Friday, February 06, 2009

“You wanna drink, eh? Let’s see some ID. All right, now the thumb-print. Now sign here. And here….”

From Slashdot:

[…] Utah, […] doesn't have bars like the rest of the country does. Instead, "private clubs" require you to fill out an application and pay a fee if you want to have a drink outside the home. While there is pressure to reform this arrangement — one argument is that it's bad for tourism — the head of the state senate recently floated a proposal to create a database of every bar patron's visits.

“… and initial here.”