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michaelOfGeorgia -> RE: Craziest Laws In America (8/23/2007 9:51:34 PM)
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I had to post some, they are funny:
Alabama: You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
Alaska: Kagaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.
Arizona: You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
Arkansas: The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock. (who gets fined or arrested if this occurs)
California: In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated.
Colorado: In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.
Connecticut: A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces.
Delware: it is illegal to get married on a dare.
Florida: It is considered an offense to shower naked.
Georgia: (here's one for where I live) In Columbus, Georgia, it is illegal to siton one's porch in an indecent position.
Hawaii: You will be fined if you do not own a boat.
Idaho: If a polic officer approaches a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaged in sex, he must either honk his horn or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approching the car.
Illinois: It is illegal to speak English. The official recognized language is "American".
Indiana: Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
Iowa: A man with a mustache may never kiss a woman in public.
Kansas: In Topeka The installation of bathtubs is prohibited.
Kentucky: All nude people in your house must be registered in Kentucky.
Louisiana: Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
Maine: You may not step out of a plane in flight. (DUH!!!)
Maryland: In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink no matter how dirty they get. (ewwww)
Massachusetts: no one may take a bath without a prescription. (ewwwww)
Michigan: A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband and she isn't allowed to cut it without his permission (combined two laws into one)
Minnesota: It is illegal to sleep naked.
Mississippi: Unnatrual intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
Missouri: In Marquette, it is illegal for more then four unrelated persons to occupy the sam dwelling (The Brothel Law)
Montana: Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity bewteen members of the opposite sex, in the front yard of a home after sundown -- if thay're nude.
Nebraska: The owner of every hotel in Hastings is required to provide each guest a cleab and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing on of the clean, white cotton nightshirts.
Nevada: It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
New Hampshire: On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
New Jersey: You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.
New Mexico: In Carrizozo, it's forbidden for a femail to appear unshaven in public.
New York: Women may go topless in public, provided it is not being used as a business.
North Carolina: WHile having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
North Dakota: It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
Ohio: In Oxford, It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in from of a man's picture.
Oklahoma: Tattoos are banned.
Oregon: In Willowdale, no man may curse while having sex with his wife.
Pennsylvania: In Allentown, there is a ban on men becoming aroused in public (no mention of women becoming aroused in public)
Rhode Island: ANy marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.
South Carolina: It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
Souht Dakota: Mivies that show police officers being struck. beaten or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden.
Tennessee: Driving is not to be done while asleep.
Texas: A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their vicitims 24 Hours notice, either orally on in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. (Yeah, like that could happen, right?)
Utah: Trout Creek, Phamacists may not seel gunpowder to cure headaches.
Vermont: It is illegal to deny the existance of God.
Virginia: If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.
Washington: All lollipops are banned (WTF)
West Virginia: it is illegal for on to take roadkill home for dinner.
WIsconsin: In Connorsville, no man shall shoof off a gun while his femail partner is having an orgasm.
Wyoming: An ordinance in Newcastle specifically bas couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.
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