I came across a site today that revealed dumb laws in each and every state of this country. Though there were many favorites, I picked one law from each state and posted it here. I know a lot of laws we consider 'dumb', but these are just absolutely ridiculous. These are REAL laws that were put in effect at some time during history; though I doubt the local police would get you in trouble for them, he could if he wanted to! (scary) Read & Enjoy!
- Alabama: It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
- Alaska: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
- Arizona: Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
- Arkansas: A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
- California: It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
- Colorado: Keeping a house where unmarried persons are allowed to have sex is prohibited.
- Connecticut: You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
- Delaware: Alcohol may not be served in nightclubs if dancing is occurring on the premises at the same time.
- Florida: Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
- Georgia: All sex toys are banned.
- Hawaii: Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.
- Idaho: You may not fish on a camel's back.
- Illinois: One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
- Indiana: If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
- Iowa: A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
- Kansas: The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.
- Kentucky: One may not dye a duckling blue and offer it for sale unless more than six are for sale at once.
- Louisiana: One could possibly land in jail for 20 years upon urinating in the city's water supply.
- Maine: After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
- Maryland: It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.
- Massachusetts: It is illegal to give beer to hospital patients.
- Michigan: There is a law that makes it legal for farmers to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
- Minnesota: A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
- Mississippi: If one is a parent to two illegitimate children, that person will go to jail for at least one month.
- Missouri: Single men between the ages of twenty-one and fifty must pay an annual tax of one dollar (enacted 1820).
- Montana: It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperon.
- Nebraska: If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
- Nevada: It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
- New Hampshire: It is illegal to pick seaweed up off the beach.
- New Jersey: It is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder.
- New Mexico: It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
- New York: Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".
- North Carolina: While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
- North Dakota: Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
- Ohio: The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
- Oklahoma: It is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.
- Oregon: It is illegal to place a container filled with human fecal matter on the side of any highway.
- Pennsylvania: It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
- Rhode Island: Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal.
- South Carolina: It is perfectly legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.
- South Dakota: It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
- Tennessee: It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
- Texas: It is illegal to see one's eye.
- Utah: A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.
- Vermont: Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
- Virginia: It is illegal to tickle women.
- Washington: All lollipops are banned.
- West Virginia: It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs.
- Wisconsin: While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.
- Wyoming: Any person who fails to close a fence is subject to a fine of up to seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Well... I know what you're thinking - how the hell are these possible? How could they possibly be true? Well... there are a lot of dumb people out there, and a few of those oh so special people made and enacted these absolutely ridiculous laws, never put anything past the mind of a 'dumb' person :)
2 comments:
Maryland, you forgot the sodomy law, which is any anal or oral sex between two consenting (and married) adults is considered sodomy, and therefore is illegal.
Minnesota: A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head. OMG I haven't laughed ths hard in a while!! LOVES IT!
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