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Alabama
› A 1950 anti-obscenity law in
Irondale, Ala., prohibited any showing of anyone nude or "in a
substantially nude state" except a babe in arms.
› Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
› An ordinance in Linden, Ala., provided that all women of "uncertain
chastity" had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.
› Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
› Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
› Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate.
› Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
› Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.
› Incestuous marriages are legal.
› It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a
vehicle.
› It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
› It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
› It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
› It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in
church.
› 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.
› It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a
lantern on the front of your car.
› It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.
› It's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of
temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."
› It's illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
› Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick
larger in diameter than his thumb.
› Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after
sundown on Wednesday.
› Masks may not be worn in public
› Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
› Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits. It
is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.
› Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a
street, for fear of it spooking horses.
› No persons may sell "blow-out nuts".
› Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama after
sunset on Wednesdays.
› Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM.
› Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
› Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama.
› The game of crackaloo is illegal in Fairfield, Ala.
› Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage
in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
› Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage
in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
› You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.
› You may not drive barefooted.
› You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
› You must have windshield wipers on your car.
Alaska
› A law in Fairbanks does not allow
moose to have sex on city streets.
› Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear
and take a picture for photo opportunities.
› Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages
to a moose.
› In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are
moose hunting.
› It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving
airplane.
› Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.
› Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
› State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and
rarely found to exist.
› While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the
purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
Arizona
› A man can legally beat his wife,
but not more than once a month.
› Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a
felony (This goes back in the days of the Wild West).
› Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.
› Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
› Due to a typographical error in the Tempe, Ariz., code, a shooting
range can be run by the "Amateur Crapshooting Association."
› Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse.
› Hayden: If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be
fined.
› Hunting camels is prohibited.
› In 1985, an Arizona legislator proposed that each candidate for the
legislature take a reading and an I.Q. test three months before the
election. The scores would have been posted on the ballot, had the
bill passed. But a majority of legislators, for whatever reason, voted
it down.
› In Arizona it is illegal to take naked photographs before noon on
Sunday.
› It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than
one missing tooth visible when smiling.
› It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
› It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
› Maricopa County: No more than six girls may live in any house.
› Mesa: It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public
place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license.
› Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap
must wash himself with it until it is all used up.
› Nogales: An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
› Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
› Prescott: No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of
the county court house.
› There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
› Tucson: Women may not wear pants.
› When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect
yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.
› When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect
yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
› You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
Arkansas
› A law provides that school teachers
who bob their hair will not get a raise.
› A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
› A voter is only allowed five minutes to mark his ballot.
› Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
› An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide
growth hormones to dwarfs.
› Arkansas must be pronounced "Arkansaw"
› At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while
standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union.
› Fayetteville: It is illegal to kill "any living creature".
› Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of
Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term.
› In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.
› It's illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas in
that state.
› Little Rock: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.; Flirtation between men
and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail
term; It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM
on Sunday; No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place
where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M. -Little
Rock City Code Sec. 18-54
› Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
› The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas
River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little
Rock.
California
› A city ordinance states that a $500
fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within
city limits.
› Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without
the proper permit.
› Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a
tavern, school, or place of worship.
› A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used
underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash.
› Arcadia: Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street,
including driveways.
› A server in California can be convicted of selling to a minor if the
purchaser uses a false or altered ID to buy the alcohol.
› Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming
pool.
› Bathhouses are against the law.
› Belvedere City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public
place without its master on a leash."
› Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you
already own at least two cows.
› Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds;
Carmel Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk.
(Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high
heels while in the city limits.
› California only fairly recently legalized the sale of alcoholic
beverages in nudist colonies.
› Car wash attendants in San Francisco, California may not use old
pairs of underware to wash or dry vehicles.
› Chico: Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in
a $500 fine.
› Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for
anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of
water.
› Downey: It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
› Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
› Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down
Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
› In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that
a man obtain a license before serenading a woman.
› In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
› In Berkeley, Calif., you can't whistle for an escaped bird before 7
a.m.
› In 1930, the City Council of Ontario passed an ordinance forbidding
roosters to crow within the city limits.
› In an animal shelter, lizards and snakes are treated under the same
guidelines as cats and dogs.
› In Baldwin Park, California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a
swimming pool.
› In California, community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it
illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over
puddles of water.
› In California it is illegal to have caller ID
› In California it's against regulations to let phones ring more than
nine times in state offices.
› In California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting
license.
› In California, selling a gold piece without tooth marks in it is
considered forgery.
› In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500
feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
› In Los Angeles, years ago it was legal to cook in your bedroom, but
not to sleep in your kitchen.
› In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a
leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches,
unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap.
Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully
stipulated.
› In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the
same time.
› In the 1940's, California law made it illegal to serve alcohol to a
gay person.
› In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties
wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local
health ordinance. (Someone needed to be kissed!)
› In San Francisco it's illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a
barricaded room.
› In San Francisco, it's illegal to beat a rug in front of your house.
› In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have
sex without a permit.
› It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving
vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
› It is a violation of the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
for producers of alcohol beverages to list the names of retailers or
restaurants that sell their products in advertising or even in
newsletters.
› It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2
inches without her consent.
› It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
› It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
› It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood
Boulevard at one time.
› It is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub
› It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a
street corner.
› It is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
› Lafayette: You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of
another person.
› Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String".
› Lompoc: It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is
considered disturbing the peace.
› Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is
illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
› Los Angeles law forbids hunting moths under a street light.
› Los Angeles: It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap
wider than 2 inches without her consent; You cannot bathe two babies
in the same tub at the same time; You may not hunt moths under a
street light; It is illegal to cry on the witness stand; Toads may not
be licked; It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church
(Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months
in prison); Zoot suits are prohibited.
› Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths,
and elephants.
› Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
› No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash
register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor
fuel.
› No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
› Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
› Oakland, Calif., makes it illegal to grow a tree in front of your
neighbor's window and block his view. However, you're off the hook if
the tree is one that town officials consider an attractive tree, such
as a redwood or box elder.
› One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
› Ontario: Roosters may not crow in the city limits.
› Pacific Grove: Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
› Palm Springs: It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive
between the hours of four and six PM.
› Pasadena: It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with
her boss.
› Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.
› Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
› Redlands: Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man
with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.
› Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and
1 o'clock.
› San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a
streetcar; The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past
February second may be fined up to $250.
› San Francisco has an ordinance prohibiting "cane games." City
officials have no idea what cane games are. But when revising city
laws recently, officials decided to keep the prohibition on the books,
in case someday, somehow, cane games came back, they were deemed
improper and the city needed the law.
› San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have
ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
› San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street
unless they are on a leash; It is illegal to wipe one's car with used
underwear; Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street;
It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street
corner; Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
› San Francisco bans any "mechanical device that reproduces obscene
language."
› San Francisco prohibits kerchoo powders and stink balls.
› San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord.
7.08.595
› Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
› Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
› Temecula: Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St.
at all times.
› The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear
weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city
limits.
› The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name "San
Francisco." It is illegal to manufacture any item with the name
without first getting permission from the city. Since the Supreme
Court upheld the copyright, San Francisco has had an annual $300
million surplus every year.
› The Santa Monica, Calif., City Council recently proposed that men be
allowed to use women's public restrooms when there's a line of three
or more at the mens' room, and vice versa.
› Women may not drive in a house coat.
› You can be fined $500 if you bother a butterfly in Pacific Grove,
Ca.
Colorado
› Car dealers may not show cars on a
Sunday.
› Colorado law requires that wine be sold in containers of at least 24
ounces and spirits in containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at
the same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage can be stored
in hotel minibars in anything larger than miniature containers.
› Colorado Springs: It is permissible to wear a holstered six-gun
within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays.
› Crippe Creek: It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above
the ground floor of any building.
› Denver: The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting,
for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and
along a public road running through said park; It is unlawful to lend
your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor; It is illegal to
mistreat rats; You may not drive a black car on Sundays.
› Durango: It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes
"unbecoming" on one's sex.
› Have you ever had the urge to rip the tag from a pillow or mattress,
despite the warning of dire penalties? Well, it's perfectly legal now,
if you live in Colorado. The Governor formalized the law by gleefully
tearing a label from a pillow at his office. "I've been worrying about
the mattress inspector jumping through the window for years," he said.
› In Colorado it's now legal to remove the furniture tags that say,
"Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law."
› In Denver, Colorado it is illegal for Barber's to give massages to
nude customers unless it is for instructional purposes.
› In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next
door neighbor.
› It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a
dandelion to grow within the city limits.
› It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan
County, Colorado.
› It is illegal for a woman wearing a red dress to be out on the
streets after 7 PM.
› It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to
sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
› It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
› It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver.
› Logan County: It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is
asleep.
› No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days.
› Pueblo: It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city
limits.
› Sterling: Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a
taillight.
› Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.
Connecticut
› A local ordinance in Atwoodville,
Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a
politician to speak.
› A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces
› Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn.
› Bloomfield, Conn: It's against the law to eat in your car.
› Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West.
It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers
were required by law to mark all their pigs.
› Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
› Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in
order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
› Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
› Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your
hands
› In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed
any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence.
› In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.
› In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
› In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after
sunset.
› In Hartford, Conn., it's illegal to plant a tree in the street.
› In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
› In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must
bounce.
› In Simsbury, Conn., it's illegal for a politician to campaign at the
town dump.
› It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
› It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
› It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.
› New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even
when going to a fire.
› No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.
› Southington: Silly string is banned.
› Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance
enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a
month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names.
› The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited.
› This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private
sexual behavior between consenting adults."
› Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now
Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed,
struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious."
› Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing
while working on a customer.
› You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
› You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
› You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays.
› You may not educate dogs.
Delaware
› Delaware prohibits horse
racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
› In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare.
› In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a
license.
› It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is
carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.
› Lewes: It is illegal to wear pants that are "firm fitting"
around the waist; Getting married on a dare is grounds for an
annulment.
Florida
›
(SARASOTA) It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a
swimsuit.
› Apparently with an exaggerated idea of the laws of thermal dynamics,
the city council of West Palm Beach, Fla., once decreed that the roofs
of all outhouses be fireproof.
› A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday
or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
› Big Pine Key: It is illegal to molest a Key deer; If caught one will
be fined or will have to go to jail.
› Cape Coral: It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes
outside on a clothesline; It it illegal to park a pick-up truck in
your driveway or in front of your house on the street (This law is
limited to only those who do not own the house)
› Daytona Beach: The molestation of trash cans is banned; While
intoxicated, being under influence of narcotics is prohibited; It
shall be unlawful for any person to swim or bathe in that portion of
the Atlantic Ocean within the corporate limits of the city when under
the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs to the extent
that his or her normal faculties are impaired;
› Don't plan on using any of the celebratory Champagne bottle sizes
known as Methuselahs, Salamanazars, Balthazars or Nebuchadnezzars.
These very traditional Champagne bottle sizes are all illegal in
Florida.
› Florida deals with its prostitution problem by giving prostitutes
spending money, a five-year banishment, and a bus ticket out of town.
› Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.
› Florida prohibits topless walking or running within a 150 foot zone
between the beach and the street.
› Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
› Hialeah: Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor.
› If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has
to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
› In Florida failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is
illegal.
› In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge.
› In Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting
on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
› In Florida, men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless
gown.
› In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
› In Miami, Florida it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of
strapless gown.
› In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
› In Miami, it's illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of
strapless gown.
› Miami Shores Village, Fla., has for years required that all goods
made in Communist countries and offered for sale in Miami Shores
Village be clearly marked as such. The ordinance notes that such goods
are often marked in a "false, misleading or inadequate manner, to hide
their Communist origins."
› In Sarasota it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in
a swimsuit.
› In Saratoga, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing
suit.
› It is considered an offense to shower naked.
› It is illegal to block any traveled wagon road.
› It is illegal to fart in a public place after 6:00pm on a Thursday.
› It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
› It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
› It's against a Key West, Fla., ordinance to spit on a church floor.
› It's illegal in Florida for an unmarried man and woman to live
together in "open and gross lewdness." Connecticut once had a similar
law, but only the woman was penalized.
› Key West: Chickens are considered a 'protected species'.
› Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
› Miami: It is illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of
strapless gown; No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is
equipped with a bell or device capable of giving a signal audible for
a distance of at least 100 feet, but no bicycle shall be equipped
with, nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, any siren or whistle.
› Oral sex is illegal.
› Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
› Pensacola: Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10
dollars on their person; It is illegal to roll a barrel on any street,
fines go up according to the contents of the barrel; A women can be
fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because
of using self-beautification utensils.
› Pinecrest: In order to operate a burglar alarm, a permit must be
obtained.
› Sanford Stage: Nudity is banned, with the exception of "bona fide"
theatrical performances. Violating this ordinance results in a $100
fine.
› Sarasota: If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $78.00; You may not
catch crabs.
› Tampa Bay: It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00
P.M.
› Under a 1959 ordinance, stubborn children were considered vagrants
in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Fla.
› When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
› Women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer. The salon
owner can also be fined for this horrible crime.
› Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the
salon owner.
› You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip
the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
› You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
› You may not kiss your wife's breasts.
Georgia
› Acworth: All citizens must own a
rake.
› An old law in Columbus, Ga., made it illegal to sit on your porch in
an indecent position.
› A Kennesaw, Ga. law makes it illegal for every homeowner not to own
a gun, unless you are a convicted felon, conscientious objector or
disabled.
› Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
› Atlanta: Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or
street lamp; One man may not be on another man's back.
› Columbus: Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday; It is illegal to
carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.
› Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
› Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
› Georgia has 75 laws on how to build rice paddies, even though the
state has only one rice farm left. Rice was the state's No. 1 crop
before the Civil War. But right after the war, a hurricane destroyed
all the paddies and ponds. It was too expensive to replace them
without slaves, so the Rice State began growing peaches, peanuts and
other crops.
› Georgia officials were revising their state laws in 1981, and
noticed they still allowed pensions for Confederate widows. That week
the last widow died. Lawmakers bowed their heads, and deleted the law.
› In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone
pole or street lamp.
› In Columbus, Georgia it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an
indecent position.
› In Georgia, movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must
reserve one showing a month for religious material.
› It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a
corpse.
› In Quitman, It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
› It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless
the shades are down.
› It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro.
› It is illegal to take a bath of orange peel.
› It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in
a funeral home or in a coroners office.
› It used to be against the law in Jonesboro, Ga., to utter the words,
"Oh boy."
› Jonesboro: It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
› Kennesaw: Every head of household must possess a firearm of some
kind.
› Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens
may spit from a truck.
› Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while
the state assembly is in session.
› No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is
Sunday.
› One man may not be on another man's back.
› Signs are required to be written in English.
› St. Mary's: No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
› Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit
from a truck.
› You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by
"fighting" words.
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.
› Honolulu: Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful
to annoy any bird.
› In Hawaii it is illegal to get a tattoo behind your ear or on
your eyelid unless in the presence of a registered physician.
› It used to be the law in Hawaii that children had to obey all
"lawful and moral" commands of their parents.
› It's illegal for a shooting gallery to offer liquor as a
prize. The shooter might want to come back after drinking the
prize and try again.
› You will be fined if you do not own a boat.
Idaho
› Boise: Residents may not fish from
a giraffe's back.
› Coeur d' Alene: 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.
› Idaho Falls, Idaho: If you're 88 years of age or older, it's illegal
for you to ride your motorcycle.
› Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a
box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
› 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.
› Idaho and other states allow members of the Native American church
to use the hallucinogenic plant peyote in religious services.
› Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing
less than fifty pounds.
› In Idaho walking along the street with a red-tipped cane is strictly
prohibited.
› In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a
box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
› In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The
carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited
to public view."
› It's illegal to hunt from the back of an anima.
› It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police
officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any
suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up
from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two
minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.
› Non-married couples in Idaho who engage in sexual intercourse can be
jailed for up to six months
› Pocatello: A law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of
concealed weapons is forbidden, unless some are exhibited to public
view"; A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their
face.
› Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.
› The town of Idaho Falls, Idaho, forbids anyone over the age of
eighty-eight to ride a motorcycle.
› You may not fish on a camel's back.
Illinois
› "Dwarf-tossing," the strange
practice of hurling dwarfs in padded suits, is outlawed in the bars of
Springfield, Ill., because it's dangerous and exploitative. The
practice is apparently allowed elsewhere in town, with a special
permit.
› A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the
Boardwalk. (Repealed)
› A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called
master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
› According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The
officially recognized language is "American".
› An Illinois state law requires that a man's female companion shall
call him "master" while out on a date. The law does not apply to
married couples.
› Champaign: One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
› Chicago: Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire; It is
illegal to give a dog whiskey; Kites may not be flown within the city
limits; Spitting is forbidden
› Cicero: Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.
› Crete: It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's
dog; Cars may not be driven through the town.
› Des Plaines: Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to
trees.
› Eureka: A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
› Evanston: Bowling is forbidden; It is illegal to go
trick-or-treating on Halloween; It is unlawful to change clothes in an
automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
› Fairfield: It is unlawful for "Negroes" to be within county
boundaries from sundown to sunrise.
› Freeport: It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
› Galesburg: There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with
baseball bats.
› Homer: It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a
law enforcement officer.
› If the Rushville, Ill., city council doesn't have a quorum, those
sent can have the cops go out and arrest absent members and bring them
to the meeting.
› In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply
shaving cream to a customer's face.
› In Illinois, it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to
dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
› In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera,
and for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.
› In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
› In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or
"otherwise an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going
out in public.
› In Minoola, Ill., it's illegal to take your clothes off and "expose
the naked
› In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while
hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
› In Zion, Ill., it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to
dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
› It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of
Urbana, Illinois.
› It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog.
› It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and
other domesticated animal kept as pets.
› It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
› It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you
are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
› It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains
drawn, except in case of fire.
› It's not clear what this has done to the bar business, but a law in
Chicago, Ill., makes it illegal to serve liquor to the feeble-minded.
› Joliet: Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their
town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's
pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a
misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.
› Kenilworth: A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any
residence if he wishes to crow; Hens that wish to cackle must step two
hundred feet back from any residence.
› Kirkland: Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through
any of Kirkland's streets.
› Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
› Moline: Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June
and August is prohibited; There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive
driving on 23rd Avenue.
› Morton Grove: You may not own a handgun
› Normal: It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
› Orland Park: No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment,
because it supports gambling.
› Ottawa: Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
› Park Ridge: Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
› Peoria: Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
› Pullman: It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting
on the curb; It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's
neck; It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as
you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
› The English language is not to be spoken.
› Take some elocution lessons if you're going to Joliet, Ill., where
it's against the law to mispronounce the city's name. Offenders can be
fined up to $500.
› The people in Manteno, Ill., do not want used facial tissue, period.
Hence, you cannot "throw, drop or place" a used hankie "upon any
public way or public place or upon the floor of any convenience or
upon the floor of any theater, hall or assembly or public building or
upon the surface or any lot or parcel of ground or on the roof on any
building or in any light or air shaft, court or areaway."
› Under a 1872 law still on the books, an alderman in Chicago can
carry a gun. Some do.
› You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one
dollar bill on your person.
› You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up
to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on
your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
› You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up
to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on
your own conversation.
› You must contact the police before entering the city in an
automobile.
› Zion: It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats,
or any other domesticated animals.
Indiana
› "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking
behind a person's back" are illegal.
› 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.
› A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring
of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code
15-2.1-21-13(b)
› A sports agent is supposed to give a college 10 days notice before
luring a star athlete into the professional ranks.
› A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards
in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
› All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public
roads.
› 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.
› Auburn: It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline
skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offenses, there is a
fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a
period not to exceed 30 days.
› Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of
smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine and the
trial costs.
› Bathing is prohibited during the winter.
› Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
› Beech Grove: It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
› Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100
stripes.
› Citizens are not allowed to attend a cinema or theatre nor ride in a
public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.
› Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
› Drinks on the house are illegal.
› Due to a typographical error, a routine ordinance in Shelbyville,
Ind., about charging for bad checks started out: "Whereas, the city of
Shelbyville through its various governmental fascists receives
numerous checks..." This was changed to "governmental facets."
› Elkhart: It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's
ears.
› Evansville: While driving on Main Street you may not have your
lights on.
› Fort Wayne: You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the
record "It's In the Book".
› Gary: Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a
movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
› Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
› 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.
› In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house
or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours
of eating garlic.
› In Indiana it is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to
induce laughter.
› In South Bend, Indiana, it is illegal to make a monkey smoke a
cigarette.
› It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
› It is illegal in Elkhart, Indiana, for a barber to threaten to cut
off a youngster's ears.
› It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
› It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
› It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
› It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
› Liquor stores may not sell milk.
› Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
› Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.
› Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually
kiss other humans.
› No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.
› One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police
officers from seeing the license plate.
› Oral sex is illegal.
› Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from
wearing tail lights.
› Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the
legislature is in session.
› South Bend: It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
› State government officials who engage in private duels can be
dismissed from their post.
› Taxpayers of Bainbridge, Ind., used to have to swear a solemn oath
that the values they placed on their taxable property were the fair
market values.
› Terre Haute: No one may spit on the sidewalk.
› The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415.
› Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie
house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
› You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table; the
waiter or waitress has to do it.
› You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
› You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying
for him/her.
Iowa
› A man with a moustache may never
kiss a woman in public.
› An owner or employee of an establishment in Iowa that sells alcohol
can't legally consume a drink there after closing for business.
› Don't plan on running a "tab" in Iowa; it's illegal.
› Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa.
› If a law enforcement officer is having a drink in a bar in Iowa and
an employee pours water down the drain, the water is legally
considered an alcohol beverage intended for unlawful purposes.
› In Dubuque any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and
a hitching post in front of the building.
› In Fort Madison the fire department is required to practice fire
fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
› In Marshalltown horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.
› In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the
corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom
he is unaquainted."
› Indianola: The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned.
› It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or
narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax
stamp.
› It is illegal to hunt from an aircraft.
› It is illegal to accept a gratuity or tip in Iowa.
› It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police
officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any
suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up
from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two
minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.
› Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.
› One-armed piano players must perform for free.
› Ottumwa: Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he
does not know.
› Riverboat gamblers in Iowa have a $5 maximum bet.
› The Iowa Legislature once passed a resolution ordering the state
cafeteria to start serving cornbread.
› Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't
allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with
you -- or holding you in his arms.
› You may shoot Native Americans if there are more than five of them
on your property at any one time.
Kansas
› Dodge City: It is illegal to spit
on a sidewalk. All places of business must provide a horse water troft
› If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until
the other has passed.
› In Kansas City, KS, saying the name "George Washington" without
adding the phrase "blessed be his name," can land you with a fine of
up to fifty cents.
› In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing
striped suites.
› In Topeka, Kansas, servers are forbidden to serve wine in teacups.
› In Wichita, at the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, all
motorists are required to stop at the intersection, exit their
vehicles, and fire three shotgun rounds, before continuing on their
way.
› It is illegal to catch bullfrogs in a tomato patch.
› It is illegal to hunt whales.
› It is illegal to put ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
› Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night
to wear tail lights.
› Lawrence: All cars entering the city limits must first sound their
horn to warn the horses of their arrival. No one may wear a bee in
their hat.
› Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap
pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however.
› No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.
› Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.
› Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.
› Russell: Musical car horns are banned
› Salina: It is against the law to leave your car running unattended.
› The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
› Topeka: The installation of bathtubs is prohibited.
› Wichita: Before proceeding through the intersection of Douglas and
Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehicle and fire
three shot gun rounds into the air. Any person caught using or
carrying bean snappers or the like shall upon conviction, be fined.
-City ordinance 349 of Wichita, Kansas.
Kentucky
› A person can be sent to jail for
five years for merely sending a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a
gift to a friend in Kentucky.
› An ordinance in Murray, Ky., says the superintendent of sanitation
"shall determine whether a person is small, medium or large." Why the
superintendent should make this determination is left unsaid.
› A Kentucky statute says: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit
on any highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least
two officers or unless she be armed with a club." Later, an amendment
proposed: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to any
female weighing less than sixty pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor
shall it apply to female horses."
› All nude people in your house must be registered in Kentucky.
› An excerpt from brilliant Kentucky state legislation. "No female
shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless
she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a
club". The following important ammendment however is to be considered
here: "The provisions of this statuate shall not apply to females
weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds,
› Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any
city that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary
bathing garb, shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than
twenty-five dollars." - KRS 436.140
› Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in
connection with any religious service or gathering shall be fined not
less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars
($100). -KRS 437.060 (Passed 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.).
› By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she
"cannot hold onto the ground".
› Each year, the mayor of Danville, Ky., must appoint "three
intelligent housekeepers" to the Board of Tax Supervisors.
› Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a
policeman's tie.
› In Danville, Ky., it's illegal to throw slops or soapsuds in the
street.
› In Kentucky, according to an old law, it's illegal to use any kind
of reptile in a religious service. It's not certain if the law would
withstand First Amendment scrutiny today.
› In Kentucky every citizen of is required to take a shower once a
year.
› In Kentucky you need a license to walk around nude on your property.
› In Lexington, Kentucky, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in
your pocket.
› It is illegal in Kentucky to marry the same man more than 3 times.
› It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky.
› It is illegal to shoot game out of the window of a moving vehicle,
with the exception of a whale
› It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
› It's illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an
Indiana Fishing License.
› Lexington: It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your
pocket. By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or
she "cannot hold onto the ground."
› No person owning or controlling a billiard or pool table shall
permit, for compensation or reward, any minor under eighteen (18)
years of age to play any game on the table, unless such minor shall
have first displayed an identification card containing his name, age,
photograph, and the signature of his parents or guardian. The minor
shall keep such identification card on his person, and it shall be
subject to inspection at any time by any peace officer. The person
owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall keep and
maintain a registration book in which each minor shall sign. The
person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall supply
a blank identification card to each parent or guardian who makes
request for same. Any person who violates this section shall be fined
not less than ten ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for
each offense. -KRS 436.320 (Passed 1893; Amended in 1954, Ky. Acts ch.
232, sec. 1)
› No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display
or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits
which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks,
ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell
or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or
rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except
that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of
six weeks. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not
less than $100 nor more than $500. -KRS 436.600 (Passed 1966 Ky. Acts
ch. 215, sec. 5.)
› Owensboro: A woman may not buy a hat without her husband's
permission. One may not receive anal sex.
All bees entering Kentucky shall be accompanied by certificates of
health, stating that the apiary from which the bees came was free from
contagious or infectious disease. -KRS 252.130 (Passed in 1922;
Repealed in 1948)
Louisiana
› An old ordinance declares
goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for
the privilege of wearing one in public.
› Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault",
while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated
assault".
› Communism has been against the law in Haines City, La., since
1950.
› If you've ever been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, you'll see
the kings and queens on the various floats throwing plastic
money, medallions and jewels to the crowd, but not food. It's
against the law to throw food from a float in the Mardi Gras
festivities.
› It is against state law to steal even a single crawfish.
› It is illegal to gargle in public places.
› It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller
with a water pistol.
› It illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is
waving a flag in front of it.
› It is illegal in Lafayette, Louisiana to play a musical
instrument for the purpose of attracting attention, without a
license.
› It's legal to walk down the street with a drink in New
Orleans, even to drive with a drink. But if you fall over and
block the sidewalk, you've just broken the law.
› Louisiana law prohibits couples who are shopping for a new bed
from putting it to the "ultimate test"-- in other words, from
trying it out by making love on it, or even simulating this
activity.
› Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
› New Orleans: You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.
› Rituals that involve the ingestion of blood, urine, or fecal
matter are not allowed.
› Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed
and securely locked.
› Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat
of their taxi during their shifts.
› You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.
Maine
› After January 14th you will
be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still
up.
› In Augusta to stroll down the street playing a violin is
against the law.
› It's illegal to clean salmon along Maine's upper Kennebec
River. Enforcement of this law has been made easier for many
years by the fact that, because of a dam, there are no salmon on
the upper Kennebec River.
› In Maine, it is illegal to sell a car on Sunday unless it
comes equipped with plumbing.
› In Maine it's illegal to catch lobsters with your bare hands.
› In Portland shoelaces must be tied while walking down the
street.
› In Waterville, Maine, it is illegal to blow one's nose in
public.
› It's unlawful to tickle a woman's chin with a feather duster
in Portland.
› Shoelaces must be tied while walking down the street.
› 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.
Maryland
› Baltimore City: Though you may spit
on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited. You may
not curse inside the city limits.
› Baltimore: It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story
window within the city limits. It's illegal to take a lion to the
movies. It is a park rule violation to be in a public park with a
sleeveless shirt. $10 fine. This would include joggers that go
shirtless. (1898) -Park Rule 6 It is a violation of city code to sell
chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.
› Baltimore has regulations governing the disposal of hog's heads, pet
droppings and oyster shells.
› Columbia: You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house
yet you can have a 25' satellite dish. Though clotheslines are banned,
clothes may be draped over a fence.
› Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.
› Gypsies should steer clear of Caroline County, Md., where it's a
$100 fine or six months in the can for "forecasting or pretending to
foretell the future."
› In Baltimore it's illegal to block the sidewalk with a box. But the
offense only carries a $1 fine. Another law makes it illegal to throw
bale of hay (or of anything else) out a second-story window. That gets
you a $20 fine.
In Baltimore it's illegal to play professional croquet before 2 p.m.
Sunday. The law also applies to professional quoits.
› In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters.
› In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks no matter how
dirty they get.
› In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the
movies.
› In Halethrope, Maryland kisses longer than one second are illegal.
› In Maryland, a woman may not go through her husband's pockets while
he is sleeping.
› In Maryland, men may not buy drinks for female bartenders.
› In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines
with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending
machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for
consumption on the premises."
› In Maryland, the legislature once proposed a board of parachute
examiners to be made up of five licensed parachute instructors who
would test and license all other parachute instructors. The plan had
been abandoned when it was learned there were only three licensed
parachute instructors in the state.
› In the entire state of Maryland, it is illegal to give or recieve
oral sex.
› It is a violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt.
$10 fine.
› It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
› Maryland now requires that alcohol beverage writers be certified as
experts by an agency of the state before they can receive product
samples, which it limits to three bottles per brand.
› Ocean City: A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going
topless on the Boardwalk. Eating while swimming in the ocean is
prohibited
› Thistles may not grow in one's yard.
› You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can
have a 25' satellite dish.
› You cannot swear while inside the city limits of Baltimore.
› You cannot throw a bail of hay out of a second story window in
Annapolis.
› You may not curse inside the city limits.
Massachusetts
› A Boston mayor who disliked dancing
and liked to retire early once banned midnight dancing in the Hub
City.
› A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.
› Affiliation with the Communist party is illegal.
› Alcoholic drink specials are illegal.
› All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.
› An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a
special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
› At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
› Boston: It is illegal to play the fiddle. Two people may not kiss in
front of a church. No more than two baths may be taken within the
confines of the city. No one may cross the Boston Common without
carrying a shotgun in case of bears. Anyone may let their sheep and
cows graze in the public gardens/commons at any time except o Sundays.
It is illegal to eat peanuts in church. An old law prohibits the
taking of baths on Sunday. Duels to the death permitted on the common
on Sundays provided that the Governor is present. Women may not wear
heels over 3 inches in length while on the common. No one may take a
bath without a prescription. It is illegal for any citizen to own more
than three dogs.
› Both Massachusetts and New Hampshire had old laws that penalized
gamblers who lost money. You'd get fined in Massachusetts if you had
any money left.
› Bullets may not be used as currency.
› Burlington: You may not walk around with a "drink".
› Cambridge: It is illegal to shake carpets in the street, or to throw
orange peels on the sidewalk. It costs $50 extra for a permit for
hurling, soccer or Gaelic football games in a public park on a Sunday.
› Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.
› Defacing a milk carton is punishable by a $10 fine.
› Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.
› Hingham: You may not have colored lights on your house if it can be
seen from Main Street. Only white lights may be visible. If you live
on Main Street and want to paint your house, the colors must be
approved by the historical society.
› Hopkinton: Though horses and cows are allowed on the common, dogs
are prohibited.
› Hunting on Sundays is prohibited.
› Holyoke, Massachusetts, makes it unlawful to water your lawn when it
is raining.
› In a law that predates returnable bottles and cans, it's illegal in
Boston to rummage through rubbish containers.
› In 1659 the state of Massachusetts outlawed Christmas.
› In Boston it's illegal to post an advertisement on a public urinal.
It's also against the law to hang a vending machine on a utility pole.
› In Boston, it's illegal to cut firewood in the street, or shoot a
bow and arrow in the street.
› In Boston it's against the law to keep manure in a building unless
the building is being used as a stable. If it is, you can keep up to
two cords of manure. If you're overstocked, you need a permit to move
the stuff. And you can't leave it in the street.
› In Boston, Massachusetts it is illegal to take a bath unless
instructed to do so by a physician.
› In Massachusetts, it is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday,
regardless of emergencies.
› In Massachusetts you must have a license to wear a goatee.
› In Massachusetts, if you get caught eating peanuts in church , you
can be jailed for up to one year.
› In Provincetown, Mass., it's illegal to sell suntan oil until after
noon on Sunday.
› In Salem, Massachusetts sleeping in the nude in a rented room is
forbidden, even for married couples.
› It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
› It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
› It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.
› It is illegal to reproach Jesus Christ or the holy ghost.
› It is illegal to take more than 2 baths a month within Boston
confines.
› It is unlawful to injure a football goal post, doing so is
punishable by a $200 fine
› It's illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the
construction of a building.
› It's illegal to drive Texan, Mexican, Cherokee, or Indian cattle on
a public road.
› It's illegal to keep a mule on the second floor of a building not in
a city unless there are 2 exits.
› It's illegal to sell fewer than 24 ducklings at a time before May 1,
or to sell rabbits, chicks, or ducklings that have been painted a
different color.
› It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
› Longmeadow: It is illegal for two men to carry a bathtub across the
town green.
› Marlboro: It is illegal to buy, sell or possess a squirt gun. Silly
string is illegal in the city limits. One may not detonate a nuclear
device in the city. It is illegal for any citizen to own more than two
dogs.
› Massachusetts law declares that peanuts may not be eaten in court.
› Massachusetts liquor stores can only open on Sundays if they are in
Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex or Worcester counties and are
within 10 miles of the Vermont or New Hampshire borders.
› Milford: Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.
› Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
› Newton: All families must be given a hog from the town's mayor.
› No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
› North Andover: An ordinance prohibits the use of space guns.
› Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.
› Public boxing matches are outlawed.
› Quakers and witches are banned.
› Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and
securely locked.
› Southbridge, Massachusetts, makes it illegal to read books or
newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.
› Tattooing and body piercing is illegal.
› Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of
their taxi during their shifts.
› There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind
legs tied during the month of April.
› Tomatoes may not be used in the production of clam chowder.
› Under an old law in Marblehead, Mass., it was illegal to cross the
street on Sunday, unless absolutely necessary.
› Woburn: In bars, it is illegal to "walk around" with a beer in your
hand.
› You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can
have a 25' satellite dish.
› You may not curse inside the city limits.
› You may not, at any time take a crap on your neighbor.
Michigan
› A Michigan law states that a wife's
hair legally belongs to her husband.
› A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's
permission.
› Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as
long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
› In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer
to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
› In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile
unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's
own property.
› In Detroit, Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub.
› In Rochester, Michigan, anyone bathing in public must have his or
her bathing suit inspected by a police officer.
› It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt
in your house.
› It is illegal to loiter in the city morgue in Detroit.
› It's illegal in Michigan for a person under the age of 21 to give a
gift of alcohol beverage to anyone, even to a person of legal age.
› Permitting diners to take home an unfinished bottle of alcohol
beverage, rather than consuming it all before leaving to prevent
"waste," encourages moderation and discourages intoxication. However,
this is prohibited in Michigan.
› Smoking while in bed is illegal.
› The use of the names of dead presidents to sell alcohol in Michigan
is prohibited.
› Under an 1889 law, the health officer of East Jordan, Mich., could
send any nonresident with an infectious disease back to where he came
from, as long as the person could travel. If not, the officer could
rent a house for use as a pest house.
› You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of
Michigan.
Minnesota
› A Blue Earth, Minnesota, law
declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the
telephone unless monitored by a parent.
› A Minnesota tax form is quite thorough. Some would say too thorough.
It even asks for your date of death.
› A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
› A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's
permission.
› All bathtubs must have feet.
› All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
› Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as
long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
› Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
› Clawson: There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep
with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
› Every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required by law to grow a beard.
› Grand Haven: No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any
street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for
each offense.
› Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
› Harper Woods: It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as
parakeets.
› Hibbing: It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer
to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found
running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public
place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the
city to kill such cat.
› In Duluth, Minnesota it is illegal to allow animals to sleep in a
bakery.
› In Minnesota, it's illegal to tease skunks. (As if being sprayed
weren't enough of a deterrent.)
› It is illegal to sleep naked.
› It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt
in your house.
› It used to be legal in Minnesota to sell rolled candy on Sunday, and
illegal to sell flat candy. The wafer people have gotten this one
repealed.
› Minneapolis: Red cars can not drive down Lake Street
› Minnesota has repealed its so-called "Twinkie" law, under which a
Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for dispensing $34
worth of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, cookies, Kool-Aid and coffee to some senior
citizens.
› Minnesotans are forbade from teasing skunks.
› No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic,
onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his
wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
› Oral sex is prohibited.
› Public intoxication is a crime in Pennsylvania but specifically not
a crime in Minnesota.
› Rochester: All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of
police. Smoking while in bed is illegal.
› St. Cloud: Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
› There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town
office.
› Virginia: You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.
› Wayland: Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost
of 3 cents per day.
› You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of
Michigan.
Kalamazoo: It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.
Mississippi
› Adultery or Fornication (living
together while not married or having sex with someone that is not your
spouse) results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.
› Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging.
› Columbus: The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than
actually shooting it.
› Horses are not to be housed within 50 feet of any road.
› In Brandon, Mississipi it is illegal to attempt to stop someone from
walking down the sidewalk by parking a motorhome in their path.
› In Temperance, MS, you can't walk a dog without dressing it in
diapers.
› In Oxford, Miss., it's illegal to "create unnecessary noises."
› It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public.
› It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in
a single session.
› Oxford: It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100
times in a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the
square. Motor vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is
not permitted as it might scare horses.
› Tylertown: It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street.
› Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate,
results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
› Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate,
results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
› Vagrancy is punishable by either 30 days in prison or a $201 fine.
Missouri
› Anyone under the age of 21 who
takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol
beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol
in Missouri.
› Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned
any day except Sunday.
› Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri... but not toy
cap guns.
› Excelsior Springs: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying
squirrels is not tolerated.
› Four women may not rent an apartment together.
› Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
› In Ballwin, Mo., the only place you can use vulgar, obscene or
indecent language is in your home.
› In Merryville women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the
privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young
woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
› In Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling
their goods while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at
passing vehicles.
› In St. Louis, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and
drink beer from a bucket.
› In St. Louis, a law on the books makes it illegal to park your car
without turning off the engine. This was to avoid scaring horses.
› It is illegal to have oral sex.
› It is not illegal to speed.
› It's illegal to sit on any street curb in St. Louis, Missouri, and
drink beer from a bucket.
› Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however
they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs
resembling animal paws is prohibited.
› Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not
lighters.
› Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to
occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
› Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
› Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap
pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however.
› Mole: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
› Natchez: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants
to elephants.
› Purdy: Dancing is strictly prohibited.
› St. Louis: It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and
drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian
celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may
not run while on duty.
› University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together.
Montana
› It is a felony for a wife to open
her husband's mail.
› It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a
chaperone.
› In Billings, Montana it is illegal for employees of the city's
communications center to program their phones with speed dial.
› Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
› It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious
crime in Montana.
› Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of
the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown -- if
they're nude.
› Seven or more Indians are considered a raiding or war party and it
is legal to shoot them.
› It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other
position other than missionary style.
In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on
Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
› It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious
crime.
› It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
› It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a
chaperone.
› Excelsior Springs: Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
› Helena: No item may be thrown across a street.
› Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a
saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of
clothing.
› Salisbury: Pop bottles are not to be thrown on the ground.
› Whitehall: It is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks
attached to the wheels.
› Montana just legalized the production of caviar.
Nebraska
› A man is not allowed to run around
with a shaved chest.
› A parent can be arrested if her/his child cannot hold back a burp
during a church service.
› Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha,
Nebraska.
› If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
› In the fine state of Nebraska, it is not legal for a tavern owner to
serve beer unless a nice kettle of soup is also brewing.
› It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a
state license.
› It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are
simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
› It is Illegal to go whale fishing.
› It is illegal to sleep naked in a hotel/ motel room.
› Lehigh: Doughnut holes may not be sold
› Omaha: Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service.
› The owner of every hotel in Hastings is required to provide each
guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are
married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless
they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
› Waterloo: Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M.
and 7 P.M.
Nevada
› A man is forbidden from buying
drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period
during the day.
› Clark County: An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm
into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun,
however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you
may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute
you at that time.
› Elko: Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
› Eureka: Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
› In Eureka, Nevada men who have mustaches are forbidden from kissing
women.
› In Las Vegas, Nevada: It's against the law to pawn your dentures.
› In Las Vegas you can bet on any team--except The University of
Nevada at Las Vegas.
› In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.
› In Nevada until the 1960s it was illegal to sell liquor at religious
camp meetings, within a half-mile of the state prison, in the State
Capitol Building or to imbeciles.
› In Reno, Nevada staging a marathon dance is illegal, although
posting a notice on a fire hydrant about illegal dance marathons is
not.
› In the old days in Nevada a man caught beating his wife was tied to
a stake for eight hours a day with a sign that read, "Wife Beater"
fastened to his chest.
› It's illegal in Nevada to have a "house of ill fame" within 400
yards of a church or school.
› It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
› It is illegal in Reno, Nevada to conceal a spray-painted shopping
cart in your basement.
› It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your
property.
› Nyala: A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three
people other than himself at any one period during the day.
› Saloonkeepers had to post the names of habitual drunkards if so
requested by the local sheriff or members of the imbibers' immediate
families.
New
Hampshire
› Any cattle that crosses state roads
must be fitted with a device to gather its feces.
› If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling
away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things
without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the
national forest without a permit''.
› In New Hampshire it is illegal to inhale bus fumes with the intent
of inducing euphoria.
› In New Hampshire you are prohibited from pawning the clothes off
your back to pay off gambling debts.
› It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed
name.
› It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach.
› New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in
any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
› On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
› White Mountain Nat. Forest: If a person is caught raking the
beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for
the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be
fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a permit''.
› You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling
debt.
› You may not run machinery on Sundays.
New
Jersey
› Automobiles are not to pass
horse drawn carriages on the street.
› Bernards Township: It is illegal to frown as the town is a
"Frown-Free Town Zone".
› Caldwell: You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue.
› Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday.
› Cranford: Citizens are not permitted to park their own boat on
their lawn.
› Cresskill: All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of
their whereabouts.
› Elizabeth: It is forbidden for a woman, on a Sunday, to walk
down Broad Street without wearing a petticoat.
› If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you
may never again apply for personalized license plates.
› In Berkley Heights you may not walk your cattle on the street
on Sunday.
› In Newark it is illegal to buy ice cream after 6:00 p.m.
› In New Jersey it is illegal to delay or detain a homing
pigeon.
› In New Jersey, it is illegal to slurp soup.
› It's illegal in New Jersey for parents to give their children
under the age of 18 even a sip of alcohol.
› It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing
season.
› It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
› It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
› It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the
local zoo.
› It's also illegal in this state to throw a bad pickle on the
street.
› Lovers in Liberty Corner should avoid satisfying their lustful
urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while
they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail
term.
› Manville: It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to
animals a the local zoo.
› Newark: It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the
customer has a note from his doctor.
› Ocean City: People may not slurp their soup. Pinball machines
are not to be played on Sunday. Raw hamburger may not be sold.
› On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
› Raritan: Profanity is prohibited.
› Raw hamburger may not be sold.
› Sea Isle City: There will be no boiling of bones on the
property.
› There is no horse racing allowed on the New Jersey Turnpike.
› Trenton: You may not throw a bad pickle in the street. Pickles
are not to be consumed on Sundays.
› Unless you have a doctor's note, it's illegal to buy ice cream
after 6 PM in Newark, New Jersey.
› You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full
service and full service only.
› You may not slurp your soup.
New
Mexico
› A city council member in
Albuquerque, N.M., introduced a resolution a few years ago to ban
Santa Claus from the city. The matter was defeated.
› Carrizozo: It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
› Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.
› In Albuquerque, New Mexico it is illegal for cab drivers to reach
out and pull potential customers into their cabs.
› In Carlsbad it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle
during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has
drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.
› In recent years, several efforts have been made to legalize camel
racing and ostrich racing in New Mexico, but to no avail. Those bills
were defeated, but the legislature recently allowed gambling on
bicycle races.
› It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
› Las Cruces: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.
› State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to
be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
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.
› A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
› A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in
his/her pocket.
› Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog
owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40
million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every
year.
› Carmel: A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that
do not match.
› Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the
nose and wiggling the fingers".
› Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, N.Y.
› During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on
the sidewalks.
› In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and
pants that do not match.
› In Greene, New York, During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts
and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
› In New York, you can teach your pet parrot to speak, but not to
squawk.
› In New York City you need a permit to transport carbonated
beverages.
› In New York City it is illegal for a man to give 'The Standard Lear'
to a woman. Violators are forced to wear horse blinders.
› In New York City, it's illegal to throw swill into the street.
› In New York City it's illegal to shake a dust mop out a window.
› In New York State it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a
moving trolley car.
› In Ocean City, New York It is illegal to eat in the street in
residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the
beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.
› In Ocean City New York, It is illegal for men to go topless in the
center of town.
› In Staten Island, New York, It is illegal for a father to call his
son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
› In Staten Island, New York, You may only water your lawn if the hose
is held in your hand.
› In Tonawanda, New York homeless people may not start a fire in the
park unless they intend to cook food.
› It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
› It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in
an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
› It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging
clothing."
› It is illegal to jump off the Empire State building.
› It's illegal in New York to start any kind of public performance,
show, play, game or what have you, until after 1:05 p.m.
› Jaywalking is legal, as long as it's not diagonal. That is, you can
cross the street out of the crosswalk, but you can't cross a street
diagonally.
› Members of nine New York Indian tribes are exempt from the city's
eight percent parking tax.
› New York and a handful of other states require that toilets be
evenly divided among men and women in public theaters or arenas.
› New York: Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb
to the nose and wiggling the fingers". It is illegal for a woman to be
on the street wearing "body hugging clothing." You may not smoke
within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building. Women may go
topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
› New York City may be the theater capital of the country, but it's
illegal to have a puppet show in your window and a violation can land
you in the snoozer for 30 days.
› New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable
differences, unless they both agree to it.
› Ocean City: It is illegal to eat in the street in residential
neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is
water in a clear plastic bottle. It is illegal for men to go topless
in the center of town.
› Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
› Staten Island: You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in
your hand. It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or
"queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
› The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride
the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be
somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision
came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A
transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but
"if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway
bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking
is not allowed in the subways.
› The New York State Senate passed a resolution to commemorate the
25th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers' 1955 world championship and
expressed a longing that someday the Dodgers will return to "their one
and only true home."
› The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
› To cut down on its once-horrific graffiti problem, New York City
several years ago made it illegal to carry an open can of spray paint.
› While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his
hands while looking toward the door.
› Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a
business.
› You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public
building.
› You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
North
Carolina
› A recent proposal that ministers
walk the beat with police officers in Belmont, N.C., notes "the
ministers will carry a Bible instead of a gun."
› An ordinance proposed in Robbins, N.C., states, "In the future,
anyone not living within the immediate vicinity of Robbins must have a
permit from the Chief of Police and okayed by the Mayor or one of the
Commissioners." It's not clear what the permit is for, but they may be
on to something.
› In Robbins, N.C., anyone who refuses to black out after hearing the
blackout signal is subject to a $5 fine.
› A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is
physically impotent.
› All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with
double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space
between the beds is strictly forbidden.
› All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with
double beds that are at least two feet apart.
› Barber: Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
› By town law the sewer service charge in Belhaven, N.C., used to be
"$2 per month, per stool." It was recently changed to read "per
toilet."
› Because people were using them for cheap furniture, it's now illegal
in North Carolina to take and sell labeled milk crates.
› Chapel Hill: It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.
› Charlotte: Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards
of cloth at all times. E
› Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
› Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
› Forest City: You must stop and call City Hall before entering town
in an automobile. This is so the townspeople will have time to go out
and hold their horses until you get through town.
› Greensboro: Restaurants "with on sidewalk dining" must post their
menu so that it is clearly readable from the sidewalk, but is not
readable from the street.
› Hornytown: Massage parlors have been banned.
› In Asheville, North Carolina, it is illegal to sneeze on city
streets.
› In Raleigh, North Carolina, before a man asks for a woman's hand in
marriage, he must be "inspected by all the barnyard animals on the
young woman's family's property, to ensure a harmonious farm life."
› 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.
› If you happen to own a marl bed in North Carolina, the law demands
that you put a fence around it. A marl bed may not be what you think.
It is a kind of rock quarry.
› In Barber, North Carolina fights between cats and dogs are
prohibited.
› In Chapel Hill, North Carolina it is a misdemeanor to urinate or
defecate publicly.
› In Charlotte, NC, woman must have their bodies covered with at least
16 yards of cloth at all times.
› In Forest City, N.C., it's illegal to bring a pea-shooter to a
parade. It's also illegal to shoot paper clips with rubber bands.
› In Mooresville, N.C., it's illegal to attach anything to a pool
table.
› In Nags Headm North Carolina you can be fined for singing out of
tune for more than ninety seconds.
› In Rockwell, N.C., anyone who violates the terms of a
proclamation--such as failing to appropriately celebrate Peanut Day or
Jaycees Week--is guilty of a misdemeanor.
› North Carolina just passed a law saying a political action
committee, or PAC, has to have a name that describes the group's cause
or purpose. The idea is to prohibit, say, the highway or tobacco
lobbies from calling themselves "Citizens for Good Government."
›In North Carolina it's illegal to dig ginseng on other people's
property between the months of April and September, according to an
1866 law.
› In North Carolina it's illegal to sell cotton lint at night. It's
also legal to sell cottonseed at night.
› In North Carolina it is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel
room between two double beds.
› In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it is against the law for children
under seven years of age to go to college.
› It is against the law to roller blade on a state highway.
› It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
› It's against the law to sing off key in North Carolina.
› It's against the law to sing off key.
› It's unlawful to attract a crowd in Forest City, N.C., except when
aching the Gospel, politicking or "serenading on occasion of public
rejoicing."
› Kill Devil Hills: You may not ride a bicycle without having both
your hands on the handle bars.
› Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
› North Carolina forbids sex outside of marriage, or "fornication,"
but the girlfriend as well as the man would have to be prosecuted.
› Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.
› Punching an official at a youth sports program in Nashville, N.C.,
incurs a three-year suspension from the program for adult spectators
as well as participants.
› Rocky Mount: It is required that you must pay a property tax on your
dog.
› Southern Shores: It is against the law to roller-blade on a state
highway.
› Thomasville, North Carolina, prohibits airplanes from flying over
the town on Sundays during the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
› The good people of Tryon, N.C., are serious about getting a good
night's sleep. It's against the law for anyone to keep "fowl that
shall cackle," or for anyone to play the piccolo between the hours of
11 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.
› While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have
the shades pulled.
› You can't sneeze on the streets of Asheville, North Carolina.
› You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the
handle bars.
lon College: There is to be no roller-blading during daylight hours,
on the roads, or on the bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are
made of brick.
North
Dakota
› Beer and pretzels can't be served
at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
› 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 Collierville: Keeping clean can be a chilly proposition, as a law
there says all bathtubs must be kept in the backyard.
› In North Dakota, charitable groups can hold stud poker games to
raise money, but only twice a year
› In North Dakota it is illegal to keep an elk in a sandbox in your
backyard.
› In Waverly you better not let your horse near the tub, since horses
are prohibited from sleeping in them, as well as in the house.
› It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
› It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a
covered wagon.
› State law of North Dakota prohibits serving beer and pretzels at the
same time in any bar or restaurant.
Ohio
› According to Ohio law, it's against
the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a
license.
› A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. However, the reverse is not
true, even if it's a police dog.
› Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
› Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is
prohibited.
› Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
› Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio.
› Cincinnati: Anal intercourse is banned.
› Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
› Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting
in another person's lap.
› In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather
shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
› Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will
be subject to fines.
› In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings.
› Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
› Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively".
A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor.
Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined
for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's
permission.
› Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery
fee regulation in Norton, Ohio. There regular plots are $33, but "creamies"
are $75.
› In Columbus, Ohio it is illegal to sell cornflakes on Sunday.
› In Marysville, Ohio it is illegal for a dog to urinate on a parking
meter.
› In the hippy-dippy late '60s, Youngstown, Ohio, briefly had a law
making it illegal to walk barefoot through town.
› In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab
› In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas
› In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest
men see reflections of their underwear
› 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 $25.00.
› In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing
while standing in front of a man's picture.
› In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public
while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
› In Xenia, Ohio, it's illegal to spit in a salad bar
› Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.
› It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
› It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
› It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
› It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
› It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
› It is legal to throw a snake at someone but it is illegal to shake a
snake at someone.
› Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was
fined for removing an item from a tree lawn › even though he had the
owner's permission.
› Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was
fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the
owner's permission.
› It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
› Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map
cannot be sold.
› Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
› Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city
street.
› McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
› No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
› No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
› North Canton: It is against the law to roller skate without
notifying the police.
› Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the
tiger escapes.
› Oxford: It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while
standing in front of a man's picture.
› Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
› Paulding: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
› Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
› The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the
horn whenever you pass another car.
› Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
› Toledo: Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
› Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see
reflections of their underwear.
› Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
› Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland,
Ohio, a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"
› You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
› You may not run out of gas.
› Youngstown: Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed. You may
not run out of gas.
Oklahoma
› Alfalfa Bill Murray was a legendary
legislator in Oklahoma around the turn of the century who became
speaker of the house and governor. He was also a tall fellow, and
nothing ticked him off more than going into a hotel and having short
sheets on the bed. In 1908 he had a law passed that required all
hotels in the Sooner state to have sheets that covered the bed and had
three extra feet of linen to cover the head and feet. The so-called
"Nine Foot Sheet" stayed on the books for several decades, until after
Alfalfa went to his last resting place.
› A City Ordinance in Oklahoma, states that it shall be unlawful to
put any hypnotized person in a display window.
› Ada: If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
› Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and
picture shown on television.
› Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings.
› Clinton, Oklahoma has a law against masturbating while watching two
people having sex in a car.
› Clinton: Molesting an automobile is illegal.
› Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate
in groups of three or more on private property.
› Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being
licensed by the state.
› Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
› Harthahorne City Ordinance, Section 363, states that it shall be
unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
› If she's not a virgin, it is okay, but the said person must be over
16. If both parties are under 18, then the law does not apply.
› If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
› In Broken Arrow, Oklahoma pigs less than 32 inches in length may be
kept as pets provided there are no more than two in a house.
› In Bromide, Oklahoma it is illegal for children to use towels as
capes and jump from houses pretending to be superman.
› In Oklahoma... Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order
to congregate in groups of three or more on private property. Oklahoma
will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's hamburger.
› In Oklahoma, people who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined
and/or jailed.
› In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law).
› In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle
without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
› It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor
vehicle.
› It is illegal to have sex before you are married.
› It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
› It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
› It's statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female
under the age of 18, provided she's a virgin. If she's not a virgin,
it is okay, but the said person must be over 16. If both parties are
under 18, then the law does not apply.
› Molesting an automobile is illegal.
› No one may spit on a sidewalk.
› Oklahoma City: No one may walk backwards downtown while eating a
hamburger.
› Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's
hamburger.
› One may not promote a "horse tripping event".
› Oral sex is a misdemeanor and is punisable by one year in jail and a
$2,500 fine.
› People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
› Residents are taxed for the furniture in their homes, and any other
personal belongings.
› Schulter: Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while
wearing a towel.
› Tattoos are banned.
› Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
› Tulsa: You may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a
licensed engineer. Elephants are not to be taken into the downtown
area.
› Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at
a dog.
› Whale hunting is strictly prohibitted throughout the entire state of
Oklahoma.
› Whaling is illegal.
› Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a
towel.
› Wynona: One's mode of transportation must be tied up while not
attended. Mules may not drink out of bird baths. Clothes may not be
washed in bird baths.
› Yukon: It is illegal to tie a horse in front of city hall. While
passing another vehicle, you must honk your horn.
Oregon
› Beaverton: You must buy a $10
permit to be allowed to install a burglar alarm.
› Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
› Dishes must drip dry.
› Eugene: It is illegal to show movies or attend a car race on
Sundays. It is legal to conduct a horse race or a symphony concert.
› Hood River: Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.
› In Oregon anyone with a bad reputation is prohibited from
distributing malt beverages.
› In Salem, Oregon, it's illegal for patrons of establishments that
feature nude dancing to be within two feet of the dancers.
› In Willowdale, Oregon, no man may curse while having sex with his
wife.
› It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits.
› It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it
on your own property.
› It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during
sex.
› It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a
skating rink.
› It's against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse
during sex.
› Just to let you guys know. there is a law in Portland, Oregon saying
that it is illegal to own bolt cutters but yet they sell them in all
the local hardware stores. One of our friends got pulled over for
carrying a bolt cutter down the street and the police took it away
from him saying it was illegal for him to have. (Reader Submitted)
› Klamath Falls: It's illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a
snakes head off with your cane.
› Marion: Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before
delivering a sermon.
› Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before
delivering a sermon.
› Myrtle Creek: One may not box with a kangaroo.
› No more than two people may share a single drink.
› One may not bathe without wearing "suitable clothing," i.e., that
which covers one's body from neck to knee.
› One may not box with a kangaroo.
› People may not whistle underwater.
› Portland: It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be
performed at a skating rink. People may not whistle underwater. You
cannot wear roller skates in restrooms.
› Salem: Women may not wrestle in Salem. Springfield It is illegal to
own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city,
as a pet.
› Stanfield: It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city
limits. Cloth towel dispensers are banned from restrooms. No more than
two people may share a single drink.
› The "Peer Review Statute" prohibits you from finding out details of
any written or oral discussion about your medical treatment. Not even
a court of law can. All you can access is what the doctor or nurse
voluntarily records in your chart.
› You may not pump your own gas in service stations.
› You must let your dishes drip dry.
Pennsylvania
› A person is not eligible to become
Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.
› A special cleaning ordinance bans homemakers from hiding dirt and
dust under a rug in a dwelling.
› All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
› Allentown: There is a ban on men becoming aroused in public.
› Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every
mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be
cleared of livestock, and continue.
› 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. If the horses appear
skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and
hide it under the nearest bushes.
› By law, "watch stuffers" are unwelcome in McKeesport, Pa. Now, no
one is quite sure what a watch stuffer does, but whatever he does, he
better do it somewhere else.
› Carlisle: In the middle of town, one must pay a fee of $50 dollars a
year to park on a particular block. At night, however, the cars must
be moved for street cleaning. This law is enforced even if snow or ice
prevents the cars from being moved.
› Connellsville: One's pants may be worn no lower than five inches
below the waist.
› Danville: All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all
fires.
› Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
› Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.
› If a motorist sees a horse coming down the road, the driver must
pull off to the side of the road and cover the vehicle with canvas. If
the horse is still scared the driver must get out of his car and take
it apart until the horse isn't scared anymore.
› In Bensalem, Pennsylvania it is illegal to race mufflerless go-karts
after 6PM on Sunday.
› In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck
driver inside a toll booth.
› In Hazelton, Pennsylvania, there is a law on the books that
prohibits a person from sipping a carbonated drink while lecturing
students in a school auditorium.
› In Pennsylvania, "any motorist driving along a country road at night
must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for
the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue."
› In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags.
› In the Mount Pocono region any group of 5 or more Native Americans
are to be considered a raiding party and may be killed on the spot.
› In York, Pennsylvania, you can't sit down while watering your lawn
with a hose.
› It sounds like the title of a rock album or something, but "Coasting
on Beaver Street" is illegal in Edgeworth, Pa.
› 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. However up to › 120 men can live together,
without breaking the law.
› It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
› Millville: One may not shoot any dog that is found wandering the
streets. The sale of alcohol is prohibited.
› Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the
bride or groom is drunk.
› Morrisville: It is required that a woman have a permit to wear
cosmetics.
› Motorized vehicles are not to be sold on Sundays.
› Newtown: Every outlet or switch (which can be purchased for 59
cents) that is installed requires an electrical inspection fee of 1
dollar and 33 cents.
› No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.
› No more than two packages of beer at a time may be purchased, unless
you are buying from an official "beer distributor"
› No one is allowed to sleep on a refrigerator. Stoves, dishwashers
and microwave ovens are not specifically mentioned.
› Pittsburgh: It is still illegal to bring a donkey or a mule onto a
trolley car. No one is allowed to sleep on a refrigerator.
› Ridley Park: You cannot walk backwards eating peanuts in front of
the Barnstormers Auditorium during a performance.
› Tarentum: Horses are not to be tied to parking meters.
› The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.
› Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land,
but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.
› Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, a
hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.
› Witchcraft was first legalized in the colony of Pennsylvania.
› You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.
› You may not catch a fish with your hands.
› You may not sing in the bathtub.
Rhode
Island
› Any marriage where either of the
parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.
› Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport,
play, or recreation, or causing any of the above to be done to or by
your children, servants, or apprentices on the first day of the week
(Sunday) results in a penalty of $5 for the first offense and $10 for
the second.
› In Providence, Rhode Island it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a
toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.
› In Newport, Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after
sunset.
› In Scituate, Rhode Island it is illegal to keep a flock of chickens
in your motorhome if you live in a trailer park.
› Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a
fence-viewer is against the law. Penalty: $20 to $100 fine.
› It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
› It is illegal to challenge someone to a duel, or accept a duel, even
it it is never actually fought. Penalty: Imprisonment for one to seven
years.
› It is illegal to coast downhill in your car with your transmission
in neutral, or with the clutch disengaged.
› It is illegal to place a windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of
any traveled street or road.
› It's a misdemeanor to keep more than 11 inoperable vehicles in front
of a house.
› Professional sports, except ice polo and hockey, must obtain a
license to play games on Sunday.
› Providence There is not an appeals process for exemption of property
tax due to a disability or poverty. It is illegal to wear transparent
clothing. You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same
customer on a Sunday.
› Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or
testing the speed of the horse is illegal. Penalty: Maximum $20 fine
and imprisonment for 10 days.
› This state still prohibits unmarried people from having sex under
any circumstances. However, if caught, the lovers are both fined only
10 dollars
› West Warwick It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for
the sole purpose of watering plants, gardens, or lawns. If you break
this law there is a fine of $25-$100.
› You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on
a Sunday.
South
Carolina
› A railroad my not remove itself
from a town of more than five hundred people.
› All schools must prepare a suitable program for Francis Willard Day.
› By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage
must take place.
› Charleston: It is against the law to drive a motorized vehicle on
King Street. The Fire Department may blow up your house. This law was
made so that the fire department could create a fire brake.
› Dance halls may not operate on Sundays.
› Every adult male must bring a rifle to church on Sunday in order to
ward off Indian attacks.
› Fortune tellers are required to obtain a special permit from the
state.
› Fountain Inn: Horses are to wear pants at all times.
› Horses may not be kept in bathtubs.
› In some church in South Carolina, every man must bring a rifle to
church on Sunday to ward off Indian attacks.
› In some town in South Carolina, it is perfectly legal for a man to
beat his wife. But only if its on the courthouse steps on Sunday.
› In South Carolina, wife beaters weren't allowed to hold public
office.
› In South Carolina you can be fined for not denouncing "the evils of
intemperance" on the fourth Friday of every October.
› It is a capital offense to inadvertently kill someone while
attempting suicide.
› It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
› It is illegal to communicate with a woman using obscene messages.
› It is illegal to display a confederate flag on a courthouse.
› It is illegal to give or receive oral sex.
› It is illegal to sell any alcoholic beverages on Sunday, unless you
own a private club.
› It is legal to beat your wife on a Sunday morning on the steps of
the state house.
› It is perfectly legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on
Sundays.
› Lancaster County: It is illegal to dance in public.
› Merchandise may not be sold within a half mile of a church unless
fruit is being sold.
› Musical instruments may not be sold on Sunday.
› No work may be done on Sunday. An exception is that light bulbs may
be sold.
› On Hilton Head Island, South Carolina it is illegal to shine a
flashlight on a sea turtle
› Performing a U-turn within 1,000 feet of an intersection is illegal.
› Railroad companies may be held liable in some instances for scaring
horses.
› Spartanburg: Eating watermelons in the Magnolia Street cemetery is
forbidden.
› 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
› If there are more than 5 Native
Americans on your property you may shoot them.
› In hotels in Sioux Falls, every room is required to have twin beds.
And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple
rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the
floor between the beds!
› In South Dakota no horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they
are wearing pants.
› In South Dakota it is illegal to try to convince a pacifist to
renounce his beliefs by threatening to arm-wrestle him.
› It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
› Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in
an offensive manner are forbidden.
› No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing
pants.
› Spearfish: If three or more Indians are walking down the street
together, they can be considered a war party and fired upon.
Tennessee
›"Crimes against nature" are
prohibited.
› Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud bitch
that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due
to such killing or destruction.
› Driving is not to be done while asleep.
› Dyersburg: It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
› Fayette County: You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles
on a piece of property.
› Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
› Hollow logs may not be sold.
› In Jonesboro, Tenn., a slingshot used to be classified by law as a
deadly weapon.
› In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is
a man either running or walking in front of it, waving a red flag to
warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.
› In Tennessee hollow logs may not be sold.
› In Tennessee it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.
› It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
› It is illegal to catch a fish with a lasso.
› It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
› It is legal to gather and consume road kill
› It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.
› Knoxville: In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a
"hitching post."
› Lenoir City: When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out
the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
› Lexington: No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk. Spitting on the
sidewalk is prohibited.
› Memphis: Illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man
either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn
approaching motorists and pedestrians. It's illegal for frogs to croak
after 11 PM. Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging
on the streets of downtown Memphis. It is illegal to give any pie to
fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie
must be eaten on the premises.
› More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would
constitute a brothel.
› Nashville: Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
› Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging.
› The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.
› You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
Oneida: An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin'
To Rain No Mo'."
Texas
› A city ordinance states that a
person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special
five-dollar permit.
› 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.
› Abilene: It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the
corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing.
› Austin: Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.
› Beaumont: Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University.
› Borger: It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls,
feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive
firecrackers of any kind.
› Clarendon: It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather
duster.
› Dallas: It's illegal to possess realistic dildos.
› El Paso: Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets,
banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide
spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations
into them."
› Galveston: It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before
noon on Sundays.
› Houston: Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but
it may be purchased on Monday. It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese
on Sunday.
› If two trains going in opposite directions on the same track meet
each other, one can't move until the other does.
› If you went to church in Texas years back, you'd better be
recognized. An old law made it illegal to go to church in disguise.
› In Alamo a person found intoxicated must be given a large dose of
castor oil by a local doctor...and failure to gulp it down will result
in a fine.
› In Corpus Christie it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
› In Dallas County it is illegal to own any realistic looking, phallic
shaped, personal massager more than one foot in length.
› In Houston you cannot buy beer after midnight on Sunday, but you can
buy it on Monday.
› In Kingsville, there is a law against two pigs having sex on the
city's airport property.
› In Lefors, Texas it is illegal to take more than three swallows of
beer at any time while standing.
› In Mesquite, Texas it is illegal for kids to have unusual haircuts.
› In Texas criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours
notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the
crime to be committed.
› In Texas it's legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's
illegal to reciprocate.
› It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a
hotel.
› It is illegal to carry a pair of wire-cutters in your back pocket.
› It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a
windshield, but you must have the wipers.
› It is illegal for a person to shoot a buffalo from the second story
of their hotel.
› It is illegal to have an open container in a car.
› It is illegal to have anything protruding from your bumper unless it
is attached with a chain
› It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
› It is illegal to spit on the sidewalk.
› It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while
standing.
› It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo.
› It is legal for a husband to beat his wife as long as he uses
something no bigger than his thumb.
› It is legal for the blind to go hunting as long as they have someone
with them who isn't blind.
› It is legal to commit a homicide as long as you tell the person
when, and how you are going to kill them.
› It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad
crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed
until the other has gone.
› In San Antonio, Texas, you can't honk a horn, run a generator, have
a revival meeting or do anything else that disturbs the neighborhood
and the city has a four-member noise police squad to enforce the law.
› In Texas any artificial constructed underwater barrier reefs must
come with an instruction booklet.
› In Texas, sixteen-year old divorced girls are prohibited from
talking about sex during high school extracurricular activities.
› It is unlawful for a person to consume an alcoholic beverage while
operating a motor vehicle upon a public roadway, if the person is
observed doing so by a peace officer.
› Jasper: Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars.
› LeFors: It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while
standing.
› Lubbock County: It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of
alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.
› Mesquite: It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
› Port Arthur: Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an
elevator.
› Richardson: It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if
it visible from the street. It is illegal to do "U Turns".
› San Antonio: It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to
flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.
› Temple: No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.
You can ride your horse in the saloon. Cattle thieves may be hanged on
the spot.
› Texarkana: Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail
lights.
› Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession.
› Texas state law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a
time while standing.
› The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it
contains a formula for making beer at home.
› There is an old law in Texas that states you are unable to tuck your
pants into one boot unless you own ten or more cattle.
› When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall
come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has
gone.
› You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your
husband or wife 3 times.
Utah
› A husband is responsible for every
criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.
› A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex
with a man while riding in an ambulance.
› A Utah legislator proposed a resolution urging that each TV weather
person be required to provide an ice cream cone to every member of the
state House of Representatives whenever the forecast was wrong. The
resolution failed, perhaps on First Amendment grounds. › In addition
to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local
newspaper.The man does not receive any punishment.
› Birds have the right of way on all highways.
› In Monroe, daylight must be visible between partners on a dance
floor.
› In Utah it is illegal to fish from horseback.
› In Utah, the husband is responsible for every criminal act committed
by his wife while she is in his presence.
› In Utah when a person reaches the age of 50, he/she can then marry
their cousin.
› It is against the law to fish from horseback.
› It is considered an offense to hunt whales.
› It is illegal not to drink milk.
› It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but
you just can't detonate them.
› It's legal for restaurants to serve wine with meals, but only if you
ask for the wine list.
› Kaysville: You must have identification to enter a convenience store
after dark.
› Logan: Women may not swear.
› Monroe: Daylight must be visible between partners on a dance floor.
› No one may have sex in the back of an ambulance if it is responding
to an emergency call.
› No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance within
the boundaries of Tremonton, Utah. If caught, the woman can be charged
with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the
local newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.
› Provo: Throwing snowballs will result in a $50 fine.
› Salt Lake City: No one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag
containing a violin.
› The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BAFT) bans the word
"refreshing" to describe any alcohol beverage.
› Throwing snowballs will result in a $50 fine.
› Tremonton: It is illegal to have sex in a moving ambulance and if
you are caught, the guy is let go and the woman is punished and her
name appears in the newspaper.
› Trout Creek: Pharmacists may not sell gunpowder to cure headaches.
› When a person reaches the age of 50, he/she can then marry their
cousin.
› You're not allowed to sell beverages containing more than 3.2%
alcohol.
Vermont
› As in most dairy states, Vermont
does what it can to discourage the use of margarine. For example, it's
illegal to use colored margarine in restaurants unless the menu
indicates you do--in letters two inches high. Colored margarine can
only be served in triangle shaped patties.
› At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
› Barre All residents shall bathe every Saturday night.
› Call a Vermont court a "kangaroo court" or some similar moniker, and
you might be looking at a $200 fine. It is illegal to defame a court.
› In Vermont It's against the law (not to mention impossible) to
whistle under water.
› In Vermont it is illegal to paint landscapes in times of war.
› In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands
to wear false teeth.
› It is illegal to deny the existence of God
› It's against the law in Vermont for vagrants to procure food by
force. Apparently if you have a good job and stable home life, it's
O.K. to procure food by force.
› Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath
each week- - on Saturday night.
› Whistling underwater is illegal
› Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear
false teeth.
Virginia
› An old Virginia law was titled, "An
Act to Prevent Corrupt Practices or Bribery by Any Person Other Than a
Candidate."
› As in many towns, you need a permit to run a barbershop in
Christiansburg, Va. But the wording of the town's law indicates that
the permit will be revoked if you're caught operating without a
permit.
› A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards,
not inside the houses.
› Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
› Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
› Culpeper: No one may wash a mule on the sidewalk.
› Dayton: A person of color may not be outside or within the city
limits after 7 pm.
› Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited.
› If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual
relations.
› If you are intoxicated but not driving your car, but the person who
is driving your car is intoxicated, both you and the driver can be
charged with DUI in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
› In Christiansburg, Va., it's illegal to imitate a police whistle.
› In Christiansburg, Va., it's illegal to "spit, expectorate or
deposit any sputum, saliva or any form of saliva or sputum."
› In Newport it's against the law to tickle a girl under her chin with
a feather duster in order to get her attention.
› In Norfolk a woman can't go out without wearing a corset.
› In Radford, VA you are not allowed to spit, loogie, puke or urinate
on the streets.
› In Richmond, Va., you must buy a license for 93 cents to sell song
books on the street.
› In Richmond, Virginia it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating
establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.
› It is illegal to sell peanut brittle on Sundays.
› It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.
› It is illegal to tickle women.
› Lebanon: It is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.
› Norfolk: Spitting on a sea gull is not tolerated. A man may face 60
days in jail for patting a woman's derriere. Women must wear a corset
after sundown and be in the company of male chaperone.
› Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not
have sex in any position other than missionary.
› Perhaps anticipating telemarketing, the town fathers of Albany, Va.,
have for years prohibited peddlers from using the telephone to either
sell things or raise funds.
› Police radar detectors are illegal.
› Richmond: It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who
pays for a coffee.
› Stafford County: It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the
courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm.
› Swearing at someone over the phone in Virginia is punishable by a
$100 fine.
› There is a state law prohibiting "corrupt practices of bribery by
any person other than candidates."
› There was once a law in Salem Virginia that made it illegal to leave
home without knowing where you were going.
› Victoria: It is illegal to skate down the sidewalk of Main Street.
› Virginia Beach: If you are drunk and not driving your car, and the
person who is driving the car is drunk as well, you may both receive
DUI's. It is illegal for a person to ride on the handlebars of a bike.
It is illegal to use profanity on Atlantic Avenue or the boardwalk. It
is also unlawful to drive by the same place within 30 minutes on
Atlantic Avenue.
› Waynesboro: It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street
unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
› You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday.
› You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc.
› You may not have oral or anal sex.
› You may not work on Sunday.
Washington
›"It shall be unlawful for a
candidate for office or for nomination thereto whose name appears upon
the ballot at any election to give to or purchase for another person,
not a member of his or her family, any liquor in or upon any premises
licensed by the state for the sale of any such liquor by the drink
during the hours that the polls are open on the day of such election."
› A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with
criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief
of police as he is entering the town."
› All lollipops are banned.
› All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag
(daytime) or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said
vehicle.
› An old Washington law sent duelists to jail for ten years, assuming
they didn't lose the duel.
› A proposed Washington law protects sports referees from civil suit
unless their actions were "willful, wanton, reckless, malicious or
grossly negligent."
› Auburn: Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital
status, may face up to five years in jail.
› A Washington state law offers the presumption that youngsters will
read comic books.
› Bremerton: You may not shuck peanuts on the street.
› Everett: It is illegal to display a hypnotized or allegedly
hypnotized person in a store window.
If the honey you are eating in Seattle is a blend of honey from or
more types of flowers, it's illegal for the honey to be labeled as
having come from one type of flower.
› In Electric City, WA, it is illegal to "keep[ ] or permit[ ] to
remain, in any location . . . anything whatsoever in which flies or
rats may breed or multiply."
› In Olympia, Wash., minors are prohibited from frequenting pool
halls.
› In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon
that is over six feet in length.
› In Spokane, Wash., it used to be illegal to interrupt a religious
meeting by having a horse race.
› In the state of Washington, there is a law against having sex with a
virgin under any circumstances.
› In the state of Washington it's illegal to catch a fish by throwing
a rock at it.
› In Washington state it's illegal for a candidate to buy anyone a
drink on Election Day.
› In Washington state it's illegal to sleep in an outhouse without the
owner's permission.
› In Washington state it's illegal to sell to minors comics that might
incite them to violence or depraved or immoral acts.
› In Washington it's illegal to pretend you're the child of a rich
person and entitled to his estate.
› In Washington, anyone under the age of 18 must have parental
permission to throw a tear gas canister.
› In Washington state, until quite recently, you could have been fined
up to $500 for removing or defacing the label on a pillow.
› It is illegal to deflower a virgin even on their wedding day.
› It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
› It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
› It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.
› Lynden: Dancing and drinking may not occur at the same
establishment.
› People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
› Seattle: You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet
in length. Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without
placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term.
No one may set fire to another person's property without prior
permission. It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus ›
because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.
› Spokane: TV's may not be bought on Sundays.
› The state of Washington doesn't allow marathon dancing--or marathon
skipping, sliding, gliding, rolling or crawling.
› There is/was a law on the books in Washington state that stated that
a motorcar driven at night must be preceded by something like 100
yards by a man carrying a lantern.
› Under the law of the state of Washington, any restroom with pay
toilets has to have an equal number of free toilets. This law came to
pass after the speaker of the state House of Representatives raced to
an all-pay facility without a dime.
› Waldron Island: No structure shall contain more than two toilets
that use potable water for flushing.
› Washington state doesn't allow fake wrestling.
› When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other
has passed.
› Wilbur: You may not ride an ugly horse.
› You are not allowed to breast feed in public.
› You need a license to sell condoms in Washington state.
West
Virginia
› According to the state
constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.
› Alderson: One may not walk a lion, tiger or leopard, even on a
leash.
› A person may not hold public office if they have ever taken part in
a duel. A person may be jailed for up to six months for making fun of
someone who does not accept a challenge.
› Doctors and dentists may not place a woman under anesthesia unless a
third person is present.
› Huntington: Firemen may not whistle or flirt at any woman passing a
firehouse. It is legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in
public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps.
› If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined.
› In Alderson, West Virginia, it is illegal to walk a lion, tiger or
leopard in the city limits, even it is on a leash.
› In Nicholas County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to
tell jokes or humerous stories from the pulpit during a church
service.
› In West Virginia it is illegal to dig for ginseng on your neighbor's
lawn without their permission.
› In West Virginia, it is legal for one to take roadkill home for
dinner
› In West Virginia you cannot fly a red flag in front of your house if
you are disappointed in your sherrif.
› It is against the law for men to have sex with any animal over 40
pounds in weight.
› It is illegal to put an ice cream cone in your pocket on Sundays.
› It is illegal to snooze on a train.
› It is illegal to spit on any sidewalk which women may walk down.
› It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does
not exceed 40 lbs.
› It is unlawful for chickens to lay eggs before 8AM and after 4PM.
› Nicholas County: No member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or
humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.
› No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild
onions."
› Road Kill may be taken home for supper.
› When a railroad passes within 1 mile of a community of 100 or more
people in it, they must build a station and stop there regularly to
pick up and drop off passengers.
› Whistling underwater is prohibited.
Wisconsin
› As people used to smuggle it in
from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned.
› At one time, margarine was illegal.
› A Wisconsin legislator in the 1970s proposed a law providing that no
woman over 21 be required to divulge her age. If age information were
required by law, women could use an alphabetic code: women in their
'20s would use
› A Wisconsin legislator recently introduced a bill making it illegal
to tattoo someone under the age of 18. He was quoted as saying, "I'm
going to save the buttocks of a few juveniles."
› Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.
› Car dealerships cannot sell cars on Sunday.
› Cheese making requires a cheese maker's license; Limburger cheese
making requires a master cheese maker's license.
› Citizens may not murder their enemies.
› Condoms were considered an obscene article and had to hidden behind
the pharmacist's counter.
› In Connorsville, Wisconsin no man shall shoot off a gun while his
female partner is having a sexual orgasm.
› In St. Croix, women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
› In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house.
› In Wisconsin you need a cheesemaker's license to make any kind of
cheese, except Limburger. To make Limburger, you need a master
cheesemaker's license.
› In Wisconsin, after 3:00 a.m., you have to send a rocket signal in
the air after every mile you drive.
› In Wisconsin, it is illegal to cut a woman's hair or to kiss on a
train.
› It is illegal to cut a woman's hair.
› It is illegal to display an unclothed mannequin in a store window.
› It is illegal to kiss on a train.
› It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.
› Kenosha: No male is allowed to be in a state of arousal in public.
› La Crosse: It is illegal to tie up your horse along Third Street
(Now a major bar strip). It is illegal to display an unclothed
mannequin in a store window. It is illegal to play checkers in public.
You cannot "worry a squirrel."
› Milwaukee: An old ordinance forbids parking for over two hours
unless a horse is tied to the car. It is against the law to play a
flute and drums on the streets to attract attention. If one is thought
of as offensive looking, it is illegal for him to be in public during
the day. It is illegal to purchase or use Sparklers in the city, yet
you can buy fully disassembled automatic machine guns.
› Next time you start a riot in Wisconsin remember that it i illegal
to use a laser pointer to do so.
› Racine: It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep. Women may
not walk down a public street at night without being accompanied by a
man.
› St. Croix: Women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
› State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants
without cheese.
› Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither
shall proceed until the other has.
› While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making
requires a master cheese maker's license.
› Wisconsin law provides for a fine of $2 to $20 for anyone under age
17 caught jumping onto a railroad car while the train is in motion.
› You must manually flush all urinals in a building.
Wyoming
› An ordinance in Newcastle
specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a
store's walk-in meat freezer!
› Cheyenne Citizens may not take showers on Wednesdays.
› In Wyoming it is illegal to tattoo a horse with the intent of making
it unrecognizable to its owner.
› It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while
drinking.
› It is illegal to wear a hat that obstructs people's view in a public
theater or place of amusement.
› Wyoming required that every inmate of the state's training school
for girls be issued crinoline bloomers.
› You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.
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