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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #30 on: July 12, 2011, 05:37:50 PM »
One's pants may be worn no lower than five inches below the waist. (Connellsville )

anti-saggin law! :lol

good example of a rule to protect people from themselves. I can imagine some of todays kids in 20 years waking with night sweats remembering that they used to walk around looking like this:

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #31 on: July 12, 2011, 05:38:25 PM »
Illinois

It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.
Chicago law prohibits eating in a place that is on fire.
In Oblong, Illinois, it?s punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day. In Zion it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
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.

Chicago

It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.
Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
Kites may not be flown within the city limits.
It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe?s neck.
Spitting is forbidden
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.

Champaign
One may not pee in his neighbor?s mouth.

Cicero
Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.

Crete
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
It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Bowling is forbidden.
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 boundries 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.

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 Kriland?s streets.

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 Prak
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 instaled on a driveway.

Zion
It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, or any other domesticated animals.

A few others
?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)
Crete: It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one?s dog
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.

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 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
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.
Kirkland: Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kirkland?s streets.
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.
Park Ridge: Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
Peoria: Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
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.?
According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is ?American?.
Des Plaines: Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
Homer: It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
In Illinois it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a customer?s face.
See Rule 19- Do not place sausage on pizza.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #32 on: July 12, 2011, 05:40:24 PM »
... drink beer out of a bucket ...

I have never done this. one more box to tick :D
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2011, 10:28:57 AM »
I have never done this. one more box to tick :D

I've still got my beer bucket from the Great Southeast Music hall in Atlanta, may it RIP, somewhere in a closet.   
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2011, 02:47:42 AM »
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.



What about sheep!?

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2011, 06:26:02 AM »
What about sheep!?

I assure you, no farms exist in Clawson.   Only $200,000+ homes are there now.   No sheeps (for JOC), farms or farm animals are there.
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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2011, 11:08:02 AM »
I assure you, no farms exist in Clawson.   

 Just drove through Clawson, Mi. this morning and I can assure you this statement is 100% true.  Didn't see a single farm.  Did see lots of road construction on Crooks Rd.

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2011, 03:46:39 PM »
Just drove through Clawson, Mi. this morning and I can assure you this statement is 100% true.  Didn't see a single farm.  Did see lots of road construction on Crooks Rd.



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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2011, 06:07:33 PM »
Crooks & Auburn Rd. was my old stompin' grounds.

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Re: Strange Laws
« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2011, 01:52:25 AM »
in my home town there was once a law that made any mouse with 3 eyes as a pet punishable by 5 years in jail.

also, i forgot what state this was in but. if a man is killed by kicking a horse on july 4th, the mans body goes to jail for 3 days. dead. < just wow
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