Today in 1933, that utterly wretched piece of legislation the 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment. What's the 18th Amendment, you ask? Well, for you non-History majors out there (oh yeah, and I'm single, ladies!) The 18th Amendment was a little piece of swindlesome bullshit proposed by a bunch of teetotalling, yellow-bellied, scalawags who decided that America was "drinking too much." For thirteen! years you couldn't legally pinch the hooch from a speakeasy, awww raspberries! Fortunately, in 1933 cooler, more awesome heads prevailed and our nation's once proud heritage of drinking was revitalized. Of course, the Prohibition Era did have it's benefits, what with all the undergrounds and speakeasies and ingenius barkeeps who ran said speakeasies, like the
21 Club in NYC:
Although raided by police numerous times during Prohibition, the two were never caught. As soon as a raid began, a system of levers was used to tip the shelves of the bar, sweeping the liquor bottles through a chute and into the city's sewers.[2] The bar also included a secret wine cellar, which was accessed through a hidden door in a brick wall which opened into the basement of the building next door (number 19).
So by all means, go out tonight and order a Whiskey Fitz, a South Side, a Tom and Jerry or whatever wets your whistle!
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