Stupid State Laws

Gaer said:
In New Mexico, it's illegal for a waiter or server to show their private pparts.
Illegal to challange someone to a duel
In Las Cruces, it'sillegal to carry alunch box fownMain Street
Albq. cabbies can'tpull customers int theircabs.
Illegal to trip a horse.
In Omega, a woman can't ride a horse unless she's wearing a corset.
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Have to say Gaer can understand the first one. When I go out for a meal I like to enjoy my dinner. Don't think that would be the case if the waiter felt the need to, let's say, exhibit the accoutrements. :giggle:
 

Florida’s got some crazy ones too:


  1. In the city of Pensacola, rolling a barrel down the street is considered illegal. You may also face a fine, depending on the contents of your barrel.
  2. In the city of Cape Coral, Florida, a person can be fined $50 for keeping a couch underneath their outdoor carport.
  3. In the state of Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
  4. In the state of Florida, women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
  5. In the state of Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
  6. In the state of Florida, skateboarding without a license is illegal.
  7. In Daytona Beach, maintaining a car on your property that is no longer in use is prohibited.
  8. In the state of Florida, the law states you must pay for the parking meter if you tie an elephant, goat or alligator to it.
  9. In Miami Beach, it is illegal to sell oranges on the sidewalk.
  10. It is illegal to park in an intersection, at a crosswalk, or on the edge of a curbed street.
 

Ruthanne said:
Ohio:

1. Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

2. It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
3. It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
4. The Ohio driver’s education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
5. It is illegal for more than five woman to live in a house.
6. Posting signs at swimming pools is illegal in Akron.
7. It is also illegal in Akron to display colored chickens for sale.
8. It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road in Bay Village.
9. The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited in Bexley.
10. If someone loses their pet tiger, they must notify the authorities within one hour.

and one more for the road:

You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street in Marion.
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If eating a doughnut walking backwards is not in the Guinness book of records I'm in. :giggle:
 
RadishRose said:
In Connecticut-

Town records may not be kept where liquor is sold.

In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.

In Hartford, you aren’t allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands.

In Southington, silly string is banned.

In Waterbury, no beautician can hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
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How does a pickle bounce? (And that's not the start of one of debodun's riddles -ooh but could be eh Aunt Marg- just a thought) :LOL:
 
Reading through these, one can surmise that these laws came about when important people became injured, incurred property damage or were otherwise annoyed by the actions of others not so important. This is why they are stupid laws.
 
Judycat said:
Reading through these, one can surmise that these laws came about when important people became injured, incurred property damage or were otherwise annoyed by the actions of others not so important. This is why they are stupid laws.
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I'd say many, if not all of these dense laws came about as a result of lawmakers with too much idle time on their hands, sitting in the saloon tipping-back one too many.
 
When I was in high school, an acquaintance from a different state came to visit. We went to the laundromat, and were standing outside while waiting for the laundry to finish. I'd stopped at a nearby store and bought a can of Pringle's, and she was very upset to see me open the can and start eating the chips.
As she was kinda weird I don't know if what she said was true or not, but she said in her home state (Michigan) it was against the law to eat in public. She thought I'd get fined for eating potato chips!!! :oops:
 
jujube said:
In Tampa, it is illegal to eat cottage cheese after 6 p.m. on Sundays.

It is illegal to have sex with a porcupine in Florida. (On one hand, that's a sensible thing to ban.....on the other hand, there are no porcupines in Florida, outside of the zoo, so it's not a hard law to obey.)
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What? I'm beside myself with laughter. :LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO: Why would you want sex with a porcupine?There must be a word for that??? It's got to be a ....philia
porcupinephilia? Ooh sorry it might be a real condition, don't want to upset anyone.â˜ș
 
Treacle said:
If Treacle( my cat not me) had 'anything' come near her that wasn't food or combing I can assure you it ain't gonner be pleasant whether legal or otherwise :LOL:
Think that might be the same for me. Just a thought;)
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I'm thinking a pair of these✂would come in real handy! :giggle:
 
Treacle said:
What? I'm beside myself with laughter. :LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO: Why would you want sex with a porcupine?There must be a word for that??? It's got to be a ....philia
porcupinephilia? Ooh sorry it might be a real condition, don't want to upset anyone.â˜ș
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Well, here's a story that appeared in a Florida newspaper in 2009. I'm told there are no wild porcupines in Florida, so you can take this with a grain of salt:

Having sex? Don't pick a porcupine for partner

By Barbara Hijek

May 19, 2009 at 3:40 AM

This has all the makings of a hoax.
In fact, it was in a Russian tabloid. Something like the Weekly World News so you know what that means.


But it's worth a chuckle. (And we wouldn't be suprised if someone, somewhere got drunk enough in Florida to give it a shot. But not these two "Russians.")
The story goes that two men named Anton, 32, and Yevgeny, 30, residents of St. Petersburg, Russia were spending their vacation in the United States with a group of friends, Life.ru website reports.




At some point in their journey, the two got hold of a booklet listing the weirdest US laws.
Since they were in Florida, their attention was drawn to a Florida law prohibiting sex with porcupines,






reports Mosnews.com
Now here's something that is true: The Florida legislature recently grappled with making sex with animals illegal.


After a good deal of whiskey, the Russians felt curious about what might have prompted the law, and went in search of the animal.
They found a porcupine and both were drunk and brave enough to take off their pants and approach it.
By the time they'd completed the next leg of their trip --to LA -- the were ready for the Cedars Sinai clinic in Los Angeles, where amazed doctors plucked porcupine needles from their penises.
Meanwhile, both men had to undergo a lengthy treatment of inflammation caused by the porcupine needles.

Obviously, the two learned nothing from the story of the Russian man who, in January, supposedly lost half of his ***** after trying to force a raccoon into oral sex.
From Russia With Love indeed.
That's according to www.life.ru.
Yeah, we're not buying either. But at least we're awake now.
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The real idiocy of at least some of these laws is that someone probably did the things mentioned and that’s why it became a law.

Back prior to the ‘70’s and maybe before that, it was illegal for stores to be open on Sundays, including grocery stores. It was also illegal to play football or baseball. They were called “Blue Laws.” They were named “Blue Laws” because originally, they were printed on blue paper.
 
When I was growing up in Montana, It was illegal to sell booze of any kind to an American Indian. They would stand outside the liquor stores and ask if someone would but them a bottle. I was just a kid, but would ask why? i was told, "because they can't hold their liquor."
hahaha! I can't hold my liquor either!
 
Here's a good one from Virginia:

Bribes can only be made by officials.
There is actually a state law prohibiting “corrupt practices of bribery by any person other than candidates 
”

Virginians cannot spit on seagulls.

It’s illegal to tickle women. Please be a lover, not a tickler.

(Just a few of the other ridiculous laws here)
 

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