[RandFan]

That's amusing. I had no idea.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Yeah, like our leaders weren’t drinking like fish.

[Freedom4US]

My understanding is the reason for this, was because he walked out into oncoming traffic and got his bell rang pretty good.

He forgot we drive on the “wrong” side of the road.

[fhayek]

“Keep on hand.” Well, you never know when there will be an emergency need for medication....

[Responsibility2nd]

So he had a doctors note. Big Deal. It was still against the (useless) law.

[9YearLurker]

What is that, a “quadruple” a meal?

[Responsibility2nd]

Size Matters

 

[joshua c]

bootleggers made regular deliveries to congress

all without a doctor’s note

[joshua c]

it was granny’s tonic

for medicinal purposes

[PGR88]

“All I can say is that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”

Winston Churchill

[Robert357]

Actually having one’s doctor prescribe you alcohol was quite common for those that had money. In fact a local distillery has paper bags printed saying the contents are prescribed medicine to reflect on this fact.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-prohibition-your-doctor-could-write-you-prescription-booze-180947940/

[Bigg Red]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[katana]

The fact that Eleanor couldn’t stand him was another mark in his favor (favour?). Founding matron of the UN, and all.

[jimwatx]

Rules are only for the little people.

[Fireone]

Remember when Marijuana was outlawd in the U.S.?
Everyone who wanted it, had it.
Prohibition was the same way.

[jerod]

Medical conditions necessitate the use of alcohol. The hardcore alcoholics figured that out from the get go.

[Bonemaker]

At least they didn’t ban cigar smoking in those days like our modern filth.