Thursday, January 17, 2008

Have You Ever Been Neezled?

I bet you have. According to my Forgotten English desk calendar, neezled is an old English word meaning a little drunk or intoxicated.

88 years ago, on January 16, 1920 at the stroke of midnight, prohibition commenced in America. It lasted until March of 1933.

In 1876 Mark Twain had this to say, "Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it". (I'm sure the Mafia would agree with that)!

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