PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoLeast alcoholic Winston Churchill momentlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down15
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minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·26 days agoTIL the UK had prohibition. Guess there’s religious nuts all over.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·26 days agoOh no, no prohibition in the UK - the exemption was written during one of Churchill’s trips to the US.
minus-squareBlemboTheThird@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·26 days agoKinda makes sense then. I dunno about “indefinite,” but making an exception for some alcohol for a visiting alcoholic would be necessary since going cold turkey can be fatal.
TIL the UK had prohibition. Guess there’s religious nuts all over.
Oh no, no prohibition in the UK - the exemption was written during one of Churchill’s trips to the US.
Kinda makes sense then. I dunno about “indefinite,” but making an exception for some alcohol for a visiting alcoholic would be necessary since going cold turkey can be fatal.