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Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008

Have you ever wondered how some laws are passed? How many of you have broken a law, whether it was intentional or not? Some of these made me cringe. Others made me laugh. How many of these laws have YOU broken?

Alabama

- Bear wrestling matches are prohibited. (Really? Remind me not to drink in Alabama, as I love to wrestle bears on the weekend.)

- Incestuous marriages are legal.

- It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.

- Dominoes may not be played on Sunday. (Isn't this a commandment? Thou shalt not...ah, well.)

- It is illegal to wear a false moustache that causes laughter at church.

- Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. (Odds are greater if a train is headed towards you, I assume)

- Boogers may not be flicked into the wind. (On a CLEAR day, however...)

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

- You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. (What, it's okay to put it in your FRONT pocket? Haven't they ever heard of shrinkage? Poor men...)

- Masks may not be worn in public. (What you do in the privacy of your own bedroom is none of my business)

- It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. (What if we were playing with a human pinata? Killjoys.)

City law in Auburn, Alabama

- Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.

City law in Huntsville, Alabama

- If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer. (As opposed to Ronald McDonald, I suppose)

Alaska

- Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.

- It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. (What about a dead moose out of an unmoving airplane?)

City law in Anchorage, Alaska

- Persons may not live in a trailer as it is being hauled across the city. (What if it's being repossessed?)

Arizona

- Hunting camels is prohibited. (What about polar bears?)

- Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony. (Better stick with basic black...)

- Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. (What kind of miserable person would even allow this? I always keep my jackass in the bed next to me....or the couch if he ticked me off.)

- It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.

- When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.

- You may not have more than two "items for a female's pleasure" in a house. (I don't even know where to start with this one...I better let this one go.)

City law in Maricopa County, Arizona

- No more than six girls may live in any house. (Well, with the last law I posted, who would want to?)

City law in Tombstone, Arizona

- It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.

Arkansas

- A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.

- A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

- Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

City law in Fayetteville, Arkansas

- It is illegal to kill "any living creature".

City law in Little Rock, Arkansas

- Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.

- It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday. (I believe this is discrimination. Someone should sue!)

I will post more of these later. Hope you enjoy them!

Category: Humor
Posted by annie_okie, 7:05pm
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Gee thanks, you have me rolling on the floor with these at work. Good thing no one's around. These were great and your comments made it better. There's one that I really like that I think, if I remember correctly, is for Detroit involving alligators.
Posted Feb 27, 2008 7:18 pm PT
I believe that alligator law is also in effect in Arkansas. I'm glad you liked my comments!
Posted Feb 27, 2008 7:23 pm PT
are these for real!? you won't catch me going to any of those places.
Posted Feb 27, 2008 9:13 pm PT
"- A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month." It's like we live live in the middle ages And yeah, donkeys can't sleep in bathtubs?! WTF
Posted Feb 28, 2008 5:23 pm PT
I can see the law about camels in Arizona, it's too bad that they were abandoned after being imported to the southwest before the Civil War...
Posted Feb 28, 2008 6:13 pm PT
i really enjoyed this, love dumb laws!
Posted Feb 28, 2008 8:51 pm PT
What? No barking dogs? Grrrrr.

I'm still grumbly over:
No guest parking on any residential street in Pasadena. (True. Family member got a ticket.)
You cannot wash your car on your driveway in (some northern california city).
No plastic grocery bags in San Francisco.
Posted Feb 29, 2008 4:08 pm PT
Angus, where in the world are your guests supposed to park?
Posted Feb 29, 2008 4:16 pm PT
I have no idea! Probably a neighboring city or in the garage?
Posted Mar 3, 2008 8:24 am PT
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