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Strange Laws
« on: July 11, 2011, 07:50:13 PM »
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)

In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.

In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.

In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.

In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.

In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.

You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making "ugly faces" at dogs in Oklahoma.

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In Hartford Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.

A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.

In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

In Hartford, Connecticut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.

Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.

Snoring is prohibited in Massachusetts unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. It is also illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder.

In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.

Putting salt on a railroad track can be punishable by death in the state of Alabama.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.

In Alabama, dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

In New York City, it's illegal to shake a dust mop out a window.

In New York, it's against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

In Quitman, Georgia, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

In Everett, Washington, it?s a crime to exhibit a hypnotized person in a window.

In Oregon, it?s illegal to strap children to the fender or roof of an automobile.
 
In New York City, election laws prohibit candidate nudity.

In Florida, it is illegal to fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.

In Detroit, Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub.

A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband and a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 08:22:30 PM »
Those are great.


Here in Augusta, Maine, it's illegal for a woman to wear makeup in public.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 08:27:12 PM »
I'm glad we didn't try to get married in PA.


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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 08:31:33 PM »
gotta love some of the silly laws and bylaws still in effect in Australia, there is a park in Ipswich that its illegal to sing in, and then there's this one
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2011, 09:06:13 PM »
i'm sure the stories for why those laws exist are a lot funnier.

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2011, 09:31:23 PM »
 :rofl

So do these lows actually exist or is it a joke?
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2011, 10:27:39 PM »
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?

A. Civil disobedience.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2011, 10:42:32 PM »
It is illegal in the Northwest Territories to hunt and/or kill a Sasquatch.

In Toronto, it is against the law to drag a dead horse down Yonge Street between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am.

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2011, 10:57:29 PM »
Some off of the top of my head that I have remembered over the years:

In Detroit, it is still Illegal to leave your Horse unhitched.
In Michigan it is Illegal to have Oral Sex.
In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
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 banned from copulating in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
In Grand Haven, Michigan, no person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a $5 fine for each offense.
In Michigan, it is legal to kill a dog for attacking chickens, livestock or people, but you can't snuff the pooch in a high altitude decompression chamber or by electrocution.
The last Sunday in June each year is Log Cabin Day in Michigan.
In Michigan, No person shall while in an offensive state of intoxication enter or be on or remain upon any railway train or interurban car as a passenger.
In Michigan, It is Illegal to sell a car on Sunday.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2011, 11:07:51 PM »
In Michigan it is Illegal to have Oral Sex.

:rofl :lol :rofl :lol :rofl :rofl THATS FANTASTIC!!!!!





I wonder how many times it has been broken... Something tells me that they wouldn't want to know/find out if it were disregarded.



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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2011, 11:10:43 PM »
Some off of the top of my head that I have remembered over the years:

In Detroit, it is still Illegal to leave your Horse unhitched.
In Michigan it is Illegal to have Oral Sex.
In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
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 banned from copulating in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
In Grand Haven, Michigan, no person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a $5 fine for each offense.
In Michigan, it is legal to kill a dog for attacking chickens, livestock or people, but you can't snuff the pooch in a high altitude decompression chamber or by electrocution.
The last Sunday in June each year is Log Cabin Day in Michigan.
In Michigan, No person shall while in an offensive state of intoxication enter or be on or remain upon any railway train or interurban car as a passenger.
In Michigan, It is Illegal to sell a car on Sunday.


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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2011, 11:18:32 PM »
The ice cream in the back pocket law (Kentucky) is because people would put ice cream (SWEET) in their back pocket and lure horses away from their pastures. The person didn't appear to be doing anything wrong if they did it. I think that particular law is still in effect.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2011, 11:39:18 PM »
     Karaya, you guys need to update your laws once a century or so  :lol

I say keep them as long as they don't add any laws like speeding, carrying weapons, ect...
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2011, 11:41:26 PM »
I say keep them as long as they don't add any laws like speeding, carrying weapons, ect...

Or s.ex... That would be bad. No oral s.ex? Tragedy.

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2011, 12:32:24 AM »
In South Carolina, it is illegal for 4 or more girls to live in a house together without a male, because it is considered a brothel (I know people that have been evicted because of this law)

In South Carolina, a man is allowed to beat his wife on the state house steps on Sunday morning with a belt no more than 2"