Prohibition

Prohibition in the US began on January 16, 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.

Federal Prohibition agents (police) were given the task of enforcing the law. Even though the sale of alcohol was illegal, alcoholic drinks were still widely available at speakeasies and other underground drinking establishments. Many people also kept private bars to serve their guests.
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“Liquor bought from distilleries in Canada was smuggled across the border. In Detroit, Michigan, across the river from Walkerville, Ontario, illegal liquor sales were second only to the booming automobile industry. Bootlegging flourished. People bought alcohol under the guise of obtaining it for their own supplies then they evaded authorities, lugging liquor across the US border with skaters on sunny afternoons, tourists crossing on the ferry boats... strapped to underclothing, inside brassieres, in stockings, in boots, up coat sleeves, in tires in cars.”

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So what has prohibition to do with me?
As you know from my post on Monday "It's a Mystery", I have been unable to purchase ReaLemon™ juice in my hometown.
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I e-mailed Dr Pepper Snapple Group on Monday about this problem and here is their response:
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“Thank you for contacting us about ReaLemon™. Your comments and inquiries are appreciated because they provide valuable feedback about our brands.We have recently been informed of an availability issue on lemon concentrate due to weather conditions impacting the most recent lemon crop. This is a global raw material shortage that will impact our ability to supply ReaLemon™ to our customers. As a result, a limited number of items in our ReaLemon™ portfolio will be temporarily out of stock through September. Based on concentrate availability and demand, there may be intermittent shortages.”
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Some friends of ours went shopping in Michigan yesterday and purchased four large bottles of ReaLemon™ juice for us.
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Hopefully that amount will be enough to supply my needs because if it isn’t then I will be forced to start smuggling the juice the old fashioned way.
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I wonder how many bottles will fit in my brassiere?

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Bear((( )))