   why do hobos drink out of a paper bag?
  I''ve always wondered why people drink alcohol out of paper bags.  It just occured to me that consuming alcohol in public is illegal.  So, I''m thinking the reason they use a bag is because cops can''t search inside the bag unless they have probable cause (you are acting like a drunken asshole) or a warrant (ya, right).  Is this the reason why?   ___________________________________________________________Proceeding on a brutal rampage is the obvious choice.Where to find the intensity  (Updated Jan 23, 2004) 
  They don't DRINK OUT OF THE PAPER BAG - they drink out of a bottle of alcohol with a paper bag around it.Now that that's settled, yes, it's to keep the fuzz from takin' their booze.    [edited by - Drevay on February 6, 2004 6:59:41 PM];  I always thought that it was because the bottles came in brown papers bags and so people were to butt lazy to take it out since they''d only have to put it back in again because it''s sooo much easier to carry a paper bag than a bottle ;  I think it was initially to hide the contents so that people couldn''t report them as illegally consuming alcohol in a public right of way. Nowadays though, I think its a given that if a hobo is drinking out of a brown paper bag, its because he/she is consuming alcohol. ;  it is illegal in most places in the USA to drink alcohol in public (i.e. out on the street), ergo they put the bottle in the paper bag so that you can''t readily tell that it is alcohol.And they are not hobos. They are "Shelter Challenged" ;quote:Original post by capn_midnight  it is illegal in most places in the USA to drink alcohol in public (i.e. out on the street), ergo they put the bottle in the paper bag so that you can''t readily tell that it is alcohol.And they are not hobos. They are "Shelter Challenged"   Makes sense; since it''s in a bag the police don''t have probable cause to search.   Resist everyoneI am your only friend. Click here for more information. (MOVED);quote:Original post by capn_midnight  it is illegal in most places in the USA to drink alcohol in public (i.e. out on the street), ergo they put the bottle in the paper bag so that you can''t readily tell that it is alcohol.And they are not hobos. They are "Shelter Challenged"   I didnt think the word hobo was offensive when I looked it up. hobo.quote:Original post by capn_midnight  Makes sense; since it''s in a bag the police don''t have probable cause to search. The police can search their things and often do. ;  Some states have a brown bag law, where its legal to drink as long as its in a brown bag.New Orlens has a law like that. ;  damn amish, I was initially under the impression that perhaps you caught xtremehobo boozing around up there. ;quote:Original post by amish1234  I''ve always wondered why people drink alcohol out of paper bags.  It just occured to me that consuming alcohol in public is illegal.  So, I''m thinking the reason they use a bag is because cops can''t search inside the bag unless they have probable cause (you are acting like a drunken asshole) or a warrant (ya, right).  Is this the reason why?    Err... consuming alcohol in public isn''t illegal... otherwise all cafe''s with a terrace could forget it, and where I live there are tons of those