I think I finally figured out the real reason Otis spends so much time drinking and staying at the Mayberry courthouse. In an episode of "The Adams Family" this morning, Otis was the presiding judge on a case against Mama Adams. It was the worst experience of his life, and at the end of the episode it was said that he was a judge at a county fair. Now apparently he began to drink as a result of his experience with the Adams Family. His drinking problem led to his losing his judgeship, which in turn caused him a great deal of embarrassment. So he relocated to his hometown of Mayberry where he continued his drinking. Seeing he had been a judge and spent more than twenty years of his life in a courthouse, it would be only fitting that he would return to a courthouse when he had a "snootful". Now whether or not this solves the mystery of Otis' drinking, I can't really say, but I think it makes a sound theory.
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