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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)
Not really a state law but if professors at Top Gun quote the movie "Top Gun", they can be fined, big-time. But only if they're on campus.
(January 31, 2013 - 5:53 pm)
Top please!
New York:
- While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
- You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
Greene, NY
- During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
Ocean City, NY
- Raw hamburger may not be sold.
Baltimore, MD
- It’s illegal to take a lion to the movies.
- It’s illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.
Rockvile, MD
- Citizens may not swim in the public fountains within the city limits.
Hawaii
- Billboards are outlawed.
- Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.
That's all I have for now. I might have more later.
(July 18, 2013 - 12:01 pm)
TOP PLEASE!!!!!!!
(July 18, 2013 - 12:02 pm)
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(July 18, 2013 - 12:03 pm)
Top please!!
(July 19, 2013 - 10:36 am)
You may not sing in the bathtub.
A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.
(July 19, 2013 - 4:17 pm)
In Philadelphia (down where Daffy and I live) it is illegal to put pretzels in bags. ?????
(July 20, 2013 - 9:06 am)
Attempting to top this old but AMAZING post.
In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.
(May 14, 2015 - 12:13 am)
Whaaa CA has some CRAZY laws.
If you wear a sweatshirt inside-out in Half Moon Bay, it's a "threatening misdemeanor".
It's illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room.
In San Francisco, sunshine is guaranteed to the masses (yeah right. San Francisco is FOGGY!)
In Cupertino, you can't count out loud in hexadecimal (this is proven false, but still!)
You have to own two cows to be allowed to wear cowboy boots in Blythe.
It is ILLEGAL TO DRIVE MORE THAN 2000 SHEEP DOWN HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD AT ONE TIME?! (who would DO that?!)
(May 14, 2015 - 12:19 am)
So.... My dad says that people used to dye ducks and things colors for Easter, and sell them. And then the ducks would grow up and the family would go down to the pond and get rid of them. I guess thats why there's a law on that...
(May 14, 2015 - 2:51 pm)
~In Alaska, it's illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
(May 14, 2015 - 8:13 pm)
Somebody, that is the BEST one!
(May 20, 2015 - 11:00 pm)
Some crazy laws that totally contradict each other.
In Boston, its illegal to bathe unless your doctor gives you a prescription.
In Boston, its illegal not to bathe before going to bed.
In Boston, you can take no more than two baths in one month within the confines of the city.
(May 17, 2015 - 5:48 am)
BTW, those may/may not be the original words of the law, and they are someone else's words! Not mine! I found them on a website! I'm not allowed to name websites, so I won't say where, but I just wanted to make sure you know that those laws that I wrote for you ( The ones about bathing in Boston) ARE NOT IN MY WORDS! I SHOULD HAVE RESTATED THEM BUT I DIDN'T! THANK YOU!
(May 18, 2015 - 6:17 am)
Massachusetts
-It is illegal to play the fiddle in Boston.
- It is also illegal to own, buy, or sell a squirt gun in Marlboro, MA.
(May 18, 2015 - 8:28 pm)