• In Nebraska, bars cannot sell beer unless they simultaneously brew a kettle of soup (Odd, but awesome).
• It’s illegal to sit on a street curb in St. Louis and drink beer from a bucket.
• Ohio state law prohibits getting a fish drunk.
• Public intoxication is not a crime in Minnesota (I just ordered an Adrian Peterson jersey and seek a condo in the Minneapolis greater metropolitan area).
• In Fairbanks, Alaska, you may not feed a moose alcohol (Sorry, Boris. Fiendish plan foiled by moose and squirrel).

This time it’s our hockey-loving neighbors to the north. “According to federal prohibition legislation first passed in 1928 to curb domestic bootlegging,” reads the Vancouver Sun, ”it is illegal to carry alcohol between provinces. To purchase alcohol from out-of-province wineries, consumers must contact their  local liquor board and ask to have it ordered.”

Canadian broadcaster and character actor [read: unemployed dude] Terry Mulligan aims to show his government how he feels about its antiquated legislation. “I’m going to do (it) on Friday the 13th at high noon at the B.C.-Alberta  border,” he espouses, ”I’m going to have a nice wooden case of wine that I’m going to walk  across the border transparently.” Watch out, Michael Moore. This dude knows how to stage a demonstration.

Mulligan suggests the law is “stupid,” “unconstitutional,” “illegal,” and “odious,” and plans to inform the boards in B.C. and Alberta of his plot (in the event no one at either organization subscribes to the Vancouver Sun). His Wikipedia entry avers that he broadcasts a radio food show from his house (the clouds part and the impetus for Mulligan’s stunt becomes clear).

What say the government?

Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions executive director Roland Dunning argues that the legislation is “in line with other countries” and suggests the law’s retraction “would reduce revenues that would be going into the provincial treasury,” cutting into funding for social programs, hospitals, and schools.