The Coalition of the Swilling

Christ, what did you four people do? Burn the place down?

We were more like a Locust Plague, consuming all in our path.

You would think that would have appealed to to those folks.

Ocean City NJ is a resort island just south of Atlantic City. It is a dry towm. There are two bridges leading to the mainland. At the end of those two bridges are liquor stores the size of the NASA hanger for the Space Shuttle.

We have this kind of idiocy in New Jersey? I can stomach the traffic and corrupt politicians, but dry towns are beyond the pale.

You've never been to Ocean Grove, Bill? It's a dry town right next to Asbury Park/Neptune

Did you bring THS any Dunkin'?

And she's the only female of you lot? That explains a great deal.

Until a trip to Point Pleasant in July, I'd never actually been down to the Jersey shore, so this is all news to me.

Though, after a quick review of the history of Ocean Grove on Wikipedia, I'm not surprised it's dry.

Baby bro Crusader, being the true Christian among us, arrived with family and a BIG HONKIN' DUNKIN' DONUT box laden with, among other earthly treasures, SIX CHOCOLATE CREAM FILLED.

As Bingley's greasy little paw slid under the lid, I managed to snag myself one and it WAS as Heavenly as I remember.

Photographic evidence exists of said encounter.

And piss off, John.

"And piss off, John."

Why, did you keep begging for a little sister, like my daughter?

It's hard to explain probability to a five year old. 50 / 50 odds to her means "definitely a sister".

The things I do for family...

(You'll notice, little man, that I left out the part where you brought the EMPTY Dunkin' box in first...)

Too bad Sis is back in The Land Where Dunkin' Donuts Does Not Exist™.

Folks, don't forget, mail those empty DD boxes and bags to THS, so she can recyle them with her own homemade confections! Be kind to THS, be kind to Mother Gaia™!

(You're a funny guy, Jeff.)

Yeah, it was recently explained to me that OCNJ was dry as part of its "family friendly" appeal. I get some of the reasons but it's still kind of odd to me.

THS, you have great taste in donuts! That's all my nephew wanted after he made his First Communion in May--although he asked for Boston Cream. (I think that has to do with his having spent the first half of his life in New England.)

Who is this Mountainman? You mean there's MORE of you?!

(Just thinking of the Earth, Sis. The Goreacle™ will bless you, especially if you throw a couple fat pills in His general direction.)

Yes Lisa, as Yoda would say, "There is another..."

Aha! I did feel another disturbance in The Force.

If memory serves, across the northward inlet from Ocean Grove, in Asbury Park, there is a five-story building with giant letters across the top, facing Ocean Grove: L I Q U O R.

It pays to advertise.