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Pointless Laws In The United States
Alabama:
1. It is illegal for a driver to be
blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
Alaska:
1. It is illegal to push a live moose out
of a moving airplane.
California:
1. Community leaders passed an ordinance
that makes it illegal for anyone to try
and stop a child from playfully jumping
over puddles of water.
Connecticut:
1. You can be stopped by the police for
biking over 65 miles per hour.
2. You are not allowed to walk across a
street on your hands.
Florida:
1. Women may be fined for falling asleep
under a hair dryer, as can the salon
owner.
2. A special law prohibits unmarried
women from parachuting on Sunday or she
shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
3. If an elephant is left tied to a
parking meter, the parking fee has to be
paid just as it would for a vehicle.
Sarasota:
1. It is illegal to sing in a public
place while attired in a swimsuit.
2. Men may not be seen publicly in any
kind of strapless gown.
Illinois:
1. It is illegal for anyone to give
lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other
domesticated animal kept as pets.
Indiana:
1. Bathing is prohibited during the
winter.
2. Citizens are not allowed to attend a
movie house or theater nor ride in a
public streetcar within at least four
hours after eating garlic.
Iowa:
1. Kisses may last for as much as, but no
more than, five minutes.
Kentucky:
1. By law, anyone who has been drinking
is sober until he or she cannot hold onto
the ground.
2. It is illegal to transport an ice
cream cone in your pocket.
Louisiana:
1. It is illegal to rob a bank and then
shoot at the bank teller with a water
pistol.
2. Biting someone with your natural teeth
is simple assault, while biting someone
with your false teeth is aggravated
assault.
Massachusetts:
1. Mourners at a wake may not eat more
than three sandwiches.
2. Snoring is prohibited unless all
bedroom windows are closed and securely
locked.
3. An old ordinance declares goatees
illegal unless you first pay a special
license fee for the privilege of wearing
one in public.
Nebraska:
1. A parent can be arrested if his child
cannot hold back a burp during a church
service.
New Mexico:
1. Females are strictly forbidden to
appear unshaven in public.
New York:
1. A fine of $25 can be levied for
flirting. This old law specifically
prohibits men from turning around on any
city street and looking at a woman in
that way. Second conviction for a crime
of this magnitude calls for the violating
male to be forced to wear a pair of
horse-blinders wherever and whenever he
goes outside for a stroll.
North Dakota:
1. Beer & pretzels can't be served at
the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Ohio:
1. Women are prohibited from wearing
patent leather shoes in public.
Oklahoma:
1.Violators can be fined, arrested or
jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
2. Females are forbidden from doing their
own hair without being licensed by the
state.
3. Dogs must have a permit signed by the
mayor in order congregate in groups of
three or more on private property.
Pennsylvania:
1. A special cleaning ordinance bans
housewives from hiding dirt and dust
under a rug in a dwelling.
2. No man may purchase alcohol without
written consent from his wife.
Tennessee:
1. It is illegal to lasso a catfish in
Tennessee!!
Texas:
1. A city ordinance states that a person
cannot go barefoot without first
obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
2. It is illegal to take more than three
sips of beer at a time while standing.
Vermont:
1. Lawmakers made it obligatory for
everybody to take at least one bath each
week on Saturday night.
Washington:
1. All lollipops are banned.
2. A law to reduce crime states: It is
mandatory for a motorist with criminal
intentions to stop at the city limits and
telephone the chief of police as he is
entering the town.
3. In King County, in Seattle,
Washington, it is illegal to sit on a
man's lap on a metro bus, unless you are
married.
4. Vancouver, WA has a city law that
requires all motor vehicles to carry
anchors... as an emergency brake.
West Virginia:
1. No children may attend school with
their breath smelling of wild onions. |
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