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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 19:47:58 GMT -5
has pointed out to us that there are some pretty stupid lawsuits that have been brought before the court, but we cant blame everything upon these people. After all there are some pretty stupid laws out there as well. Some of them are stupid for existing, some for HAVING to exist, some are just plain flat out weird. I'm determined to find at least 5 per state. Each post will have 3 states worth of stupidity. Alabama
*It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses. *It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday. *You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. *It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. *It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile. Alaska*Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. *It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose. (but only in Fairbanks Alaska apparently anywhere else it is legal) *It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. (whats with all the moose laws?) *Owners of flamingos may not let their pet into barber shops. (once again exclusively in only one particular City, the city of Juneau ) *While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. Arizona*There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus. *Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. *Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony. *When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses. and this last one has to be my absolute favorite one of them all so far... *You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 20:04:16 GMT -5
Arkansas
*Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
*A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
*A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
*The Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock. (if it did i have no idea what they'd do about it though)
*It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday. (Little Rock)
California
*Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship
*Bathhouses are against the law.
*It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, UNLESS the target is a whale.
*No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
*Women may not drive in a house coat.
Colorado
*It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
*Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
*Throwing missles at cars is illegal. (but apparently only in Alamosa)
*It is illegal to permit ones llama to graze on city property. (In the city of Boulder)
* In Denver it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 20:24:17 GMT -5
Connecticut
*In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
*It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
* In Devon It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
*In Guliford Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
*Silly string is banned in Southington
Delaware
* Six-year-old girls may not run around without being fully clothed. (this is stupid not so much for the law but for the fact its only specficially six-year old girls, and apparently any other age girl is allowed to do so if they please)
*It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.
*It is illegal to wear pants that are “firm fitting” around the waist.
*Alcohol may not be served in nightclubs if dancing is occurring on the premises at the same time.
*On Halloween, children may only “trick-or-treat” from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and if Halloween falls on a Sunday, they must “trick-or-treat” on October 30 during this same time interval.
Florida
*The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.
*Doors of all public buildings must open outwards.
*A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
*Oral sex is illegal.
*When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 20:50:21 GMT -5
Georgia
*All sex toys are banned.
*It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
*While Georgia operates its own lottery, it “protects” its citizens by making it illegal to promote a private lottery.
*Signs are required to be written in English.
* In Acworth All citizens must own a rake.
Hawaii
*All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.
*Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.
*Billboards are outlawed.
*Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any bird
* To file a divorce The spouse filing for divorce must have been present in Hawaii for 3 months. However, a final divorce will not be granted unless one spouse has been a resident for 6 months.
Idaho
* It is Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
*You may not fish on a camel’s back.
* In Boise it is illegal to not only fish from a camels back but from a giraffe’s back as well.
*Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.
*If a police officer approaches a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approaching the car.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 21:03:24 GMT -5
Illinois
*You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
*You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
*No one may stand on the sidewalk on the 500 block of Illinois Ave.
*One may not pee in his neighbor’s mouth in the city of Champaign
*Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
Indiana
*Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
*If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
*A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
*Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
*A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
Iowa
*A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
*One-armed piano players must perform for free.
*Kisses may last for no more than five minutes.
*All boxes used to pick hops must be exactly 36 inches long.
*Tanning bed facilities must warn of the risk of getting a sunburn.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 21:12:30 GMT -5
Kansas
*The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
*No one may catch fish with his bare hands.
*Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.
*Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.
*If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
Kentucky
*Throwing eggs at a public speaker could result in up to one year in prison.
*One may not dye a duckling blue and offer it for sale unless more than six are for sale at once.
*It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky.
*Dogs may not molest cars.
*A woman may not buy a hat without her husband’s permission.
Louisiana
*It is a $500 fine to instruct a pizza delivery man to deliver a pizza to your friend without them knowing.
*Running an abortion advertisement can land you in jail for a year.
*It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol
*It is illegal to gargle in public places.
*Stealing an alligator could land a person in jail for up to ten years.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 21:40:35 GMT -5
Maine
*Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.
*You may not step out of a plane in flight.
*After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
*It is illegal to park in front of Dunkin Donuts.
*To stroll down the street playing a violin is against the law.
Maryland (MY HOME STATE! WHOO Must have some extra sped laws!)
*Thistles may not grow in one’s yard. (we've broken this one sevral times...)
*Oral sex can not be given or received anywhere. (not personally, but i think almost everyone at my school has broken this one)
*It’s illegal to take a lion to the movies in Baltimore.
*It is a violation of city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday in Baltimore.
*Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited, in Baltimore City.
Massachusetts
*At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
*Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
*An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
*No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
*Bullets may not be used as currency.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 21:58:00 GMT -5
Michigan
*It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.
*Adultery is illegal, but can only be punished upon a complaint by the affected husband or wife.
*A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
*There is a 3 cent bounty for each starling and 10 cent bounty for each crow killed in any village, township, or city in the state.
*It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
Minnesota
*It is illegal to stand around any building without a good reason to be there.
*A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
*Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
*It is illegal to sleep naked.
*All bathtubs must have feet.
Mississippi
*If one is a parent to two illegitimate children, that person will go to jail for at least one month.
*It is illegal to teach others what polygamy is.
*Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
*Private citizens may personally arrest any person that disturbs a church service.
*It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 15, 2008 22:33:59 GMT -5
Missouri
*Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar
*It is not illegal to speed.
*You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25′ satellite dish in Columbia.
*Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely in Kansas City.
* Frightening a baby is in violation of the law
Montana
*One may not pretend to abuse an animal in the presence of a minor.
*It is a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.
*In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
*Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them.
*It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
Nebraska
*It is illegal to fly a plane while drunk.
*If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
*Persons with gonorrhea may not marry.
*It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
*It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 18:17:35 GMT -5
Nevada
*It’s still “legal” to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
*It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway. (personally i didnt know that you even COULD *drive* a camel)
* In Elko Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
* In Reno Benches may not be placed in the middle of any street. (though...that sounds like something he'd try to do)
* It is illegal to lie down on the sidewalk in Reno
New Hampshire
*You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
*You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
*It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach.
*On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
*It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
New Jersey
*Spray paint may not be sold without a posted sign warning juveliles of the penalty for creating graffiti.
*It is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder. (because you know...its perfectly legal to commit the murder without one 9.9)
*You cannot pump your own gas.
*You may not slurp your soup.
*It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 18:33:34 GMT -5
New Mexico
*Idiots may not vote.
Full text of the Law CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911
Article VII. Elective Franchise Section 1. [Qualifications of voters; absentee voting; school elections; registration.]
Every citizen of the United States, who is over the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in New Mexico twelve months, in the county ninety days, and in the precinct in which he offers to vote thirty days, next preceding the election, except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime unless restored to political rights, shall be qualified to vote at all elections for public officers. The legislature may enact laws providing for absentee voting by qualified electors. All school elections shall be held at different times from other elections.
*State officials ordered 400 words of “sexually explicit material” to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
*It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
*In Las Cruces You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.
*Persons may not spit on the steps of the opera house.
New York
*Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
*BUUUUT It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing “body hugging clothing.
*Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.
*It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.
*The penalty for jumping off a building is death. (.... need i say ANYTHING?)
North Carolina
*The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine.
*No one may be a professional fortune-teller, and if one wishes to pursue the practice as an amateur, it must be practiced in a school or church.
*It’s against the law to sing off key.
*If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
*Bingo games may not last over 5 hours unless it is held at a fair.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 18:49:42 GMT -5
North Dakota
*It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
*Beer and pretzels can’t be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
*It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon
*In Fargo One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place.
*In Devils lake the New Year’s celebrations are somewhat bland in this town as fireworks may not be set off after 11:00 PM!
Ohio
*In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.
*Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
*It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
*It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
*No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
Oklahoma
*It is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.
*Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
*It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle.
*It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
*Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 19:17:18 GMT -5
Oregon
*One may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway.
*Babies may not be carried on the running boards of a car.
*It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
*Dishes must drip dry.
*It is illegal to whisper “dirty” things in your lover’s ear during sex.
Pennsylvania
*It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.
*It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel.
*It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
*Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass.
*Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
Rhode Island
*Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer is against the law.
*Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal.
*Professional sports, except ice polo and hockey, must obtain a license to play games on Sunday.
*Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.
*It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 19:30:41 GMT -5
South Carolina
*By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.
*No work may be done on Sunday.
*An exception to the above law is that light bulbs may be sold.
*It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
*When approaching a four way or blind intersection in a non-horse driven vehicle you must stop 100 ft from the intersection and discharge a firearm into the air to warn horse traffic.
South Dakota
*No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.
*It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
*If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them.
*If three or more Indians are walking down the street together, they can be considered a war party and fired upon.
*Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden.
Tennessee
*Hollow logs may not be sold.
*It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
*Driving is not to be done while asleep.
*Skunks may not be carried into the state.
*Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging
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Post by kadaj on Dec 16, 2008 20:07:30 GMT -5
Texas*It is illegal to sell one's eye. *A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. *It is illegal to milk another person’s cow. *It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. *Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos. Utah*It is illegal not to drink milk. *Birds have the right of way on all highways. *A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence. *It is a felony to persistently tread on the cracks between paving stones on the sidewalk of a state highway. *No one may have sex in the back of an ambulance if it is responding to an emergency call. *It is illegal to cause a catastrophe. (six simply because i couldent decide between this one and #5) Vermont*It is illegal to deny the existence of God *Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. *In Barre All residents shall bathe every Saturday night. *At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole. (but now it apparently is legal) *It's against the law to whistle under water.
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