Stupid Laws

[franciscanheart]

So I was thinking about stupid laws today. A few years ago I was listening to a popular radio morning show on the way to school and I remember the guy was saying that somewhere in the US it was illegal to cross the border of the state with a chicken on your head. I laughed really hard and just couldn't imagine someone doing it and [i]then[/i] someone caring enough for that to be made law.

I googled "stupid laws" and found some. I'm sure someone knows of more.
It truly makes me laugh when I think about someone ACTUALLY doing these things and forcing our law makers to sign these laws into effect.

- CANADA:
- Pauline M. Marshall offers a couple from her home town in Fort Qu'Appelle Saskatchewan (Canada). (since not all silly, outdated laws are from the US)

1. It is illegal for a teen to walk down main street for Fort Qu'Appelle with their shoes untied.

2. It is illegal to leave your horse in front of the Country Squire (local hotel) without hitching it securely to the hitching post (which was removed yeeeeeaaaars ago).

- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

** List of Stupid Laws in the United States **

These are real standing laws from around the United States of America.

Silly Laws:

- Alabama:
1. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

- Alaska:
1. It is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.

- California:
1. Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.

- Connecticut:
1. You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
2. You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.

- Florida:
1. Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
2. A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
3. If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
4. It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
5. Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
6. Any form of sexual contact other than missionary position is a misdomeanor. (This is still a law. There have been several cases of people being brought up on these charges in the past 5 years alone. If the police enter a home with a warrent for some other crime and catch the 'culprits' in action, they can, and are, brought up on those charges.)

- Illinois:
1. It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.

- Indiana:
1. Bathing is prohibited during the winter.
2. Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie house or theater nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.

- Iowa:
1. Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes.

- Kentucky:
1. By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."
2. It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.

- Louisiana:
1. It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
2. Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."

- Massachusetts:
1. Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
2. Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
3. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
4. Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

- Nebraska:
1. A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.

- New Mexico:
1. Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.

- New York:
1. A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

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

- Ohio:
1. Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

- Oklahoma:
1. Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
2. Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
3. Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.

- Pennsylvania:
1. A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
2. No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.

- Tennessee:
1. It is illegal to lasso a catfish in Tennessee!! (Julie.Miller)

- Texas:
1. A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
2. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

- Vermont:
1. Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week -- on Saturday night.

- Washington:
1. All lollipops are banned.
2. A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
3. In King County, in Seattle Washington, it is illegal to sit on a man's lap on a metro bus, unless you are married.
4. Vancouver, WA has a city law that requires all motor vehicles to carry anchors... as an emergency brake. (Ted Timmons)

- West Virginia:
1. No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions."


and while we're talking about it.... anyone know which state it is (or maybe was now) that has the chicken law?

[zwergel88]

[quote]- Alaska:
1. It is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.[/quote]

are you serious??? carp, there goes my plans for the weekend!!

[heavenseeker]

we have a stupid dog law(s) here each one makes one of the other imposabli to follow

[Noel's angel]

UK:
It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.

Chester:
You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight. (reminds paul murphy not to go to Chester)

York:
Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

[MilesChristi]

[quote]- Massachusetts:
1. Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
2. Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
[b]3. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.[/b]
4. Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.[/quote]

[Old_Joe]

There's a law in Oklahoma that makes it illegal to shoot a whale from a car.

I can't remember what state it is, but there's a law that makes it illegal to fish while seated on a horse on Thursdays. Some guy actually tried this and was fined.

[Noel's angel]

Alabama
In Jasper, it is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
It is illegal to play Dominos on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in a church.

[Noel's angel]

In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose

[Paladin D]

New Jersey is one of two states (Oregon), where it is illegal to pump your own gas. Some may find this odd, but it's pretty cool (you should see it sometime).

When I lived in Jersey, we didn't have to pump our own gas. :

[Noel's angel]

In Globe, it is illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American

In Glendale, it is illegal to drive a car in reverse

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 to be skittings, the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bush

[zwergel88]

eww, do you have to pay them to pump it for you?

[stargirl3:16]

Here's an entire list: [url="http://www.crazylaws.com"]Crazy Laws[/url]

[zwergel88]

wow, you have to hide your car from horses in PA, i better practice that!

[Noel's angel]

and remember, you have to learn how to take it apart too!

[Noel's angel]

South Dakota

It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a coagulated milk factory

[Noel's angel]

Texas:
A recently passed anti-crime laws requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and explain to the nature of the crime about to be comitted

[zwergel88]

man, o man, I had no idea, and to tell the truth if you drive up in Amish country it's actually not all that unlikely to see horses coming down the road

[Paladin D]

[quote name='zwergel88' date='Aug 25 2005, 04:35 PM']eww, do you have to pay them to pump it for you?
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It's not disgusting, it creates jobs, and it makes people depend on others. If someone were anti-social or hated people, there would be a reason to complain.

You only pay for the price of the gas, nothing extra. He (or she) gets paid hourly, not on commission.

[zwergel88]

hmm, that's cool

[Paladin D]

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It's Jersey's neat little cultural trait (and Oregon's). :