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#19205 - Mon Mar 26 2001 10:06 PM Really Wacky State Laws...
Pinhead Offline
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 3185
Loc: The Dark Side of the Moon...


Minnesota:
--It is illegal to tease skunks.

--Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.

Michigan:
--A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.

--Under state law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."

--In Clawson, it is legal for a man to "sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and
chickens."

New York:
--In NYC, "it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against
the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand."

North Carolina:
--It is illegal to have sex in a Churchyard.

--It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

Oklahoma:
--Whale hunting is strictly forbidden.

--People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Ohio:
--In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

--In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man's picture.

--In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

Oregon:
--The town of Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.

Montana:
--In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks
attached to the wheels.

--It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.

Nebraska:
--If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.

--It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

Florida:
--Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday's will be jailed.

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

--In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.

Pennsylvania:
--"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."

Rhode Island:
--Its illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

Tennessee:
--It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

--In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

--In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching
pedestrians and motorists."

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

--It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

Utah:
--A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in his presence.

Virginia:
--In Richmond, it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who
buys a cup of coffee.

--In Lebanon, it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.

Vermont:
--It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

--It is illegal to whistle underwater.

--Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

Arkansas:
--A man can legally beat his wife, but no more than once a month.

California:
--In L.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as longas it is less than 2 inches
wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

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

Massachusetts:
--It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.

--North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."

--In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Indiana:
--Monkey's are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Illinois:
--In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.

--According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially
recognized language is
"American."

--In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet

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#19206 - Mon Mar 26 2001 10:49 PM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
TexasJoe Offline
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Registered: Tue Oct 05 1999
Posts: 3171
Loc: Plano, Texas
Pinhead... I need clarification here on the Texas law...

--It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

does this sort of rank up there with :

Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey?

Great Post!

TJ

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#19207 - Tue Mar 27 2001 01:03 AM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
turquoise Offline
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Registered: Tue Dec 19 2000
Posts: 834
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia

ok, its not a state law per se, but, its worth a mention;

in lebanon, it is illegal to have sex with a male animal but not a female one.

nice.

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#19208 - Wed Mar 28 2001 12:15 AM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
Anonymous
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Well i'm going to say my bit about the laws above!!!

Georgia - If I ever end up here I am going to cross roads. LAW OR NO LAW.

Minnesota - The law about teasing skunks. So it should be illegal. I like skunks. Teasing CATS should also be illegal.

Michigan (Clawson) - Well that man can just stay away from me.

Oklahoma - People should be COMPELLED to male 'ugly faces' at dogs. In EVERY TOWN, EVERY STATE, EVERY COUNTRY!!!

Virginia (Lebanon) - It should only be illegal to kick your CAT out of bed.


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#19209 - Thu Mar 29 2001 08:28 AM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
Splatt123Too Offline
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Registered: Mon Jan 01 2001
Posts: 303
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA USA
quote:
Pennsylvania:
--"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."


You know something? I can see the idiots who run the state doing something like.

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#19210 - Sun Apr 01 2001 07:48 PM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
craigal Offline
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Registered: Sun Apr 16 2000
Posts: 82
Loc: Sydney NSW Australia         
Are you allowed to tell jokes about Chickens crossing the road in Georgia ?

Craig


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#19211 - Sat Apr 14 2001 12:39 PM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
Gene Offline
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Registered: Sun Apr 01 2001
Posts: 157
Loc: Kissimmee, Florida
Pinhead I borrowed your article to place on a different board. I hope you're not sensitive to plagiarism!
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#19212 - Mon Apr 16 2001 06:33 PM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
Pinhead Offline
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Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999
Posts: 3185
Loc: The Dark Side of the Moon...
Gene, I'm honored...Just email me the address of the 'other board...LOL.

Splatt, I loved the Pa. law, too. I think it is my favorite wacky law...


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#19213 - Tue Apr 17 2001 01:12 PM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
Anonymous
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Ya gotta wonder....were these things happening out of control that they actually had to pass laws to prohibit them??? "Ok now, stop taunting the dog..." LMAO

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#19214 - Wed Apr 18 2001 09:25 AM Re: Really Wacky State Laws...
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Registered: Thu Mar 08 2001
Posts: 103
Loc: SanMateo CA
CHEYENNE WY ( I hope I spelled the city right) you can't take shower's on Wednesdays
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