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November 1978

The Anecdote Bin

From the April 1963 Grapevine

ACCORDING to the Associated Press, a grocer in Darlington, England, was fined for selling a mother some milk for her baby after hours. If he had sold her an alcoholic drink, he would not have violated the law. "It's a pity the baby wasn't a beer drinker," the grocer's lawyer said. "That would have made everyone happy."

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