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#19052 - Sun Feb 11 2001 04:55 PM Crazy Food Laws..
Pinhead Offline
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 3185
Loc: The Dark Side of the Moon...

In Gary, Indiana, persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.

In Kansas, it is illegal to eat snakes on Sunday.

In Massachusetts,It is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

By Kansas law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."

In Lefors, Texas, it is illegal to take more than three (sips) swallows of beer at any time while standing...

Massachusetts law states that it is a crime to lounge on shelves in a bakery.

In Kansas, it is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.

All lollipops are banned in Washington.

In St. Louis, Missouri, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.

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

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.

In Lowes Crossroads, Delaware, it is a violation of local law for any pilot or passenger to carry an ice cream cone in their pocket while either flying or waiting to board a plane.

A Nebraska State Law makes it is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

A iraqi law forbids to eat snakes on sundays.

In Lehigh, Nebraska it is illegal to sell doughnut holes.

In Waterloo, Nebraska barbers are forbidden to eat onions between 7 am and 7 PM.

In Oklahoma it is against the law to bite into another person's hamburger.

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#19053 - Sun Feb 11 2001 11:23 PM Re: Crazy Food Laws..
fjohn Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 06 1999
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Loc: Wyoming USA Way Out West
Loved the one about being against the law to lounge on the shelves in a bakery. Somewhat akin to storing a corpse in a meat market refrigerated display case.

What have you discovered about Wyoming's laws?

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#19054 - Mon Feb 12 2001 12:15 AM Re: Crazy Food Laws..
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 3185
Loc: The Dark Side of the Moon...
fjohn, how's this:

An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in-meat freezer!



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#19055 - Mon Feb 12 2001 02:32 AM Re: Crazy Food Laws..
anniedt Offline
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Registered: Mon Oct 02 2000
Posts: 1716
Loc: Splashing around in the puddle...
Sheesh, how many plans do ya think were ruined by that law?

Here are some that I found:
In Alabama Putting salt on a railraod track may be punishable by death

One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock in California

It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose in Alaska

An Idaho law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

In Chicago Illinois the law forbids eating in a place that is on fire

[This message has been edited by anniedt (edited 02-12-2001).]

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#19056 - Wed Feb 14 2001 09:06 AM Re: Crazy Food Laws..
hundredaire Offline
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Registered: Tue Aug 29 2000
Posts: 422
Loc: Hell Michigan USA
It's illegal in Michigan to eat from a dog bowl. I don't think Fido would appreciate it anyway.

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#19057 - Thu Feb 15 2001 09:45 PM Re: Crazy Food Laws..
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 3185
Loc: The Dark Side of the Moon...
Wyoming:

It is illegal to wear a hat that obstructs people's view in a public theater or place of amusement.

It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking.

You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.

Cheyenne: Citizens may not take showers on Wednesdays.

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