Pete, in front of Rudy's in NYCDuring the Prohibition era, people couldn’t legally serve or consume alcohol in the United States. This noble experiment lasted from 1920 to 1933, and was ended when FDR signed the 21st Amendment allowing alcohol sales and consumption to be legal again. When people found out they couldn’t buy alcohol legally, they decided to buy it illegally. This could happen at two different kinds of places: a speakeasy or a blind pig. What, though, are the differences between the two?
- A speakeasy often served food and high-end beverages, and a blind pig only served cheap liquor and beer.
- A speakeasy was called “speakeasy” because there was a girl named “Speak” at all of the bars, and she was easy. A blind pig was called “blind pig” because the inside of the bar smelled like bacon, and only a pig that was blind would be dumb enough to not run away from a slaughter house when he sees all of the dead pigs hanging up on the outside of the building. They would then be turned into bacon. Because they didn’t run away. And pigs are supposed to be smart, too.
- “Speakeasy” begins with an “S,” and “blind pig” begins with a “B.”
Once Prohibition was repealed in 1933, bars like Rudy’s could be created with wooden front doors that are still in use in 2009. Which is really historical and impressive and stuff.
2 comments:
Hey! I know that guy! Although, I've never met the pig.
You just don't hear about girls named Speak anymore. I wonder if the name will make a comeback like Helen or Olivia.
I knew a girl named Speak. Or perhaps there is something amiss with my recall. As we learn from Nabokov, a Speak Memory is not necessarily accurate.
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