Funny laws.

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Alabama
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.


California
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Bathhouses are against the law. [Get the full text of this law.]

It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Women may not drive in a house coat.


Florida
Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.

It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.


Kansas
Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.


Louisiana
It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.


Indiana
It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

Liquor stores may not sell milk.


Michigan
You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.


Nebraska
It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.


New York
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

The penalty for jumping off a building is death.


North Dakota
Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.


Ohio
It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.

It is illegal to get a fish drunk.


Pennsylvania
A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.


Texas
It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

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.

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.


Wisconsin
You must manually flush all urinals in a building.

Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.
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Originally posted by sbc350gearhead:


Wisconsin
You must manually flush all urinals in a building.


The Chippewa Valley Techincal College in Eau Claire, WI has had timed flush urinals for years.
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Somebody call the cops!

-T
 
You know that sodemy (sp?) is illegal here in Massachusetts, but they keep screwing us with the taxes anyway. Does anyone here think that we the tax payers have a case against the state?
 
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Originally posted by crashz:
You know that sodemy (sp?) is illegal here in Massachusetts, but they keep screwing us with the taxes anyway. Does anyone here think that we the tax payers have a case against the state?

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Laws are often passed as a response to a problem. I can only imagine what went on before these laws were passed!

Here in Michigan a guy now known as the 'cussing canoeist' was tried for his diarreah of the mouth when his canoe tipped over in a recreational river. He tried to hide behind the First Amendment. But no luck - what was coming from his mouth wasn't considered speech!
 
Beware of taking these as gospel. Many similar lists of silly laws have floated around on the Internet, and often they are fictitious or are obsolete laws that were overturned years ago. I have seen many such lists debunked.
 
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Originally posted by Kestas:
Laws are often passed as a response to a problem. I can only imagine what went on before these laws were passed!

Here in Michigan a guy now known as the 'cussing canoeist' was tried for his diarreah of the mouth when his canoe tipped over in a recreational river. He tried to hide behind the First Amendment. But no luck - what was coming from his mouth wasn't considered speech!


As I understand it, the law against cussing in front of women and children was on the books since Eighteen Something. Just hadn't been enforced in decades. This guy must have been really bad to have been nailed on an old, nearly forgotten law.

I'd like to see this law enforced more often...like in the high school parking lot. But I wonder if it could be enforced if the person swearing like a Marine (no offence to non-swearing Marines intended
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) is a woman and/or child herself? The worst language I've heard seems to be coming from the mouths of 16 year old girls.
 
The "cussing canoeist" law was overturned in 2002, along with the conviction of the canoeist himself. Apparently, though, he used the F-word about 75 times in front of a mother and her children after overturning his canoe and getting dumped into a river. That type of vulgarity is certainly not acceptable in my book, but it's probably not something the government should be meddling with, anyway.
 
Louisiana
New Orleans
It is illegal to throw used hoop skirts in the street
Arkansas
While it is illegal to shoot deer from your car, it is perfectly legal to hunt whales from the vehicle
Arizona
In Tombstone, it is illegal to ride your horse up the courthouse steps.
Anyone caught smiling must have at least one tooth.
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