dumb laws

[missionseeker]

Dumb Alabama Laws
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.


Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.


It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.


It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.


Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.


Masks may not be worn in public.


Putting salt on a railraod track may be punishable by death.


Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.


Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.


It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.


Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.



It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.



You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.


Anniston
You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.


Jasper
It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.


Lee County
It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.


Mobile
It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.


It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.

(that's a good one actually)


Montgomery
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses. (Repealed)




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[Guest T-Bone]

Klamath Falls, OR

It is unlawful to kick the heads off of snakes.

[kaidoh]

lol

[benedictaj]

hehe

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='T-Bone' date='Dec 2 2005, 12:36 AM']It is unlawful to kick the heads off of snakes.
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I wonder how long that would take....

How many kicks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie ...snake?

[N/A Gone]

I have a big thumb...be careful..

In a law class in high school we went over some of these it is goofy

[Thumper]

[quote name='missionseeker' date='Dec 2 2005, 01:25 AM']Jasper
It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

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Did you know that this is where we get the phrase "rule of thumb"? It was also used in Europe, so it's not just 'Bama.

[betinabean]

[quote name='missionseeker' date='Dec 2 2005, 01:25 AM']It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
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I'm so glad I don't live there!

[Tony]

I rememeber a few years ago in a part of france.. it was illegal to die.

[onathing1]

In Detroit, I believe it is, It is against the law to tie your pet alligator to a fire hidrant.

[Norseman82]

Sojourner, PedroX, FrPontifex, et. al., you'll like this one:


[quote]It is illegal to take a bath in the wintertime in Indiana.[/quote]

[Norseman82]

[quote name='missionseeker' date='Dec 2 2005, 12:25 AM']Masks may not be worn in public.

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This one actually makes sense, as it may be a holdover anti-Klan law.

[annie]

and applies now in the days of terrorism..


I got the mumps from a patient at age 24, had to be quarantined at home, needed cash to get a pizza (this was the days before ATMs) and called the bank to tell them I was coming (there were no drive up windows either). I said I would be the girl with the mask on (medical mask) and they said, "Don't you dare come in here with a mask on, security will haul you out"....

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Norseman82' date='Dec 2 2005, 01:16 PM']Sojourner, PedroX, FrPontifex, et. al., you'll like this one:
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I saw that one ... I hardly ever take baths anyway, but that one is still pretty funny. The other weird one they listed is that it's illegal to get on public transportation in Gary within four hours after eating garlic, or something like that. Which I think is only considerate of the other riders, personally.

[Guest T-Bone]

Up untill recently, attempting suicide could be punishable by death.

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

I think the dumbest law in Alabama is the thing they call the State Constitution. Have you read - or rather attempt to read or even look at - that thing?

[Carrie]

[quote]New York:
From an AP bulletin: The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways.[/quote]

[djc08]

[quote]New York:
From an AP bulletin: The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways.[/quote]

We actually had a discussion about this at school today. Not the New York thing but some girls were mad because most of the time guys don't get in trouble for wearing undershirts with nothing over them and girls that they should have the same right to walk around in their braws or undershirts if they wanted to.

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='djc08' date='Dec 2 2005, 06:03 PM']We actually had a discussion about this at school today.  Not the New York thing but some girls were mad because most of the time guys don't get in trouble for wearing undershirts with nothing over them and girls that they should have the same right to walk around in their braws or undershirts if they wanted to.
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When men start regularly nursing babies, then I think we can start talking about undershirt/bra issues....

[missionseeker]

[quote name='1337 k4th0l1x0r' date='Dec 2 2005, 03:10 PM']I think the dumbest law in Alabama is the thing they call the State Constitution.  Have you read - or rather attempt to read or even look at - that thing?
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Actually, It's interesting that you mention it. Today and yesterday I was at UA Youth summit. I voted to pass (mock,of course) legislation that would take all the statutory laws and put them in the CODE of AL rather than the Constitution, making it no longer the longest Constitution in the world.

I also voted to pass a bill called "the Home Rule Act" which would give districts, counties, and cities the right to make their own decisions regarding matters in that area rather than having to take it to the state legislature then having to have a statewide vote on another ammendment to the State Constitution. Which for the most part is pretty hopeless of getting passed because
A) Most people are already worried about the lenght of the Constitution
and B) Most people in Alabama don't really care to look at ammendments that say something like "Pertaing to the pick up of Roadkill in the city of ______"
State legislators spend over 50% of their time debating these kinds of things.
I think AL is the only state where the state government controls the munincipalities'.
Both of these bills passed in the "Summit". One of the bills that passed is going to be presented to Bob Riley. I don't know which one, though because I had to leave early.