You've got to love Utah's Legislature. Just when you think the state is advancing into the 1970s, our lawmakers start popping the ol' crazy pills again.

Case in point: Jon Huntsman, who was re-elected by a landslide — an indication that voters like what he's doing, has been focused on improving Utah's image and improving the tourist industry by getting rid of the state's unofficial motto:

"Utah: You can't get a drink here."

Last year, Huntsman got the state's shot-size standardized with the rest of the world so it no longer appears we are cheating visitors. This year, he hoped to eliminate the incomprehensible club membership required to buy a cocktail. Even the LDS church seemed to be on board.

That's when the Senate started to have those tell-tale spasms — and we all thought, uh, oh.

In a recent closed door meeting, state senators decided that serving cocktails without club memberships is a threat to the children. Ain't going to happen, Jonny boy.

Now, as springs continue to pop out of their heads and flecks of drool appear on their lips, Republican lawmakers have decided not only to dash Huntsman's hopes of normalizing Utah's drinking laws — but roll them back. They want the horrors of mixology in restaurants to be hidden behind opaque barriers, or, better — done in a back room.

Neo-prohibitionist Senate President Mike Waddoups explains:

Restaurants are turning into bars, It's making it look attractive. Kids see it and wonder what they're missing. I think we need to be a little more strict. I just don't think the message we want to send is, "Look at the pretty bottles."

And you thought I was over the top with the "crazy pills" crack.

*Just to be safe, perhaps all drink mixing should be restricted to the super-secret Senate caucus room.