Dan J. Marlowe, Robert Silverberg, and weekends in Philadelphia
"`Stop somewhere and I'll pick up a bottle of Scotch.'
"`This is Sunday, remember? In Philadelphia."
— Dan J. Marlowe, One Endless Hour
"`It's 12:01 Saturday night,' I said. `Which means you can't legally buy a drink in Philadelphia.'"
— Robert Silverberg, Blood on the Mink
© Peter Rozovsky 2012
Labels: Dan J. Marlowe, hard-boiled classics, Philadelphia, Robert Silverberg
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 7:20 PM
2 Comments:
Can't buy a bottle of Scotch on Sunday (12:01) in my neighborhood, either. Bars are open, though, so it just forces me to be social.
What, liquor-store clerks aren;t socialble?
The first of these books was published in 1969, the second in 1962. One can now buy a dirnk legally on Sunday in Philadelphia.
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