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Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:18 pm to
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:18 pm to
i have a cool story bro related to this topic.

I moved to Houston 6 years ago for my job. My boys came in town that weekend to help me move in. That Friday after moving shite all day. We wanted to walk down Washington and get a beer. But before the walk we all grabbed 2 beers to double fist for the walk to the bar.

We had no idea of the drinking laws in Texas.

We get all the way to the bar, we probably had only drank half of one beer. There's a cop outside. He calls us over.


Cop: "Hey boys, walking down the street with a beer or two huh?"
Us: "yes sir. needed a beer after moving in all day"
Cop: "And where exactly would yall be from?"
Us: "Baton Rouge, LA"
Cop: "Uhuh, I see. Let me let you in on a little secret about Texas. Unlike Louisiana, you can't just walk up and down the street with a open container in your hand."
Us: "ohhhh, ummm....."
Cop: "I'll give you 2 options. You kill both beers in the next minute while I turn my back. Leave the empties at my feet. Or I write you all a ticket for open container. How's that sound?"
Us: GULP GULP GULP GULP GULP


pretty cool of the cop to do that. kind of a welcome to Texas thing.
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:21 pm to
quote:

I moved to Houston 6 years ago for my job. My boys came in town that weekend to help me move in. That Friday after moving shite all day. We wanted to walk down Washington and get a beer. But before the walk we all grabbed 2 beers to double fist for the walk to the bar.

We had no idea of the drinking laws in Texas.

We get all the way to the bar, we probably had only drank half of one beer. There's a cop outside. He calls us over.


Cop: "Hey boys, walking down the street with a beer or two huh?"
Us: "yes sir. needed a beer after moving in all day"
Cop: "And where exactly would yall be from?"
Us: "Baton Rouge, LA"
Cop: "Uhuh, I see. Let me let you in on a little secret about Texas. Unlike Louisiana, you can't just walk up and down the street with a open container in your hand."
Us: "ohhhh, ummm....."
Cop: "I'll give you 2 options. You kill both beers in the next minute while I turn my back. Leave the empties at my feet. Or I write you all a ticket for open container. How's that sound?"
Us: GULP GULP GULP GULP GULP


pretty cool of the cop to do that. kind of a welcome to Texas thing.



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Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:53 pm to
It's illegal in Baton Rouge too. I know people who have received tickets for it
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28360 posts
Posted on 8/25/14 at 6:01 pm to
We got the same reception from a cop before the LSU-Washington game up there a few years ago.
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