Toast to the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution

**sydnie7** · 5th December 12, 01:04 PM

**Grizzly** · 5th December 12, 01:15 PM

Ern I haven't a clue what it is but I'll drink to it anway. Cheers

**auld argonian** · 5th December 12, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Ern I haven't a clue what it is but I'll drink to it anway. Cheers

Ask Eliot Ness....he'll explain the 21st Amendment.

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**auld argonian** · 5th December 12, 01:54 PM

Last scene of the movie The Untouchables....which is a GREAT Chicago movie!

"Reporter: They say they're going to repeal Prohibition. What will you do then?

Ness: I think I'll have a drink."

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**TheOfficialBren** · 5th December 12, 03:20 PM

Grizzly, it was the repeal of the alcohol prohibition. In the US, from 1920-1933, alcohol was illegal to make, sell, buy, transport, and consume. The 18th amendment to the US Constitution enacted prohibition. The 21st amendment repealed it and set the legal drinking age at twenty-one-years-of-age.

Prohibition was spearheaded by religious zealots and was the number one contributor to the violence and criminality that plagued America during the "roaring 20's."

Eliot Ness was an FBI agent whosought to eradicate illegal alcohol.

**cruiser348** · 5th December 12, 04:04 PM

Raising a glass of "holiday cheer" my boss gave me just this afternoon to that one.

**cck** · 5th December 12, 04:15 PM

For those who are not kilted - bottoms up !!

**Richrail** · 5th December 12, 06:32 PM

I'll be toasting with a home brewed Belgian Triple.

**Mael Coluim** · 5th December 12, 07:47 PM

Mark Ellis was able to join me this evening for the toast!

**ThistleDown** · 6th December 12, 01:27 AM

20 amendments before this one? What were they, Ern? No politics, now, but why is the 21st so important? And then, can we discuss how important the 2014 refrendum will be to the UK?