72 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: this coming from a very Christian culture at the time, 73 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: they thought of Sunday as the Lord's Day. That's right, 74 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: that's right, as opposed to Saturday. But the Saturday the 75 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: true Sabbathist. So also one other note about blue laws. 76 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: Uh we did find the etymology there. Well, I was 77 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: looking the same thing. The story that you hear most often. 78 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: This guy named Max Miller, like comedian from the very 79 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: like from the early nineteen hundreds. He apparently made the 80 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: phrase up because part of his act was that you 81 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: have two books, one that was a white book. This 82 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: is the family friendly jokes right, and when there was 83 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: a Blue Book and he would ask the audience to 84 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: choose which jokes they wanted to hear. I don't know 85 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,559 Speaker 1: if that's true. And then it became the Kelly Blue 86 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: Book from there on and it had just you know, 87 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: resale prices for cars and the rest was history. And 88 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: those are hilarious again today you see comedy is cyclical. Yeah, 89 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: because they're outlandishly incorrect. No one's getting anywhere close to 90 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: anything approximating a Kelly Blue Book value on reselling your car. 91 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: But I'm glad we cleared that up. That's helpful. Um, 92 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: back to the Blue Laws, Where did that name come from? 93 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: Why don't we just get that out of the way 94 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: since we're talking about the origins of blue things. Yeah, 95 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: so this is actually an old idea. It's not. It's 96 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: not as if a bunch of Puritans in the US 97 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: just had a bad day. There were restrictions of this 98 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: sort all the way back to the twelve hundreds in England, 99 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: and colonial settlements were sort of redoing or adapting similar 100 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: laws in their own time, and then the early Blue 101 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: Laws as a result in New England were pretty extensive. 102 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: They banned all sorts of stuff. I love you to 103 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: point out it's not just alcohol, it's hunting, wearing shirt 104 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: sleeves that are overly lacy, and so on. And then 105 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: these laws got kind of grandfathered in. They became legacy 106 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: laws as the Union and the United States became a thing. 107 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: We think the name itself to your question, uh, most 108 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: likely derives from a guy named Samuel A. Peters who 109 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: wrote a General History of Connecticut in seventeen eighty one. 110 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: Spoiler it's not a huge, you know, edge of your 111 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: seat kind of kind of book, but the way for 112 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: the movie to come out, I hear the adaptation's gonna slap. 113 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: I think they got um Yahoo serious out of retirement 114 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: for this one. And if they can make a movie 115 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: about the cocaine Bear, I think they can probably make 116 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: a movie on Samuel A. Peter's General History of Connecticut, 117 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: right right. It's it's a it's inspired by it's a 118 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: LuSE reworking. There are a lot more robots uh in 119 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: the script, but hopefully yeah, well, I mean that guy 120 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: is blowing up his career. Is he's the next Yianu? Honestly? 121 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: Um so this in this thing, the General History of Connecticut, 122 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the author claims to list all the Sabbath regulations of 123 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: New Haven, Connecticut, and the book itself. This is how 124 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: simple it is, is printed on blue paper. But that 125 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: that isn't a hundred percent the proven origin, right, There's 126 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: some other accounts and before less anyone uh pounce on me. 127 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: I was half joking when I referred to Saturday as 128 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: the true Sabbath, because obviously different religions recognized the Sabbath 129 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: on different days. It is the biblical Sabbath, Saturday. Yeah, 130 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: I think we I hope that everybody knows we're joking 131 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: on things like these. There's I mean, it's just gonna 132 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: ruin our fun if we have to say there probably 133 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: aren't a bunch of robots in a History of Connecticut. 134 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: In the film adaptation, which is by the Coen Brothers, 135 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: and they do have Javier Bardine playing at least one robot. 136 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: There's at least one robot integral to the plow. I 137 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: would have cast him as the cocaine bear personally, but 138 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: that's just me by some accounts. Yes, you are correct. 139 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: Britannica mentions that it was a blue wrapping rather than 140 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: the paper itself, like some sort of jacket. I guess 141 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm picturing a file folder that's bloom. I don't know 142 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: what a really. A rapping is that accompanied printed documents 143 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: in lady teenth century, and there is some indication that 144 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: it may actually be connected to that version of blue 145 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: we were talking about earlier, that Rye Baldry. You know 146 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: that body, naughty kind of behavior, humor or humor. You 147 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: know things that you might have read about in the 148 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: Canterbury Tales, for example, adultery, punication, blasphemy, alcohol consumption, chewing 149 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: tobacco and listen to the violet listening to the violin. 150 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, the movie Footloose is about blue laws. Uh. 151 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: It definitely has a blue law vibe to it. I 152 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: guess dirty dancing too. We gotta thank Sarah L. Ziegler 153 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: over at Middle Tennessee State University. Shout out to you 154 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: Middle Tennessee for some of the alternate versions there. We 155 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: may not know the um specifics of how blue laws 156 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: became a thing in the United States or the etymology thereof, 157 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: but we do sure as heck know what they did. 158 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: They were pretty strict, and like you said, they their 159 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: their whole thing was to preserve what they saw is 160 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: the religious sanctity of Sunday and forbid people from working 161 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: on this holy day. Now, of course, a lot of 162 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: other like other religions and belief systems, have similar proscriptions, 163 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: you know, like U in Judaism, there's the idea that 164 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: one is not supposed to work on Saturday, right on 165 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: the Sabbath. So this didn't come out of a vacuum, 166 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: is what I'm saying. No, but it also is like 167 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: imposing it on everyone, whether here Christian or not pre 168 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: separation of church state. Well, fair enough, you're right. This 169 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: is the the mid to late seventeen hundreds. So yeah, 170 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: it was also up to the determination of a judge 171 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: without a trial by jury, as to whether someone was 172 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,960 Speaker 1: guilty of breaking these these uh these blue laws. M m. Yeah, 173 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: things like married persons must live together or be imprisoned, 174 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: just the only options. Yeah, you would, just I guess 175 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 1: you would. I'm picturing some guy just saying I need 176 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: to be at work a lot, or I need to 177 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: be on traveling for work a lot. Maybe this is 178 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: the origin of the traveling salesman in the US. As 179 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: long as you check back in once a month, did 180 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: you still technically living together? That is my determination? As 181 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: the judge of this case. But also, yeah, what about 182 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: people living together unmarried? But that was frowned upon too, Yes, 183 00:11:54,120 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: that was that was most verily frowned upon and did 184 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: not create a smiling countenance. And the judge. Uh, why 185 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: am I picturing this judge like a Puritans at and 186 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: just like a perma very beginning of the witch, the 187 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: beginning of the witch. Maybe in the crucible too. Uh. 188 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 1: There are some things that are pretty bothersome. The selectman 189 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: on finding children ignorant may take them away from their 190 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: parents and put them into better hands at the expense 191 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: of the parents. Whoa what? What are what better hands? 192 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: Like an orphanage? What? What does the ignorant mean? At 193 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: this time? Ignorant might mean that they cannot quote specific 194 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 1: passages of the Bible. Right, oh my, this is so. 195 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: Your three year old has not memorized the entirety of 196 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,440 Speaker 1: the Book of Matthew. It will be fifty gold pieces 197 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: for us to take your child away, or or you 198 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 1: are a witch. No, I really do want to This 199 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: is obviously for another time. But dig deeper and find 200 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: out what better hands met Probably did the care of 201 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: the church to something. I bet it was all about 202 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: religious education to your point, Bett, Yeah, yeah, because these 203 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:13,680 Speaker 1: were uh you know, in a very real way. The 204 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: colonies were theocracies at times, right, at least the way 205 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: the government worked at the local community community government. Well again, 206 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: we see we do see that in the Witch, you know, 207 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: the very first scene. It's like about well actually, which 208 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,680 Speaker 1: is kind of funny because, uh, the characters in the 209 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: Witch or the Father figure, he was too hardcore, right, 210 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,079 Speaker 1: so devout that he was too devout for he was 211 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: too pure for the Puritans. And they were like, yo, 212 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: you gotta tone it down a notch for get out. 213 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: They have the chilly they asked him to take uh, 214 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: they asked him for a vibe check and just to 215 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: be more chill. And he says, you have no chi. Yeah, 216 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: he said, you guys are basically idolatrousity. We never find 217 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: out the specific doctrine which he objects, but it is 218 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: very strongly implied that it's a small thing. But he's 219 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: so crazy about it. He's disrupting the community. He's the 220 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 1: problem exactly, like like he's shouting at people in the 221 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: streets and again you gotta I mean, wow, how hardcore 222 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: must you be for like the Puritan faith, not to 223 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: be hardcore enough for you. I bet it was one 224 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: of those things, like from them that excellent book A 225 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: Year of Living Biblically. I bet it was one of 226 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: those things of wearing like two different fabrics at the 227 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: same time. You know, one of those Old Testament things 228 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: that a lot of people have ignored, the hair start 229 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: kind of which is the scratchy garment that causes you 230 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: to constantly be uncomfortable. Therefore, in uh, in deference to God, 231 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: and to be fair, that guy had great hair in 232 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: the which was he a great person? No, but he 233 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: did have good hair. Uh. So let's be honest. Despite 234 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: the fact that a lot of people associate blue laws 235 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: to with more conservative areas of the American South, the 236 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: reality is that laws like this existed in all the colonies, 237 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: all the all the European colonies in the United States, 238 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: and most of them just fell out of use after 239 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: the American Revolution. People have bigger fish to fry, etcetera, etcetera. 240 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: But blue laws, specifically the ones regarding the sale of alcohol, 241 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: still stayed on the books until some of them until 242 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: the twenty one century, and their influence persisted. That's from Britannica. 243 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: But we should also we should also say one thing Britannic. 244 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't mention just to keep it with everybody. There 245 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: are a lot of laws quote unquote on the books 246 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,080 Speaker 1: don't don't matter and are never enforced, and some of 247 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: those are literally is kind of like oversights. It's not 248 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 1: like anyone's like, we gotta keep these round because we 249 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: care so much if people, you know, use profanity in 250 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: front of a lady or spit on the sidewalk, you know, 251 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: but it just ends up. They just kind of gets 252 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: they stick around. We know, the wheels of government move 253 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: pretty slowly, and sometimes things just kind of if they're 254 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: not applicable, then there's really no concern about leaving them. 255 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,359 Speaker 1: But that part of the Blue Laws certainly was applicable 256 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: because it specifically refers to a detail of commerce. You know, 257 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: something you can and can't sell and when you can 258 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: and can't sell it. So even if it was a 259 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: bit of a remnant, I think, I mean, it was 260 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: obviously left quite intentionally. You know, there was thought behind 261 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: leaving that one. Yeah, yeah, And that's you know, that's 262 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: a really good point because I think almost everybody in 263 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: the United States has a couple of examples of laws 264 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: that used to be on the books and maybe still 265 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: are but aren't enforced personally. For me, I like the 266 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: ones that are so specific it sounds like it happened 267 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: once and eat people out, like one guy was a 268 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: jerk about it. In Missouri for a long time there 269 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: was this. It might still be a law that specifically 270 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: says you can't drive down the highway with an uncaged 271 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: bear in your car. The bear. Yeah, so this um, 272 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: and then you have to share the road with cows 273 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: and places like Farmington, Illinois. Oh and uh in Orlando, Florida, 274 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: this is true. Uh, if you park your elephant at 275 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: a parking meter, you still have to pay. Uh. You 276 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: still have to pay the fee the way you would 277 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 1: for a car or any other obviously, so somebody did 278 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: someone go to court for that. That's just a matter 279 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: of decorum, if you ask me. That's a decent manners. Yeah, 280 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: and I we'll get to some more of these later. 281 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: But there are still some absurd blue law type deals 282 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: that remain on the books. And one of I think 283 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: my favorite ones is that like in Wisconsin, like all 284 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: cheese is required to be delightful or something like that. Max, 285 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: I think you found this one what was it? Oh, 286 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: giving credence to its reputation as America's dairyland, wisconsinin law 287 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: demands that all cheese and butter be produced in the 288 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: state to be highly pleasing. Oh no, oh boy, that 289 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: you know, and that was terrible news for the Ship 290 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: Cheese Company of Wisconsin or for Blue Cheese. Am I right? 291 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,640 Speaker 1: I love but you know, people have a real ax 292 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: to grind with Blue Cheese. Look, if you're eating cheese, 293 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: you've already crossed the lie certainly and become an ally 294 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: of bacteria. Why not go further into the darkness? You know, 295 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: see what lies beyond. I'm honest. Ranch dressing on wings, 296 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: that's like the training wheels. Blue Cheese is doing it right. Yes, 297 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: I gotta say, for a guy who doesn't personally like Ranch, 298 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: I know way too much about its origins, but it's 299 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: yeah to teach their own. I agree with you, though, Max. 300 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm team Blue Cheese is the inferior dipper, no question there. 301 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a Ranch episode now coming up. Oh yeah, 302 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: I could do that with im. I'll be here, I'll 303 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: be your Ranch hand. Oh there, it is worth it. 304 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: We know about We've talked about Ranch at let do 305 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: shout out to our friends over on saver any recent 306 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: lare in vogel bomb, which I have them back over 307 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,920 Speaker 1: at some point. Yeah. So, okay, there's a big question 308 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: here blue laws, which again the alcohol part particularly became 309 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: important as there were temperance movements and this prohibition is 310 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: going into into and out of fashion. One of the 311 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: big questions about blue laws pertains to the First Amendment. 312 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: Everybody knows. Everybody should know that in the US, the 313 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: First Amendment specifically specifically states you cannot make laws about 314 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: an establishment of religion. That's our separation of church and state. 315 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: For anybody. Well, this an audio podcast, you can't see 316 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: I did a really cool hand thing. But it's it's 317 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: a magic trick for people as simple as me. Good 318 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,160 Speaker 1: and here is the church and then when you look through, yeah, 319 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 1: it looks like something no body there, We go and 320 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: Max you're doing You're you're cleaning the calling hr of 321 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: your thumb and point of doing something that Blue laws 322 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: would very much not allow me to do, especially not 323 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 1: on the Sabbath. Yeah. So that's the problem, right, designating 324 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: Sunday as a sabbath or holy day and restricting what 325 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: people can do on that day, even if they don't 326 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: subscribe to that religion. Uh. It means that sometimes people 327 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: say arguably favoring, but I think it just it bluntly means, 328 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: and no uncertain terms, that these laws are imposing Christianity 329 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: on other belief systems, on people with other belief systems. 330 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: That's right. I go back to my very reasonable need 331 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: to fix the hole in the wall before my landlord 332 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: got a gander at it, and I could argue that 333 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: this adherence to to this you know, religious practice that 334 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: I do not subscribe to, was f and my my 335 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: s up. Yeah. And so these laws constantly come up 336 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: in court, right, Various people have a problem with them, 337 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: and their problems are valid. So you'll see these things, 338 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: sometimes called Sunday laws, always be the subject of various 339 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: court cases throughout the eighteen hundreds, the first half of 340 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 1: the nineteen hundreds, until the Supreme Court weighs in in 341 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: the nineteen sixty one case called McGowan versus Maryland. What 342 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: was going on with this one? A good question, indeed, 343 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: and when we will do our best to answer right now. 344 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: The Supreme Court UH, in fact, ruled on McGowan versus 345 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: Maryland in nineteen sixty one. UH. The case was filed 346 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: by employees of a giant like big box type department 347 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: store UM who were fined for doing their job. And 348 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 1: this is very similar to my situation, UH, selling things 349 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: like floor wax and toys on Sunday and violation of 350 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: state law. And almost like accused it of being a 351 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: recruitment tool in a way, you know, because if you 352 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: can't work on Sunday, if you're prevented from applying your 353 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: trade at the department store wherever, I guess you might 354 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: as well join the club, you know. And it really 355 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: did start to feel like there was a certain sense 356 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: of bothering going on, yeah, or proselytization using the power 357 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: of the state, if not discrimination. And so the court said, Okay, 358 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: we get it, We're cool. Don't be fooled by the 359 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 1: robes and the fact that we're functionally bring wraiths. They said, 360 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: we get it. Uh. Yes, there are religious origins to 361 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: these laws, but we think they're constitutional because a lot 362 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: of the religious language has been removed from the statute. 363 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 1: The only thing left is a single reference to Sunday 364 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: as the Lord's Day, and a lot of restrictions have 365 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: been lifted and so Chief Justice at the time, Earl Warreds, 366 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: says these laws are permissible regulations under the state's police 367 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: power to regulate quote, in the interest of public health, safety, welfare, 368 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: and morals. And he said, they said, this is not 369 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: to make you all obey Christianity or a certain flavor thereof. 370 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: This is to make sure everybody takes a day off 371 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: from the grind, to relax, to be mindful, to hang 372 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,639 Speaker 1: with their family. Well, then call it that right and 373 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: make it make it be be able to be spent 374 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: however you wish, or whatever day you want, or whatever 375 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: day you want. Yeah, but again, you know, don't get 376 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: me started on like the work week and and and 377 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: work life balance and more or day work week. The 378 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: experiments are growing very well. Yeah, I mean it makes sense. 379 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: But again this is because my point is that this, uh, 380 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: this opinion is disingenuous. I yeah, I agree with you. 381 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:39,959 Speaker 1: I think it is. I think it's a rationalization and 382 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: it's an unnecessary fig leaf because it's not fooling anybody 383 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: either at the time. You know what I mean, Um, 384 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: I could it's under there, Yeah, I can know what's 385 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: under that leaf. Right, I could break out my weed 386 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: your board and attempt to speak with Justice Warren, but 387 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 1: I'm not going to do it because I'm sure there's 388 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 1: a blue law against it. You played yourself, judge anybody? Yeah, 389 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: I mean, and you know, can you Weigi board? Is 390 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: it a toy or is it a tool of Satan 391 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: or exactly? That is very unclear. Um, people are really 392 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: freaked out by Wegi boards. I had a guy come 393 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: to my house to do some repair work and I 394 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 1: have a Wegi board Welcome Matt. He like didn't step 395 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: on it. He was like, he looked at me. He 396 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: wasn't joking. He was like, that's just scary. And I 397 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 1: was like, oh, it's just for Halloween. He kind of 398 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: thought it was cool. We left things like it's not cool, man. 399 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: He was like, almost didn't come into my house. I 400 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: think those are I think those are cool, but also 401 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: I'm very skeptical about it. So to me, it's like, 402 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: look in the science, Uh, people put a lot of 403 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 1: staking them. If there's one way to finally transcend the 404 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: mortal veil and communicate with the dead, is it a 405 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: mass marketed board game by Hasbro? Is it? Is it? Really? 406 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: Tell us if we're wrong? Anyway? They buy the patent 407 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: from by the way, say right right, in the form 408 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: of Parker Brothers, they inherited it. But okay, uh, you 409 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: may be living in a part of the world where 410 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: these laws were formerly on the books, and hopefully you're 411 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: already thinking about your favorite ridiculous laws of yesteryear, but 412 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: you also might live in a place where they're still around. 413 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 1: The very last statewide full day restriction on any kind 414 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: of commerce was in North Dakota. It was repealed in 415 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: nineteen one, And for a bit of perspective, I think 416 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 1: we should add here the population of North Dakota is 417 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: still in the entire state, it's still under eight hundred 418 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: thousand people, so very few people, relatively speaking, were affected 419 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 1: by that. The only place, there's one place in the 420 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: US where I guess you could call it general retail, 421 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: is still banned on Sundays, it's Bergen County, New Jersey, 422 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: and that's because the local community likes it that way. 423 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: In the same way that you'll still see maybe not 424 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: just in the South, but definitely and in some parts 425 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: of the South near US things called dry counties, which 426 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,440 Speaker 1: just you know, supersedes the whole blue law thing entirely, 427 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: and it's makes it you can't buy liquor at all, 428 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: uh there. But usually the workaround and that is that 429 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 1: you just drive into the next county and buy it 430 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: and bring it back. We always started this and we 431 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: rent like cabins. You know, it's a blue ridge and 432 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: get one of those cool cabins, and you gotta get 433 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: your booze on the way and make sure you stock 434 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: up because you're not gonna be getting anymore without driving, 435 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: you know, maybe you know ten or fifteen months dry counties. Yeah, 436 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: do you jump in here. This actually reminds me of 437 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: our infamous cabin tripsle I remember one year we went 438 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: up and the day after we when he got launch 439 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: and we couldn't get, you know, anything to drink. The 440 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 1: year later we were like getting flights of whiskey because well, 441 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 1: I think we were a little closer though we had 442 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: we had passed out of the Dry county at that point. 443 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: That's the really good one. And by the way, we 444 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: need to we need to revitalize that tradition with the 445 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: ridiculous history family, you know, with with with with you 446 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: and me and and and my lady friend and Ben 447 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 1: and and his lady friend and will you know Casey Pegram. 448 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: Jonathan Strickling can even comets up together. He's still banned 449 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: from a couple of counties. And I say this as 450 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: his friend. He earned it and he knows what he did. 451 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: So all cabins, he's he's that he can't you mentioned 452 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: that guy's name in a cabin rental situation, will they 453 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: will ban flip. It's like a switch is flipped. It's 454 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: it's the first time I have ever recognized someone from 455 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: a wanted poster at a cracker barrel. Yeah, it was 456 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: even an old timey and CPIA toned and having kind 457 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: of brand looking font on it. He's you know, Jonathan 458 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 1: does listen to the show occasionally. I think when people 459 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: tell him that we're mentioning. Well, we did suggest last 460 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: week that if we were caught on a desert island 461 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: or on a boat, we would eat him first. That 462 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: was my idea. Yeah, it will keep him around, just 463 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: for that reason. I stand by that. I don't find 464 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: that to be that controversial of a statement either. I 465 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 1: think most people would agree. Jonathan is very healthy too. 466 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: You know, he's a piscutaria, so we're getting a lot 467 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: of bang for our buck. Definitely, Okay, so you know 468 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: it tastes like shrimp. We gotta stuff speculating about catabalism 469 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: on our co workers. This is even worse that you're 470 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: a little hand signal mix hr again. Yeah, I think 471 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: I got him on s pizza column. Let them know 472 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 1: our our prov comedy is a plus. So its two blue. 473 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: It's two blue. It's our blue period, we said at 474 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: the top of the show. In a lot of you know, 475 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:15,239 Speaker 1: a lot of states, people still enact blue laws. That's 476 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: why Bergen County is still doing this kind of stuff, 477 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: because the local city and county governments wants this thing. 478 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: The communities want it. And in the twenty one century, 479 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 1: you'll see that a lot of states that historically had 480 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 1: these Sunday laws started to just kind of dial them back. 481 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: And some of that is due to rising secularism, but 482 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: more of it is due to economic concerns. There's more competition, 483 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: people are busier, or they feel they feel busier, and 484 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: a lot of businesses can't just simply cannot afford to 485 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: lose a full day of potential profit. I mean, speaking 486 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: of potential profit, I like and how how are we 487 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: ever going to forget your Chick fil a On Sunday, 488 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: Uh to the tune of Crossroads by Harmony. But like, 489 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: that's a company that is so committed to the bit 490 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: that that think of the millions they're leading on the table, 491 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: millions not being open on Sunday on Sunday on chicken 492 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: sandwich cambo, cambo camboo chicken sandwich cambo. It's very good appropriate. 493 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: But here's the thing though, here's the thing we have 494 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: sort of not glossed over. But I think we've been 495 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: somewhat anti these types of puritanical laws affecting people what 496 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: you can and can't do. Nobody likes to be told 497 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: what to do. But we've kind of been neglecting is 498 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: that there's a point we touched on earlier that this 499 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: is sort of a way of codifying like a separation 500 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: from the work week. And you know, in Europe, for example, 501 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: nothing's open on the weekend. Nothing. But it's not really 502 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: a religious thing. Maybe it is, you know, I mean 503 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,239 Speaker 1: obviously you know Europe is very steeped in in in 504 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: religion as well, you know historically, um so maybe maybe 505 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm I just don't know the history of that, but 506 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: I feel like it is ultimately kind of a good thing. 507 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: To have a day where you can't do all the things. 508 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: We've grown into a society where you can have all 509 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: the things all the time, and it's just kind of go, go, 510 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: go all the time. And I do appreciate anything that 511 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: kind of forces you to take a step back and chill. 512 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: I just don't like that it's associated with a religious practice. 513 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: I think it should just be like, hey, this is 514 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: a day of rest. But also it becomes sticky because 515 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: then you're telling people who who maybe need the money, 516 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: you know, for for that day that you have to close. 517 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: And that's that could be an issue. But in Europe 518 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: they've just been doing it for so long that it 519 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: just is how it is. Also in Europe, people who 520 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: workers rights are much more robust people. Hey, a living wage, 521 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: you know, in the United States, this is an a 522 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: in the In the United States, if you take out 523 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: all the pr spin, people are dying because they are poor. 524 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: The ways to treat them exists, the ways to extend 525 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: their life and quality of life exists. But due to 526 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: the way that this country approaches the idea of medicine 527 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: and health, which is very much not the way Europe 528 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,360 Speaker 1: approaches it or most other developed countries, due to that, 529 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: people die. If you can live in a world where 530 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,440 Speaker 1: you are paid a basic living wage and you will 531 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: not confront bankruptcy if you have any medical mishap, then 532 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: you have the you have more of a luxury you know, 533 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 1: to to think about work life balance and that's very important. Uh. 534 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: This is something that I think all of us Max 535 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 1: No Nola myself have thought about as well at length, 536 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: and we hope you give it some consideration too. Now 537 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,320 Speaker 1: we're talking about how blue laws have a positive aspect um. 538 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: Maybe union certainly thought so. Right, Yeah, let's go to 539 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: uh Lyman Stone out of box who wrote this great 540 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 1: piece why we need blue laws, the religious tradition that 541 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: sanctifies life outside of work. Now, where does the union 542 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: angle come in here? Well, first of all, I mean, 543 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: you know, we all know that unions are a big 544 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: fan of of of mandated breaks, whether they be food 545 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: breaks or even smoke breaks and things like that. You know, 546 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: if you're working on a union film, for example, you 547 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 1: know you're you're you're mandated to take certain breaks. And 548 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:45,960 Speaker 1: in the UK it's much more adhered to here. Unless 549 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: you have a union rep on site, you're probably not 550 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: always gonna get your you know, you're a little your 551 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: little fifteen or twenty or whatever. Also true, so you 552 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:59,319 Speaker 1: could argue that again there's another example of like the 553 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: US not really caring about people quite as much as 554 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: some other countries. But the Supreme Court has ruled over 555 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: and over again, uh and even pretty recently that this 556 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: is these are constitutional. It's okay for the state to 557 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: prevent commercial activities even if the days are religious, because 558 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 1: who's to say, kind of right, like you can't prove 559 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,160 Speaker 1: you know, Sunday is the last day of the week, right, 560 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: technically it's the first day of the week. That always 561 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 1: kind of messes me up, um, But you know, it 562 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: just makes sense that the day of rest would be 563 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 1: at the end or beginning of the work week. So 564 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: at this point, it feels like the religious argument has 565 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: sort of gone out the window. And that's more what 566 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: the unions lean on, uh, is that it it imposes 567 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 1: a day where you can't force people to work. But 568 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: that's not really what they do either. It depends on 569 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,520 Speaker 1: what union you're talking about, Like unions for you know, 570 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: the film workers, again, they're working on Sunday if the 571 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: job requires them. Like you said, Teamster has been, they're 572 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: working whatever day. You know, this is awesome. Yeah, no, 573 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: it's a good point. It's a good point. Well, and 574 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: taking it past um, past just production to unions in general. 575 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,319 Speaker 1: There's something that a lot of people might not think 576 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: about in the US because it's not treated with the importance. 577 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: That deserves the right to as symbol the right to 578 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: assemble in a group. Unions like blue laws because it 579 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,760 Speaker 1: carves out this time for people to not have to work, 580 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:45,800 Speaker 1: right and it ensures that people have as a group 581 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:50,480 Speaker 1: time off together. The state cannot force you to go 582 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,720 Speaker 1: to a church or a community meeting, and it can't 583 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: force you to hang out with your parents, you're in laws, god, 584 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 1: you know, but it can force your employer to shut 585 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,960 Speaker 1: their doors for a day at least certain types of employers. 586 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: But they could also they could technically pursue it further 587 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: if the state, So it shows so this so this 588 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:22,279 Speaker 1: creates this ability to have free time, which is at 589 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: a premium often in the United States. So you could 590 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 1: so this ups the odds that people might invest in 591 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,839 Speaker 1: labor movements. So where might invest in brainstorming with their 592 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,440 Speaker 1: colleagues about better representation and more rights and so on. 593 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,160 Speaker 1: It reminds me of the big kerfuffle about voting in 594 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 1: the United States. And again this isn't a political point, 595 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: but which day of the week they hold it? Are 596 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,879 Speaker 1: remember making making it a holiday? Right, It's weird that 597 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: it's not a holiday. It's weird that um, so many 598 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 1: powerful interests have spent so much time making a pain 599 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: in the butt to vote and making it archaic. Uh, 600 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: it's ah, this is for stuff they don't want you 601 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: to know. But I positive there's a reason anyway. So well, 602 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,319 Speaker 1: in the Vox article to UM, it's pointed out that 603 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 1: one other reason that unions like the Blue laws is 604 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 1: that there is a religious part because they feel like 605 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: religion assembling at church and all that stuff. It encourages 606 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:29,960 Speaker 1: kind of community strengthening, you know, and and and encourages 607 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: civic behavior like voting because the labor unions obviously also 608 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 1: have political interests and this they would see this as 609 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,239 Speaker 1: a way of getting people on board because if you're 610 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,640 Speaker 1: surrounded by other people that have like minds, uh, you 611 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: can kind of influence them if they're sort of in 612 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:53,359 Speaker 1: a voting group kind of you know. Yeah, and really, 613 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 1: if you boil it down into the most concentrated terms, 614 00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: it's drawing a line in the sand, and it's say, hey, employers, 615 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 1: you can't have all of my time, right you can't. 616 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: You can't have the mission creep where all of a 617 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: sudden there's no real time off and the email always 618 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,200 Speaker 1: has to stay odd. Which is why France actually passed 619 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,800 Speaker 1: the law not too long ago which said France passed 620 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: the law that said your employer cannot require you to 621 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:29,320 Speaker 1: answer emails past a certain time. Let me get the well, okay, 622 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: you know, of course, again, because we're from America, I 623 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,359 Speaker 1: immediately roll my eyes at that, as though it were 624 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,240 Speaker 1: completely unenforceable. But I suppose if there really were a law, 625 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,840 Speaker 1: you could in another country where labor is more respected 626 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,719 Speaker 1: or labors are more respected, really follow up on that. 627 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,080 Speaker 1: But here I just don't buy it. I just don't 628 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: buy the It would have to happeniation, you know what 629 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean, There would be retaliation unless it was enforced 630 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: law that happened all at once. The French law which 631 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,960 Speaker 1: came out I think in required all companies with more 632 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: than fifty employees to establish hours when staff should not 633 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: send her answer emails, generally after six pm. What a 634 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,759 Speaker 1: world not gonna happen in the United States. But the 635 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,880 Speaker 1: United States is home to a lot of ridiculous laws. 636 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: We promised it at the top. You know, you guys 637 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:25,000 Speaker 1: know it's one of my favorite things. Uh, let's run 638 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: through a couple. No, no, I think you already. We 639 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:33,759 Speaker 1: already mentioned Wisconsin. Uh maybe we can just jump around, 640 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:39,279 Speaker 1: jump around, jump around. Uh, jump up, jump up and 641 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: get down. Yes. Uh, I'm gonna add one that I 642 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,160 Speaker 1: don't I don't know if this is on the list, 643 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: but Florida does apparently, or had for a long time, 644 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 1: prohibited unmarried women from parachuting on Sundays. What happened that 645 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: Sunday that made that a law? What kind of Helen 646 00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: of Troy launched a thousand parachutes one Sunday afternoon. I 647 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: don't know. It just makes me think back to the 648 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: story we did about inventors dying in midflight. Maybe they 649 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,720 Speaker 1: just didn't want to see that happen. Helen I Tampa 650 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,360 Speaker 1: love it. No, no, no, it's great. Um, and we 651 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: you know, I think I indicated that this was a 652 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,840 Speaker 1: type of blue law. It's not. These are just general 653 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: weirdo laws. But one about cheese being delicious? Uh, that 654 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,719 Speaker 1: doesn't even make sense as a blue level. We've got more. Uh, 655 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: let's see, We've got uh. In California, it is illegal 656 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: to build, maintain, or use a nuclear weapon with only 657 00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:40,800 Speaker 1: within Chico, though, oh yeah, anywhere anywhere else game Uh, 658 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: let's see. Uh. This next one reads like a freaking 659 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,360 Speaker 1: tongue twister rhyme. A pickle cannot be sold unless it bounces. 660 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: According to an i d for the article. This law 661 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,719 Speaker 1: became a necessity after two scheming pickle packers tried to 662 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,080 Speaker 1: sell pickles unfit for human consumption on the slide. Oh, 663 00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 1: those pest pickle packers selling poor quality pickles to unsuspecting pedestrians. Yeah, 664 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: and you can't be uh, you can't fake butter in Iowa. 665 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: Anybody who tries to pass off butter or any kind 666 00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:21,480 Speaker 1: of it's butter o leo or oleo margarine as real 667 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: butter as the real McCoy can spend thirty days in 668 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,800 Speaker 1: the clink and get fine six hundred and twenty five dollars. 669 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,400 Speaker 1: When from the land of our buddy a how uh 670 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 1: Andrew howard Um shout out to you, friend of the show, 671 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:43,279 Speaker 1: it is forbidden to post advertisements. Are mains rights from 672 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 1: also our buddy Stephen Kings. Actual buddies are buddy in literature. 673 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: I think he follows me on Twitter. I can't remember. 674 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:55,000 Speaker 1: That's cool Twitter? Does he really? I didn't know? Uh. 675 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,760 Speaker 1: It is forbidden, in fact to post advertisements on another 676 00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 1: person's tombstone in this in of Wells just well post 677 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:07,719 Speaker 1: no bills, indeed, totally fine in bangor Main, so I 678 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: bet there's some clever advertisements. In Washington State, it is 679 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: illegal to poach a sasquatch into specific counties in Scamania County, 680 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:23,680 Speaker 1: which does sound like a compilation of Scott Band tracks. 681 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:28,280 Speaker 1: In Skamania County, it's been a felony since nineteen sixty nine. 682 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:35,280 Speaker 1: And in Whatcom County spelled what dot com or spelled 683 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:39,360 Speaker 1: like what dot com without the period. Uh, the entirety 684 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:43,960 Speaker 1: of the county is an official sasquatch protection and refuge area. 685 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: That's right. The US has a big Bigfoot sanctuary sanctuary 686 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:52,359 Speaker 1: for um, a life form that has not been conclusively 687 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,960 Speaker 1: proven to exist. It is really sweet, you know, I mean, 688 00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,319 Speaker 1: I like the Russian offers this one. It is if 689 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: big Foot exists, they will be part of an endangered species. 690 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:08,759 Speaker 1: It's I like it. I like it don't change Washington. Yeah, yeah, 691 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 1: that's very I like the freshman in the dorm awake 692 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: at three am energy of that, Like, hey, guys, you 693 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:20,040 Speaker 1: know the thing is this was real. He's like endangered 694 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:28,240 Speaker 1: bro hands off, hands off the Sasquatch, our buddy David 695 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,680 Speaker 1: Bakara Again. Blue Ridge just comes up a second time, 696 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,000 Speaker 1: Dry County, but home of the what is it called 697 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:42,360 Speaker 1: Destination Bigfoot Expedition Expedition Bigfoot an incredible, very high quality 698 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:47,680 Speaker 1: Bigfoot themed museum. Um really really seriously, it's like Epcot 699 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: level cool. And of course, as we said before, folks, 700 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:56,080 Speaker 1: we can't wait to hear your favorite former laws or 701 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,000 Speaker 1: laws that are still on the books and just not 702 00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:03,399 Speaker 1: enforce I think at least, well, I think it's fair 703 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 1: to say the three of us, your faithful correspondence, came 704 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: into today's episode with a bit of an ax to 705 00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,239 Speaker 1: grind against Blue Laws, and we didn't know whether it 706 00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,120 Speaker 1: was legal to grind an act in our county, but 707 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,080 Speaker 1: we did in our respective counties. But I think we 708 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,239 Speaker 1: all came away with more of an appreciation of the 709 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:27,439 Speaker 1: positive side of this kind of legislation, as flawed as 710 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,680 Speaker 1: it might be, and we hope that you enjoyed it. Uh, 711 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,160 Speaker 1: you can't wait to hear from you. Thanks as always 712 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:37,960 Speaker 1: to our superproducer, our research associate for today's show, In fact, 713 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,840 Speaker 1: Mr Max Williams. Yes, indeed this was a doozy Max 714 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:46,879 Speaker 1: great finds all around. Also hughes thanks to uh Chris 715 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:51,160 Speaker 1: frostiodis here in spirit. He's Jeff Codes, Jonathan Stricklin, Alex 716 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,360 Speaker 1: Williams who composed our theme. Yeah, big thanks to the 717 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,240 Speaker 1: Cohen Brothers. Big thanks to Javier Bardem the Cocaine Bear. 718 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,400 Speaker 1: Big thanks to Giant Robots, whether Gundam or Yeager's. You know, 719 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:07,279 Speaker 1: I was just thinking, I really wish there would be 720 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,680 Speaker 1: a third Pacific Rim film. I know it's not you know, 721 00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:15,520 Speaker 1: it's it's not exactly intellectual, but was there a second one? 722 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 1: There was specific rim uprising bro I didn't see it. 723 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,919 Speaker 1: Was it? Was it worth it? Yeah? It wasn't Del 724 00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:26,239 Speaker 1: Toro though I don't believe Charlie Day is uh in 725 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,800 Speaker 1: it again. I don't want to spoil it too much, 726 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,160 Speaker 1: but uh, yeah, it's worth of the time. They got 727 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,480 Speaker 1: new robots. New robots do kaiju. That's what I'm about 728 00:46:34,840 --> 00:46:38,080 Speaker 1: A fake face to make it that thing happen and 729 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:43,080 Speaker 1: uh no, thanks to you. Let's keep going until there 730 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:47,400 Speaker 1: is a law banning podcast Indeed, we'll see you next time, folks. 731 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:56,400 Speaker 1: For more podcasts for My Heart Radio, visit the I 732 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,360 Speaker 1: heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to 733 00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:00,280 Speaker 1: your favorite shows.