Prohibition in Warsaw and Kraków

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Apr 16, 10, 20:22 #1

Here in Poland they have this very strange custom...If the pope comes here / dies...If like now LK will be buried... they think a prohibition is necessary... What is the relation between not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon...and the fact that a remembrance service is going on?
And what is even more mysterious, is the fact that it is valid until 18:00 hrs tomorrow.
Where is the logic and the sense in that?

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Apr 16, 10, 20:27 #2
sobieski: not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon... is it gonna kill you...?

sobieskiThreads: 82 Posts: 1,143 Joined: Jun 1, 08 ♂	Apr 16, 10, 20:34 #3
Not really... Have to work tomorrow anyway... I just wonder why they do this prohibition thing. Does it give an added value? I think it is just plain silly. So until 18:00 you cannot buy a beer. At 18:01 all the taps are open and you can. Strange.

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Edited by: jonni Apr 16, 10, 20:40 #4

I put this on the other thread about it. I don't think it's a particularly longstanding tradition - just something like the bit of nonsense about not allowing alcohol to be sold near churches - bizarre when the religion in question has alcohol at the centre of its main ritual:

In any case, 30% of people will have a well-stocked cocktail cabinet, 30% wouldn't think of alcohol from one month to the next and 30% will get some beforehand if they anticipate using it. The 10% who'll have problems are the chronic alcoholics, already suffering from a recognised and pernicious illness. And a day without will not cure that; it will only cause problems. Them and the owners of small struggling bars.

polishmeknobThreads: 12 Posts: 162 Joined: Feb 9, 09 ♂	Apr 16, 10, 21:19 #5
Hey, I'll be in Warsaw tomorrow reporting about the whole memorial. I think the prohibition is partly for mourning, partly for crowd control (like at ball games where they stop selling beer after the 7th inning.) Plus, everyone rides free tomorrow on the public transportation! http://polishmeknob.blogspot.com/2010/04/plane-crash-after-effects-mem orial-plus.html

LenkaThreads: - Posts: 241 Joined: Nov 17, 09 ♀	Apr 16, 10, 21:27 #6
sobieski: What is the relation between not being able to buy a beer in my local pub on a Saturday afternoon...and the fact that a remembrance service is going on? I think it's more about avoiding drunk idiots than the mourning. They try to keep it all safe and quiet.

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Apr 16, 10, 22:22 #7
polishmeknob: partly for crowd control (like at ball games where they stop selling beer after the 7th inning.) My feeling too. When JPII last went to Kraków they banned cream cakes for a day, to prevent food poisoning.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Apr 16, 10, 23:22 #8
Lenka: I think it's more about avoiding drunk idiots than the mourning. They try to keep it all safe and quiet. yeah, i think so too but really, come on.. still wtf??

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