08-04-2011, 07:48 PM
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King Of Wishful Thinking
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Philadelphia Suburbs
Posts: 6,669
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Doing Hard Time
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Every year, the Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) pedals through towns across Iowa. Some children in Coralville, one of the ride's host towns, wanted to participate in the event by selling lemonade in front of their houses for a quarter per cup. Police celebrated their entrepreneurial spirit by promptly shutting down at least three lemonade stands for not obtaining $400 vendors' licenses and a health inspection.
It turns out that it's perfectly fine to operate a rogue lemonade stand in Coralville at any other time, but ordinances are stricter for a two-day period while the cyclists are in town. That doesn't mean that the police relished shutting down the stands, one operated by a four-year-old.
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It was absolutely necessary, especially after testing revealed the presence of cooties. 
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