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fav stupid law of your state

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:30 pm
by morph
http://bored.com/crazylaws/index.htm

go there, find your state pick your stupid law...

• 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.

thats for maine, please say what state your in..

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:41 pm
by Bad Speler
A good site for dumb canadian laws: http://www.fortunecity.de/lachsack/elektro/31/laws.html

From my country of Canada:

- You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
- Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

From my hometown of Ottawa:

- It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.
I travel on Bank street on a regular basis, so this one gave me a good laugh.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:49 pm
by happy2seeyou
there were not many good ones listed under 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.

What a bunch of crap! Good thing my husband didnt know this all the times I chopped my long hair off. :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:50 pm
by Coleman
Nebraska
• A man is not allowed to run around with a shaved chest.
• Barbers are forbidden by law from shaving a man's chest in Omaha, Nebraska.

For both of these you don't want to know...

• If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.

Never seen this one in action, I think I'll inform my pastor.

• It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

100% true. Every bar in the state also serves soup.

• It is Illegal to go whale fishing.

There is a story behind this one. The person was endangering people around him with his unnecessary whale hunting equipment and overly large boat but there was nothing illegal about it, so they passed this law.

• It is illegal to sleep naked in a hotel/ motel room.

I didn't know about that one. Although, I don't usually stay in hotels in my own state.

• 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.

This is true, there are signs in Hastings' hotels about this.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:54 pm
by Beastly
• All lollipops are banned.

Washington law!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:01 pm
by muy_thaiguy
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.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:04 pm
by dcowboys055
In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house
It is illegal to cut a woman's hair.
Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.
If one is thought of as offensive looking, it is illegal for him to be in public during the day.

What?

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:07 pm
by Coleman
My favorite in general:

Oklahoma
• Molesting an automobile is illegal.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:13 pm
by jnd94
Illinois:

In Chicago it is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.

In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or "otherwise an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going out in public.


Champaign: One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth

There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats :lol:

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:15 pm
by Neutrino
California
• A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.

Genius!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:18 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Neutrino wrote:California
• A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.

Genius!
:lol: It would be a bit late for that one then!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:36 pm
by DAZMCFC
Neutrino wrote:California
• A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.

Genius!


i`m sure if they can afford to get all the equipment for a nuclear device, they`d be pretty pissed off about the fine. :roll:

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 5:45 pm
by john1099
what the hell?

These are moronic.

Canadian laws:
Section 331 of the Canadian Criminal Code states that it is illegal to send a telegram or letter threatening a bird.

Alberta Laws:

You may never use dice to play craps.
If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

British Columbia Laws:

It is illegal to kill a sasquatch.

The best place in Canada to be imprisoned - if you're a bankrupt drunk - is B.C. A law there requires jailers to bring convicted debtors a pint of beer on demand.


NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL LAWS:

Driving on the roads is not allowed.

LOL WTF!?!? ^^^^^^^^


CITY LAWS:

Etobicoke
Bylaw states that no more than 3.5 inches of water is allowed in a bathtub.

Guelph
The city is classified as a no-pee zone.


Oshawa
It's illegal to climb trees.

Toronto
You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.

Uxbridge
Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

Wawa
You may not paint ladders, because if it is wet it is slippery.
It is illegal to show public affection on Sunday.


These are the funniest, but they're absolutely stupid!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:21 pm
by Avron
Kinda wanna know why this is a law
• Boise: Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back.

I like this one
• 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

And this one
• In Idaho walking along the street with a red-tipped cane is strictly prohibited.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:41 pm
by vtmarik
Florida:
  • It is illegal to sell your children.
  • Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
  • If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
  • A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
  • It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
  • Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
  • Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
  • You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.

And my personal favorite:

It is considered an offense to shower naked.


http://www.dumblaws.com

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:48 pm
by Phobia
Lol, I don't think this is still a law, but this was one -

"According to a british law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying."

Oh, and it's still apparantly legal in York to "shoot a Scotsman dead, with a bow and arrow, but not on Sundays."

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:56 pm
by LSU Tiger Josh
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'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.
• You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:56 pm
by magneticgoop
CALIFORNIA

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.

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.

Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.

In California it is illegal to have caller ID

In California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting license.

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.[I disagree with any abuse but I thought it was weird that is legal]

In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.

In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance.

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

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

Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String"

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.

Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

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

Redlands: Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.