I’ve read from other commenters that Debaro is a type of tomato.

No, I was the poster child for a drunk. I went to an in-patient facility for two months and have just been loving the part of my life I got back. That being said, there isn’t a day it doesn't scare me to my core what I could have done.

I can’t relate the scale of OSU homecoming, much less the social lynchpin football is in Oklahoma. Everybody unites for football. And yes, T. Boone Pickens Stadium is treated like a cathedral. Tiny town, massive stadium. In Oklahoma we congenitally cope with tragedy and misery by carrying on and helping each other,…

My wife was hit by the cops motorcycle once the car hit it. Sounded like a bomb going off. Somehow myself and my son were unscathed as the bike and car went on either side.

As a born and bred Virginian, NO this is not how it works. These comments are all so goddamn stupid (not you, the people who are misrepresenting these laws for ammunition on their Virginia Sucks tirade). ABC sucks, obviously, but you do NOT need to order food with your drinks, establishments merely have to have some…

Dude I grew up in a rural county right smack in the middle of VA, and it is stunningly beautiful, and very liberal, and an amazing place. Can everyone just stop it with this hipper-than-thou place bashing? It’s offensive and rude.

Damn, good thing there’s 49 other vastly superior states out there for you to move to huh? I’m sure that you’ll find that they are all perfect, with no arbitrary laws or shitty people.

That is not what the law says at all. It states that 45% of a restaurants sales have to be made up of food/non-alcohol. You as a customer can order and consume whatever you want to.

That’s not how it works. It’s an overall thing. You can drink and never buy any food if you don’t want it. If you buy $15 in beers, they assume someone else will come in and buy $15 of food and only have sodas. The actual establishment has to sell a certain percentage in food though so many places are bar/restaurant…

No...not at all how it works. You can go anyplace that serves and consume only alcohol if you please. Consumers are not required to purchase food along with drinks...the establishments themselves are required to sell a given percentage of food to alcohol sales to retain their ABC license.

But you are not being forced to eat if you just want to drink.

But there is nothing in the Virginia law that stops you from doing that. You can go into any”bar” or restaurant and just drink if you want to.

Not the case at all. There is no requirement to order food at VA bars. I'm not sure why the OP has thier panties in a twist about bars requiring a food menu. They are not going to force you to eat!

Eh - I have lived in 10 states and visited all but Maine (sorry Maine). EVERY state has people who love it and people who think it sucks. I live in VA now, moved here from San Diego. If you think there is a population that thinks their state is Ahh-mazing, go talk to someone in coastal California. They are all willing…

I think it should be mentioned that several of the agents who arrested Martese were the very same agents involved in this dangerous debacle! http://gawker.com/sorority-girl-…

There are no normal bars (most counties have rules that food must make up 50% of sales at places that serve alcohol).

Well, if nothing else, you must admit: Virginia > Florida.

Don’t panic but I think you’re having a stroke. Is someone home with you? Can you call 911?

No but guys! This is important. If my marriage license hadn’t specified “bride” and “groom” how would we have known which is which?

It’s he most depressing thing ever and I want to kill myself after every episode.