Imagine you're in a restaurant. You overhear the conversation between the server and the patrons at the table behind you.

Patron: "I would like to have a water with my burger please."

Server: "Excellent, here is a straw for that water I'm going to get right now for you."

Patron: (while pulling out badge) "Sir I am placing you under arrest for the illegal offering of a straw that was not requested by your customer. You have the right to..."

If this scenario sound ridiculous, it should

Welcome to California, the Golden State. Home of the San Francisco Giants, 49ers, Golden State Warriors and asinine law proposals. Don't believe me? This is a law currently being proposed by California Assembly Member Calderon No. 1884.

As the proposed law stands now, fines levied toward a retail establishment serving food can be no less than $25 or exceed $1,000.

The man or woman unlucky enough to break a seemingly natural habit of setting a straw next to a served drink can also be subject to up to six months jail time!

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for protecting the environment. California already bans the use of single-use plastic bags. One has the option of purchasing a paper bag from $0.10. Those non-biodegradable plastic bags don't belong in landfills, oceans, lakes or streams.

I will say it was a hard transition finding an alternative type bag for scooping cat litter however.

I don't want to start sounding like a conservative quack that is shouting "government overreach" at the top of my lungs, but really?

This is Calderon's first attempt at taking plastic straws out of the environment? Up to six months jail, $1,000 fine, or both? I think Calderon needs to hit pause on his environmental crusade and ask himself if this type of law would seem plausible or even enforceable.

California is taking its own steps in decriminalizing marijuana. Do we really need to be criminalizing plastic straws? Have you ever tried to drink from a rounded-edge Margarita glass without a straw? It's damn near impossible. We need those straws ladies and gentlemen.

Now to be fair, this proposal is not an outright ban. If patrons still want a straw, all thou has to do is ask and thou shall receive. I have a strong feeling this proposal will face substantial changes if it ever wants to grace the desk of the governor.

If somebody wants to be an environmental warrior that's fine; just please don't be one at the expense of logic, reasoning or the wallets of good and decent people just trying to make a living.