Decades ago when I got stationed at Ft. Hood, I went into a grocery store one day and there was chains across items with signs that said, "This Item Not Sold On Sundays". About the only one of several that I can recall were women's pantyhose by the register. I pointed out to the cashier that I had seen a lot of signs like that around the store, and now there were chained off pantyhose by the register, asking if it was a joke, or to keep some goof like me from buying a pair of pantyhose, putting them over my head and running around acting like a moron. She replied, "No, its blue laws". Blue laws? I was from Indiana and never heard of blue laws and asked the obvious, "What's a blue law". She told me that blue laws were created to keep people from working on Sundays. "Keep people from working on Sundays? It's Sunday and you're here aren't you?", and paid for my beer.
Something else that I learned while I was there. Pizza Huts with brown roofs don't sell alcohol, beer. Maybe has since changed. I don't know. Back then, around Ft. Hood were dry counties, but you could drink if you bought club cards to the various bars, clubs, restaurants if you wanted a beer or drink that went for about $3 per month, then had to buy new ones for the next month. Were replaced years later by some sort of Unicard. Anyway, went into a Pizza Hut for a pizza and beer, and had to buy a club card for the beer. Across town days or weeks later, stopped into another pizza hut for pizza and a pitcher of beer, but when I asked for the beer, the fella said "We don't sell beer here, we have a brown roof". Brown roof? "What does a brown roof mean?", I asked. He said Pizza Huts with brown roofs didn't sell alcohol. I walked outside, looked up...brown roof. No beer, cancelled the pizza, went across town.
Don't get me wrong. I loved Texas more than any place I ever was in my life. Figured one day I'd make it back, and that's where they would bury me one day. Just haven't made it back for good yet, but life aint over.
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