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Strange State Laws (Part 1)

January 27th, 2009

I found these and I do not know if they are true. So read at your own risk, but feel free to shoot any of them if you know it to be untrue.

Alabama

* In jasper, it is illigal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
* It is illigal to play Dominos on Sunday.
* It is illigal top wear a dake moustache that causes laughter in church.
* Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Alaska

* In Fairbanks, it is illigal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
* While it is legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

Arizona

* In Tucson, it is illigal for women to wear pants.
* In Globe, it is illigal to play cards in the street with a Native American.
* In Glendale, it is illigal to drive a car in reverse.
* In Nogales, it is illigal to wear suspenders.

Arkansas

* A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
* In Fayetteville, it is illigal to kill “any living creature”.
* Schoolteachers who bob their hair may forfeit their pay raises.
* Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-Day jail term.

California

* In Los Angeles, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

* It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
* In Pacific Groove, “molesting” butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
* In Pasadena, it is illigal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
* It is illigal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
* In Long Beach, it is illigal to curse on a mini-golf course.
* In San Francisco, it is illigal to wipe one’s car with used underwear.
* It is illigal to cry on the witness stand in Los Angeles courts.

Colorado

* In Durango, it is illegal to go out in public dressed in clothing “unbecoming” one’s sex.
* In Logan County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
* In Pueblo, it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits.

Connecticut

* In Hartford, it is illegal to educate a dog.
* It is illegal to dispose used razor blades.
* In New Britain, the speed limit for fire trucks is 25 m.p.h., even when going to a fire.
* In Hartford, it is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.

Delaware

* In Lewes, it is illegal to wear pants that are “form-fitting” around the waist.
* Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.
* It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.

Florida

* In Miami, it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
* Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
* In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.

Georgia

* All males in the state between the ages of 16 and 50 are required to work on public roads.
* In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one’s porch in an indecent position.
* In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.
* It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.

Hawaii

* It is illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.
* It is illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.

Idaho

* In Pocatello, “the carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view.”
* Also in Pocatello, “It is prohibited for pedestrians and motorists to display frowns, grimaces, scowls, threatening and glowering looks, gloomy and depressed facial appearances, generally all of which reflect unfavorably upon the city’s reputation.”
* Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.

Illinois

* In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed to the point of being “an unsightly or disgusting object” are banned from going out in public.
* In Chicago, it is illegal to fish in one’s pajamas.
* In Chicago, it is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.
* According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American”.
* In Guernee, it is illegal for women weighing more than 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.
* In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet.

Indiana

* Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.
* In Gary, it is illegal to attend the theater within four hours of eating garlic.
* The Stepford Wives is banned in Warsaw.

Iowa

* State law forbids any establishment from charging admission to see a one-armed piano player.
* In Fort Madison, firemen are required to practice for 15 minutes before attending a fire.

Kansas

* It is illegal for restaurants to sell cherry pie a la mode on Sundays.
* In Wichita, a man’s mistreatment of his mother-in-law may not be used as grounds for divorce.
* In Wichita, it is illegal to carry a concealed bean snapper.
* In Lang, it is illegal to ride a mule down Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat.
* In Natoma, it is illegal to throw a knife at anyone wearing a striped shirt.

Kentucky

* It is illegal for a woman to appear in a bathing suit on a highway unless she is: escorted by at least two police officers; armed with a club; or lighter than 90 pounds or heavier than 200 pounds. The ordinance also specifically exempts female horses from such restrictions.
* State law stipulates that a person is considered sober until he or she “cannot hold onto the ground”.
* It is illegal to remarry the same man four times.

Louisiana

* In New Orleans, fire trucks are required by law to stop at all red lights.
* It is considered “simple assault” to bite someone in New Orleans; it is “aggravated assault” if the biter has false teeth.
* It is against the law to gargle in public.

Maine

* In Portland, it is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with feather dusters.
* The most money one can legally win gambling is three dollars.
* In Rumford, it is illegal for a tenant to bite his/her landlord.
* In Waterville, it is illegal to blow one’s nose in public.

Maryland

* In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.
* Every person who has bowled since 1833 may be fined $2 for each offense.
* In Halethorpe, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.
* It’s illegal to mistreat oysters.
* It’s illegal to play Randy Newman’s “Short People” on the radio.

Massachusetts

* In Salem, even married couples are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in rented rooms.
* It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
* North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying “space guns”.
* State legislation forbids dueling with water pistols.
* In Boston, it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.
* In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Michigan

* In Clawson, it is legal for a farmer to “sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.”
* A state law stipulates that a woman’s hair legally belongs to her husband.
* In Detroit, it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is parked on your property.
* In Detroit, it is illegal to “ogle” a woman from a moving car.
* In Port Huron, the speed limit for ambulances in 20 m.p.h.
* Under state law, dentists are officially classified as “mechanics.”

Minnesota

* Women may face up to 30 days in jail if they impersonate Santa Claus.
* In Minneapolis, double-parkers can be put on a chain gang.
* Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.
* It’s illegal to tease skunks.

Mississippi

* It is still legal to kill one’s “servant”.
* In Truro, a would-be groom must “prove himself manly” prior to marriage by hunting and killing either six blackbirds or three crows.

Missouri

* In Saco, women are forbidden from wearing hats that “might frighten timid persons, children or animals.”
* In St. Louis, it is illegal for an on-duty firefighter to rescue a woman wearing a nightgown; in order to be rescued, a woman must be fully dressed.
* While children may purchase shotguns in Kansas City, they are not allowed to buy toy cap guns.
* Missouri considers drunkenness an “inalienable right.”

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4 Responses to “Strange State Laws (Part 1)”

  • Neo Says: January 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    Almost all of them sound like bullshit

  • Anonymous Says: January 28th, 2009 at 1:14 am

    How come you can spell legal correctly, but all the way from Alabama to California you spell “illegal” wrong?

  • Guest Says: January 28th, 2009 at 6:35 am

    All he wanted was for you to be the man he wanted you to be.

  • Joey Says: January 29th, 2009 at 9:46 am

    There is no such place as Truro, Mississippi.

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