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here's a website http://www.crazylaws.com/

look up some laws from ur state and show us which ones u think are totally insane.

ok i live in Florida, and in florida"

having Sex with a porcupine is illegal.

failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal.

and, did u know in Key West, Chickens are considered a 'protected species'.

amazing.
 
((chuckles))
I wish I could knew where is dumblaws or crazylaws in Canada...
*smirks*
 
Tennessee
•"Crimes against nature" are prohibited.
• Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud bitch that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.
• Driving is not to be done while asleep.
• Dyersburg: It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
• Fayette County: You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles on a piece of property.
• Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
• Hollow logs may not be sold.
• In Jonesboro, Tenn., a slingshot used to be classified by law as a deadly weapon.
• In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it, waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.
• In Tennessee hollow logs may not be sold.
• In Tennessee it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish.
• It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
• It is illegal to catch a fish with a lasso.
• It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
• It is legal to gather and consume road kill
• It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.
• Knoxville: In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a "hitching post."
• Lenoir City: When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
• Lexington: No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk. Spitting on the sidewalk is prohibited.
• Memphis: Illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians. It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM. Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis. It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.
• More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
• Nashville: Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
• Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging.
• The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.
• You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
Oneida: An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'."
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I'm guilty of all of these. Take me away.

Interracial marriages also also still illegal in Tennessee, as is spitting.
 
Here is mine...

New York Crazy Law
# The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

# Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.

Looking for more dumb laws? Check out DumbLaws.com!
# 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." A 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.

# A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

# While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.

# A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

# It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

Carmel
# A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.

Greene
# During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.

New York
# You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.

# Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".

# Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

# It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."

Ocean City
# It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town.

# It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.

Staten Island
# It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."

# You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
 
I'm in Kentucky and here are some of them that I think are really insane! I didn't want to copy and paste all of it in here. Anyway, Here it is -

Kentucky

• A Kentucky statute says: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." Later, an amendment proposed: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to any female weighing less than sixty pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor shall it apply to female horses."
• All nude people in your house must be registered in Kentucky.
• In Danville, Ky., it's illegal to throw slops or soapsuds in the street.
• In Kentucky every citizen of is required to take a shower once a year.
• In Kentucky you need a license to walk around nude on your property.
• It is illegal in Kentucky to marry the same man more than 3 times.
• Owensboro: A woman may not buy a hat without her husband's permission. One may not receive anal sex. All bees entering Kentucky shall be accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the apiary from which the bees came was free from contagious or infectious disease. -KRS 252.130 (Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1948)
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Comic books which depict any illegal acts are banned.
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Full text of the Law
Criminal Code
Chapter C-46
163(7) Definition of "crime comic"

(7) In this section, "crime comic" means a magazine, periodical or
book that exclusively or substantially comprises matter depicting
pictorially

(a) the commission of crimes, real or fictitious; or

(b) events connected with the commission of crimes, real or
fictitious, whether occurring before or after the commission of the
crime.

35% of a radio stations content must be "Canadian Content".
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To qualify as 'Canadian content' a musical selection must fulfill at least two of the following conditions:

M (music) -- the music is composed entirely by a Canadian.

A (artist) -- the music is, or the lyrics are, performed principally by a Canadian.

P (production) -- the musical selection consists of a live performance that is (i) recorded wholly in Canada, or (ii) performed wholly in Canada and broadcast live in Canada.

L (lyrics) -- the lyrics are written entirely by a Canadian.

You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.
Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
Wooden logs may not be painted.
You may never use dice to play craps.
If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.
When raining, a person may not water his/her lawn.
It is illegal to turn right on a red light at any time.
Margarine producers can't make their margarine yellow.
All business signs in the province of Quebec must be in French.
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Explanation
Threatened by the predominately English speaking Canadian provinces and US states which surround Quebec, the citizens of this province have passed numerous measures to preserve their French heritage in everyday life.

Bylaw states that no more than 3.
If you have a water trough in your front yard it must be filled by 5:00 a.
Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks.
The city is classified as a no-pee zone.
The color of house and garage doors is regulated by city bylaws (a purple door get you a fine).
You can't work on your car in the street.
It's illegal to climb trees.
Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks.
It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.
You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday.
Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.
You may not paint a ladder as it will be slippery when wet.
It is illegal to show public affection on Sunday.
It is considered an offense to have more than two materials on the outside of one's house.
You may not own a log cabin.
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel must feed your horse freely when you rent a room.
You may not wash your car in the street.
You may not park a car in such a way that it is blocking your own driveway.
"For Sale" signs are not permitted in the windows of moving vehicles.
Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand.
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Explanation
To avoid having to deal with the current rate of car thefts, an ordinance was passed that forced drivers to be more cautious when leaving their cars unattended.

One's rear license plate may not be protected by glass or plastic.
Citizens may not relieve themselves or spit on the street.
Not only do all exterior painting jobs require a permit (for color) but, for instance, the City went to Appeals Court over the exact type of division inside a window frame.
No one in Canada may watch or listen to an encrypted broadcast which is not licensed by the Canadian government.
It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.
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228. No person commits culpable homicide where he causes the death of a human being

(a) by any influence on the mind alone, or

(b) by any disorder or disease resulting from influence on the mind alone,

but this section does not apply where a person causes the death of a child or sick person by wilfully frightening him.

R.S., c. C-34, s. 211.

It is illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft.

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/international/canada/
 
DarkAngel,
Margarine producers can't make their margarine yellow.
Have you seen margarine has yellow (dark).. still there.. IT's called Becal butter.. check it out.. at the food store.. LOL
Mostly I've seen margarine mostly have light yellow which it's soya.
 
Weird! :ugh:

Ohio
• According to Ohio law, it's against the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.
• A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. However, the reverse is not true, even if it's a police dog.
• Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
• Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited.
• Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
• Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio.
• Cincinnati: Anal intercourse is banned.
• Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
• Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.
• In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
• In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings.
• Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
• Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor. Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery fee regulation in Norton, Ohio. There regular plots are $33, but "creamies" are $75.
• In Columbus, Ohio it is illegal to sell cornflakes on Sunday.
• In Marysville, Ohio it is illegal for a dog to urinate on a parking meter.
• In the hippy-dippy late '60s, Youngstown, Ohio, briefly had a law making it illegal to walk barefoot through town.
• In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab
• In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas
• In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear
• In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.
• In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
• In Xenia, Ohio, it's illegal to spit in a salad bar
• Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.
• It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
• It is legal to throw a snake at someone but it is illegal to shake a snake at someone.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn • even though he had the owner's permission.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
• Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
• Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
• Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• North Canton: It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
• Oxford: It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
• Paulding: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
• Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
• The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Toledo: Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
• Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio, a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"
• You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• You may not run out of gas.
• Youngstown: Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed. You may not run out of gas.
 
GalaxyAngel said:
DarkAngel,
Margarine producers can't make their margarine yellow.
Have you seen margarine has yellow (dark).. still there.. IT's called Becal butter.. check it out.. at the food store.. LOL
Mostly I've seen margarine mostly have light yellow which it's soya.
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i know... that is strange.. all margarine are yellow, i think that was one of the oldest law from when u and i were not born..
 
Here is mine! STUPID!



Georgia
• Acworth: All citizens must own a rake.
• An old law in Columbus, Ga., made it illegal to sit on your porch in an indecent position.
• A Kennesaw, Ga. law makes it illegal for every homeowner not to own a gun, unless you are a convicted felon, conscientious objector or disabled.
• Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
• Atlanta: Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp; One man may not be on another man's back.
• Columbus: Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday; It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.
• Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
• Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
• Georgia has 75 laws on how to build rice paddies, even though the state has only one rice farm left. Rice was the state's No. 1 crop before the Civil War. But right after the war, a hurricane destroyed all the paddies and ponds. It was too expensive to replace them without slaves, so the Rice State began growing peaches, peanuts and other crops.
• Georgia officials were revising their state laws in 1981, and noticed they still allowed pensions for Confederate widows. That week the last widow died. Lawmakers bowed their heads, and deleted the law.
• In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
• In Columbus, Georgia it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.
• In Georgia, movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must reserve one showing a month for religious material.
• It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse.
• In Quitman, It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
• It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.
• It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro.
• It is illegal to take a bath of orange peel.
• It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
• It used to be against the law in Jonesboro, Ga., to utter the words, "Oh boy."
• Jonesboro: It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
• Kennesaw: Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.
• Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
• Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
• No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
• One man may not be on another man's back.
• Signs are required to be written in English.
• St. Mary's: No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
• Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
• You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting" words.
 
Connecticut
• A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
• A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces
• Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn.
• Bloomfield, Conn: It's against the law to eat in your car.
• Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs.
• Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
• Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
• Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands
• In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence.
• In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.
• In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
• In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• In Hartford, Conn., it's illegal to plant a tree in the street.
• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
• In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
• In Simsbury, Conn., it's illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump.
• It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
• It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
• It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.
• New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire.
• No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.
• Southington: Silly string is banned.
• Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names.
• The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited.
• This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults."
• Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious."
• Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
• You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
• You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays.
• You may not educate dogs.
 
Missouri
• Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
• Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
• Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri... but not toy cap guns.
• Excelsior Springs: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.
• Four women may not rent an apartment together.
• Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
• In Ballwin, Mo., the only place you can use vulgar, obscene or indecent language is in your home.
• In Merryville women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."• In Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling their goods while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at passing vehicles.
• In St. Louis, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
• In St. Louis, a law on the books makes it illegal to park your car without turning off the engine. This was to avoid scaring horses.
• It is illegal to have oral sex.
• It is not illegal to speed.
• It's illegal to sit on any street curb in St. Louis, Missouri, and drink beer from a bucket.
• Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited. • Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
• Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
• Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.• Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however.
• Mole: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
• Natchez: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
• Purdy: Dancing is strictly prohibited.
• St. Louis: It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty.
• University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together.
 
Maryland
• Baltimore City: Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited. You may not curse inside the city limits.
• Baltimore: It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits. It's illegal to take a lion to the movies. It is a park rule violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine. This would include joggers that go shirtless. (1898) -Park Rule 6 It is a violation of city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.
• Baltimore has regulations governing the disposal of hog's heads, pet droppings and oyster shells.
• Columbia: You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish. Though clotheslines are banned, clothes may be draped over a fence.
• Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.
• Gypsies should steer clear of Caroline County, Md., where it's a $100 fine or six months in the can for "forecasting or pretending to foretell the future."
• In Baltimore it's illegal to block the sidewalk with a box. But the offense only carries a $1 fine. Another law makes it illegal to throw bale of hay (or of anything else) out a second-story window. That gets you a $20 fine.
In Baltimore it's illegal to play professional croquet before 2 p.m. Sunday. The law also applies to professional quoits.
• In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters.
• In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks no matter how dirty they get.
• In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.
• In Halethrope, Maryland kisses longer than one second are illegal.
• In Maryland, a woman may not go through her husband's pockets while he is sleeping.• In Maryland, men may not buy drinks for female bartenders.
• In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
• In Maryland, the legislature once proposed a board of parachute examiners to be made up of five licensed parachute instructors who would test and license all other parachute instructors. The plan had been abandoned when it was learned there were only three licensed parachute instructors in the state.
• In the entire state of Maryland, it is illegal to give or recieve oral sex. • It is a violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine.
• It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
• Maryland now requires that alcohol beverage writers be certified as experts by an agency of the state before they can receive product samples, which it limits to three bottles per brand.
• Ocean City: A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk. Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited
• Thistles may not grow in one's yard.
• You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish.
• You cannot swear while inside the city limits of Baltimore.
• You cannot throw a bail of hay out of a second story window in Annapolis.
• You may not curse inside the city limits.
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If I have some downtime today, I'm going to look at our lawbooks and see if any of it is true (at least today). There are some older laws, such as throwing bales of hay from windows that are no longer in place. When I get a chance, I'll break out my law books and see what I can find ;)
 
Catmandu said:
Massachusetts... :crazy: Is this for real?? *scoffs*
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:eek2: look at those stupid CAHNEKTIKUT laws!!! IS IT FOR REAL TOO!??? *SCOFFING* :crazy:
WE ARE PRACTICALLY NEIGHBORS!!! :Ohno:
 
FeistyChick said:
:eek2: look at those stupid CAHNEKTIKUT laws!!! IS IT FOR REAL TOO!??? *SCOFFING* :crazy:
WE ARE PRACTICALLY NEIGHBORS!!! :Ohno:
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Yeah, I saw RJR2006's post. :ugh:
 
I don't see the law in RI that when you are passing a car on the left, you must make a loud noise.

A google search found this website....

www.dumblaws.com
 
Ohio

• According to Ohio law, it's against the law to kill a housefly within 160 feet of a church without a license.
• A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him. However, the reverse is not true, even if it's a police dog.
• Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
• Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited.
• Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
• Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio.
• Cincinnati: Anal intercourse is banned.
• Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
• Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.
• In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
• In Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings.
• Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
• Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor. Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• Funeral jargon seems to have crept into the wording of a cemetery fee regulation in Norton, Ohio. There regular plots are $33, but "creamies" are $75.
• In Columbus, Ohio it is illegal to sell cornflakes on Sunday.
• In Marysville, Ohio it is illegal for a dog to urinate on a parking meter.
• In the hippy-dippy late '60s, Youngstown, Ohio, briefly had a law making it illegal to walk barefoot through town.
• In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab
• In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas
• In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear
• In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.
• In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
• In Xenia, Ohio, it's illegal to spit in a salad bar
• Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.
• It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
• It is legal to throw a snake at someone but it is illegal to shake a snake at someone.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn • even though he had the owner's permission.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
• Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
• Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
• Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• North Canton: It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
• Oxford: It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
• Paulding: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
• Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
• The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Toledo: Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
• Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio, a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"
• You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• You may not run out of gas.
• Youngstown: Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed. You may not run out of gas.
 
I've violated the following...
  • New York
  • 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." A 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.
  • Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".
  • It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
  • It's illegal in New York to start any kind of public performance, show, play, game or what have you, until after 1:05 p.m.
  • Jaywalking is legal, as long as it's not diagonal. That is, you can cross the street out of the crosswalk, but you can't cross a street diagonally.
  • Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
  • While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
  • You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
  • You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
  • Texas
  • A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
  • Dallas: It's illegal to possess realistic dildos.
  • It is illegal to carry a pair of wire-cutters in your back pocket.
  • It is illegal to have an open container in a car.
  • It is illegal to have anything protruding from your bumper unless it is attached with a chain.
  • It is illegal to spit on the sidewalk.
  • It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
  • Richardson: It is now illegal to place a "for sale" sign on a car if it visible from the street.
  • Richardson: It is illegal to do "U Turns".
  • Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession.
  • The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
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