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Weird but true state laws. For this post, google "weird but true state laws" along with your state. If you live in another country google "weird but true laws" along with your country.
Gather all the funny/weird laws you can find and post them here. I'll start with TN.
"You can't shoot any game from a moving vehicle except whales" what's that all about??
"It's illegal to sell hollow legs" who use hollow legs anyway?
"You can't catch a fish with a lasso" who uses lassos to catch fish?!
"You can't sell sandwich meat on Sunday" ???
"You can't sell hollow logs" weird!
"In Memphis Tennessee, it's illegal to sell teddy bears or yo-yos on Sundays" why???
And finally…
"It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM" who made that up? Frogs won't stop croaking for a silly law!
Thanks, Violet (Wishing myself across the world)
submitted by Violet, age 11, TN for this thread
(January 24, 2013 - 9:30 am)
(January 24, 2013 - 9:30 am)
Oh my gosh these are so funny!
In San Diego it's illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a street car. The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past Febuary, can be fined up to $250.
San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they
are on a leash; It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear; Persons
classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street; It is illegal to pile horse
manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
Los Angeles: law forbids hunting moths under a street light. Toads may not be licked.
I all of California: No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. Women may not drive in a house coat.
You can be fined $500 if you bother a butterfly in Pacific Grove, Ca.
Colorado:
Durango CO:It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes "unbecoming" on one's sex.
Crippe Creek: It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground
floor of any building.
Denver: it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor. It is illegal to mistreat rats.
Sterling: Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight.
It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to
grow within the city limits.
All of Colorado: Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
(January 24, 2013 - 1:51 pm)
TOP!
(January 24, 2013 - 10:38 pm)
Those are weird laws. Do you wonder how and why the state governments made those laws? There must have been some reason they did, like maybe someone did actually catch a fish with a lasso. Then, the government didn't want that person to do that, so they made a law.
In Michigan...
It's illegal to tie a crocodile to a fire hydrant.
It's legal for a robber to sue you, if he was hurt in your house. (Wouldn't he still get in trouble for robbing your house?)
I couldn't find too many good laws to share, but I found a bunch in other states.
In Minneapolis, it is illegal for red cars to drive down Lake Street.
In Youngston, Ohio, it is illegal to run out of gas.
In Omaha, if a child burps during church, the parents will be arrested.
In Quintman, Georgia, it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.
In Richmond, Virginia, it is illegal to flip a coin to determine who pays for coffee.
In Vermont it is illegal to whistle underwater. (?)
In Joilet, Illionios, it illegal to mispronounce 'Joilet'.
(January 25, 2013 - 11:06 am)
New York-
The punishment of jumping off a building is death.
You can not walk around with an ice cream cone in your pocket on Sunday.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
Carmel: A man may not go outside wearing pants and a shirt that do not match.
Brooklyn: Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bath tubs.
Staten Island: You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
New York City: It is illegal to carry an open can of spray paint.
(January 25, 2013 - 4:52 pm)
@Gollum
The first one sounds like a really bad joke.
In Massachusetts:
it is illegal to dance on Sunday unless it is square dancing or folk dancing.
You must finish the national anthem if you start singing to it. It is illegal to dance to it.
Spitting on the sidewalk is illegal in Boston.
it is illegal to sell ducks, rabbits, or chickens that have been dyed a different color.
It is illegal for cows and sheep to graze on the Boston Commons.
It's illegal to play ball in the street in Boston.
It is illegal to keep a mule in the second floor of a Boston building unless there is more than one ext.
It is also illegal to drive a horse drawn carriage with less than three bells attached through snow or ice.
New Hampshire:
You may not keep time to the music in any way in a restaurant, pub, or tavern.
It is illegal to pick seaweed up off the beach.
You can't sell the clothes you're wearing to pay a gambling debt.
In Claremont it's illegal to get drunk, picnic, enter at night, or enter by yourself if you're younger than ten at a cemetery.
In the White Mountain National Park, if you try to clean up the park in any way, you get fined for maintaining the park without a permit.
Vermont:
Women must obtain permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
At one time, tying a giraffe to a telephone pole was illegal.
In Barre, every citizen must bathe every Saturday night.
Maine:
You may not step out of a plane in flight.
After January 14th, anyone who still has their Christmas decorations up will get fined.
In Augusta, you can't stroll down the street while playing a violin.
In Biddeford, you can't gamble at the airport or roller skate on the sidewalk.
In Freeport, you can't sell mercury thermometers or spit from second-story windows.
In South Berwick, you can't park in front of Dunkin Donuts. That is pretty realistic seeing as how addicted we all are to Dunk's up here.
In Waterboro, dog leashes can't be longer than eight feet.
In Wells, you can't feed the deer or advertise in cemeteries.
In Rhode Island:
You can't string rope across the highway.
You can't bite off another person's leg.
Riding a horse on the highway to race or test it's speed is illegal.
Besides ice polo and hockey, you need a permit to play sports on Sunday.
If you're married to a lunatic/idiot (this is exact wording), the marriage is null and void.
You can't throw pickle juice on a trolley.
You must make a loud noise before passing a car on the left.
In Providence, you can't wear transparent clothing or sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on Sunday.
In West Warwick, you can't use water to water plants on an even-numbered day.
Connecticut:
The police can stop you if you are riding a bike over 65 mph.
In order for a pickle to be considered a pickle, it must bounce. I think that's my favorite.
In Devon, it is illegal to walk backwards after sunset.
In Guilford, you can only use white Christmas lights.
In Hartford, you can't walk across the street on your hands or educate your dog.
In Rocky Hill, an arcade can't have more than four machines.
In New Britain, a fire truck can't exceed 25 mph, no matter the circumstances.
Silly string is banned in Southington.
In Waterbury, beauticians can't whistle, sing, or hum while working on a customer.
A lot of the Sunday ones make sense if you consider the fact that most of these states were founded because of religious reasons.
(January 26, 2013 - 10:36 pm)
I learned this one today!
When riding your horse down the streets of Duluth (Minnesota) when you come to an intersection you must dismount your horse, fire your gun in all four directions of the intersection, get back on your horse, and ride across the intersection.
A little outdated (and my teacher pointed out that you would probably get areseted for riding a horse down the streets of Fuluth anyways).
(January 25, 2013 - 5:46 pm)
WHAT.
(January 31, 2013 - 5:50 pm)
Who can/will even do,stop,or know some of these things.
Here are some more..
Texas:
It is illegal to sell one's eyes. (Butterfly is reading over my shoulder and saying "ew" repeitively)
When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.
One needs permission from the director of parks and recreation before getting drunk in any city park.
No person shall throw trash from an airplane.
Landing an airplane on the beach is illegal.
No person shall inhale fumes from model glue.
Any person who sits on a sidewalk may be fined up to $500.
Houston
It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.
I've got to go now,but will be back.
(January 25, 2013 - 6:49 pm)
Do you think anyone actually gets arrested or fined for breaking one of these laws?
(January 25, 2013 - 7:00 pm)
Massachusetts: It is illegal to use tomatoes in production of clam chowder. You can't have a gorrila in the back seat of your car. It is illegal to snore unless your all your windows and shut and locked. (seriously, nobody can or can't hear you snore if your windows are locked.) You must pay a special liscense fee if they want to wear a gotee in public. All men must carry a rifle to church on Sundays. All fowl, especially roosters, may not come into bakeries. You may be fined $200 if you scare a pigeon, (well, then by now, I should be broke)
Kentucky: You must not dye a duckling any color then try to sell it (why you would want to dye a duck in the first place, I'm not sure). You can not fish with a bow and arrow (well dang then, guess I cant' be Merida). There's an old law that states you can publicly hang someone who steals your horse.
These are SERIOUSLY bizarre. And hysterical. I'm currently laughing my head off!
(January 25, 2013 - 9:40 pm)
Us New Englanders take our clam chowder very seriously. And adding tomatoes makes it Manhattan clam chowder, which just isn't like our clam chowder.
(January 28, 2013 - 4:57 pm)
Isn't that we New Englanders?
(July 20, 2013 - 6:08 pm)
My dad has a gotee, and he doesn't have a license.
(December 12, 2013 - 9:07 pm)
LOL.. I've always gotten a kick out of these:
Tossing a hoop skirt on a street or sidewalk could cost you five dollars.
It's illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit without a nose ring.
Farmers are allowed to sleep with their cows, horsese, goats, pigs, and chiclens.
It's illegal to sell a car on Sunday.
Log Cabin Day falls on the last Sunday in June.
(January 31, 2013 - 9:46 am)
@ Blackberry; What is Log Cabin Day? I like the sound of it! Kinda reminds me of the Little House on the Prairie series, and maple syrup!
Cappie says ucft.
(January 31, 2013 - 3:33 pm)