Why do you people put brown papers bags around liquor?11 replies

Posted on 09 Jul 2009 at 4:47pm

I see people with brown paper bags around what looks like whiskey or tequila. Why do they do that?

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  1. d said on July 12, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    so the cops dont see it. lol it also helps to keep it cold if it is already cold.

  2. sloppy dan said on July 13, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    It’s illegal to be intoxicated in public. The offense is called Public Intoxication. It is harder for a police officer to prove you are in fact drinking alcohol if your beverage choice is concealed.

  3. Chris W said on July 15, 2009 at 11:44 am

    That’s what they come in at the liquor store, just so you can be a little discrete. If they are drinking from the alcohol, the person may also be trying to hide the fact that its alcohol to avoid getting a ticket for an open container.

  4. Major Eyeswater said on July 16, 2009 at 11:41 am

    You people?

    Where I live, it’s a law that all liquor and wine must be in a bag before it leaves the place of purchase.

  5. mattm said on July 17, 2009 at 12:51 am

    Watch that episode of The Wire where they invent “Hampsterdam”–I think it’s season 3. They say that they put the 40s or liquor in bags so that the police can “look the other way” and not waste time arresting an old man for drinking on his front steps, and instead stop robbers, drug dealers and violent criminals.

    Plus it looks so cool!

  6. Heather said on July 17, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    So people don’t know what your drinking duh! :)

  7. Joe J said on July 19, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    To hide the appearance….or to keep your hands from getting cold..

  8. Sara M said on July 21, 2009 at 7:36 am

    The actual reason is because paper bags from the liquor store, the super duty reinforced ones are less likely to break open and spill your liquor. They want strong bags to carry out so bottles don’t fall and break. They are cheap and effective.

  9. alice said on July 22, 2009 at 6:18 am

    style, baby!

  10. Breauna S said on July 23, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    because your not allowed to drink in public so if you put the bad over it people can’t see it. most places also give it to you in that brown bag too.

  11. NorthernNevadan said on July 25, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    It’s pretty much fashionable. Makes you look cool.

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