A funny list of dumb laws in the United States

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http://www.bored.com/crazylaws/index.htm

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'."

[BrickTamland]

They missed one for Ohio: Being a competent driver is forbidden. I swear, Ohio drivers are becoming worse than Bostonians, Californians, Floridians, and Michiganders!

[coaster.n3rd]

Permitting diners to take home an unfinished bottle of alcohol beverage, rather than consuming it all before leaving to prevent "waste," encourages moderation and discourages intoxication. However, this is prohibited in Michigan.

This used to bother the crap out of me when I was a waiter.

[roberto57]

I love Pennsylvania

• In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.

• In the Mount Pocono region any group of 5 or more Native Americans are to be considered a raiding party and may be killed on the spot.

• Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

[BeatFace]

I read one once that stated that one is liable for a $500 fine if they set off a nuclear device within the city limits of Chico, CA.

[likearock00]

My wonderful and bright state of NC:

• A recent proposal that ministers walk the beat with police officers in Belmont, N.C., notes "the ministers will carry a Bible instead of a gun."
• An ordinance proposed in Robbins, N.C., states, "In the future, anyone not living within the immediate vicinity of Robbins must have a permit from the Chief of Police and okayed by the Mayor or one of the Commissioners." It's not clear what the permit is for, but they may be on to something.
• In Robbins, N.C., anyone who refuses to black out after hearing the blackout signal is subject to a $5 fine.
• A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
• All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
• Barber: Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• By town law the sewer service charge in Belhaven, N.C., used to be "$2 per month, per stool." It was recently changed to read "per toilet."
• Because people were using them for cheap furniture, it's now illegal in North Carolina to take and sell labeled milk crates.
• Chapel Hill: It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.
• Charlotte: Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.
• Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
• Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• Forest City: You must stop and call City Hall before entering town in an automobile. This is so the townspeople will have time to go out and hold their horses until you get through town.
• Greensboro: Restaurants "with on sidewalk dining" must post their menu so that it is clearly readable from the sidewalk, but is not readable from the street.
• Hornytown: Massage parlors have been banned.
• In Asheville, North Carolina, it is illegal to sneeze on city streets.
• In Raleigh, North Carolina, before a man asks for a woman's hand in marriage, he must be "inspected by all the barnyard animals on the young woman's family's property, to ensure a harmonious farm life."
• If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
• If you happen to own a marl bed in North Carolina, the law demands that you put a fence around it. A marl bed may not be what you think. It is a kind of rock quarry.
• In Barber, North Carolina fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• In Chapel Hill, North Carolina it is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.
• In Forest City, N.C., it's illegal to bring a pea-shooter to a parade. It's also illegal to shoot paper clips with rubber bands.
• In Mooresville, N.C., it's illegal to attach anything to a pool table.
• In Nags Head North Carolina you can be fined for singing out of tune for more than ninety seconds.
• In Rockwell, N.C., anyone who violates the terms of a proclamation--such as failing to appropriately celebrate Peanut Day or Jaycees Week--is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• North Carolina just passed a law saying a political action committee, or PAC, has to have a name that describes the group's cause or purpose. The idea is to prohibit, say, the highway or tobacco lobbies from calling themselves "Citizens for Good Government."
•In North Carolina it's illegal to dig ginseng on other people's property between the months of April and September, according to an 1866 law.
• In North Carolina it's illegal to sell cotton lint at night. It's also legal to sell cottonseed at night.
• In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it is against the law for children under seven years of age to go to college.
• It is against the law to roller blade on a state highway.
• It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
• It's against the law to sing off key in North Carolina.
• It's unlawful to attract a crowd in Forest City, N.C., except when aching the Gospel, politicking or "serenading on occasion of public rejoicing."
• Kill Devil Hills: You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.
• North Carolina forbids sex outside of marriage, or "fornication," but the girlfriend as well as the man would have to be prosecuted.
• Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.
• Punching an official at a youth sports program in Nashville, N.C., incurs a three-year suspension from the program for adult spectators as well as participants.
• Rocky Mount: It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog.
• Thomasville, North Carolina, prohibits airplanes from flying over the town on Sundays during the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• The good people of Tryon, N.C., are serious about getting a good night's sleep. It's against the law for anyone to keep "fowl that shall cackle," or for anyone to play the piccolo between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.
• While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
• You can't sneeze on the streets of Asheville, North Carolina.
• You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.
lon College: There is to be no roller-blading during daylight hours, on the roads, or on the bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are made of brick.

[GMCSonoma]

Wisconsin
• As people used to smuggle it in from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned.
• At one time, margarine was illegal.
• A Wisconsin legislator in the 1970s proposed a law providing that no woman over 21 be required to divulge her age. If age information were required by law, women could use an alphabetic code: women in their '20s would use
• A Wisconsin legislator recently introduced a bill making it illegal to tattoo someone under the age of 18. He was quoted as saying, "I'm going to save the buttocks of a few juveniles."
• Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.
• Car dealerships cannot sell cars on Sunday.
• Cheese making requires a cheese maker's license; Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.
• Citizens may not murder their enemies.
• Condoms were considered an obscene article and had to hidden behind the pharmacist's counter.
• In Connorsville, Wisconsin no man shall shoot off a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.
• In St. Croix, women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
• In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house.
• In Wisconsin you need a cheesemaker's license to make any kind of cheese, except Limburger. To make Limburger, you need a master cheesemaker's license.
• In Wisconsin, after 3:00 a.m., you have to send a rocket signal in the air after every mile you drive.
• In Wisconsin, it is illegal to cut a woman's hair or to kiss on a train.
• It is illegal to cut a woman's hair.
• It is illegal to display an unclothed mannequin in a store window.
• It is illegal to kiss on a train.
• It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.
• Kenosha: No male is allowed to be in a state of arousal in public.
• La Crosse: It is illegal to tie up your horse along Third Street (Now a major bar strip). It is illegal to display an unclothed mannequin in a store window. It is illegal to play checkers in public. You cannot "worry a squirrel."
• Milwaukee: An old ordinance forbids parking for over two hours unless a horse is tied to the car. It is against the law to play a flute and drums on the streets to attract attention. If one is thought of as offensive looking, it is illegal for him to be in public during the day. It is illegal to purchase or use Sparklers in the city, yet you can buy fully disassembled automatic machine guns.
• Next time you start a riot in Wisconsin remember that it i illegal to use a laser pointer to do so.
• Racine: It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep. Women may not walk down a public street at night without being accompanied by a man.
• St. Croix: Women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
• State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese.
• Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.
• While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.
• Wisconsin law provides for a fine of $2 to $20 for anyone under age 17 caught jumping onto a railroad car while the train is in motion.
• You must manually flush all urinals in a building.

[ctaylorzl1]

Those are some crazy laws, especially the cheese on the pie law, my Gpa eats cheese on his pie, I tried it once and it is nasty!

[GMCSonoma]

Originally Posted by ctaylorzl1

Those are some crazy laws, especially the cheese on the pie law, my Gpa eats cheese on his pie, I tried it once and it is nasty!

It's actually cheddar cheese with apple pie...

I like it...but as I have told here...I don't have a clue as to taste!

[likearock00]

Originally Posted by GMCSonoma

It's actually cheddar cheese with apple pie...

I like it...but as I have told here...I don't have a clue as to taste!

Oh, cheddar cheese with apple pie is awesome! I could eat cheddar cheese with just about anything tho...

[Firebird00]

TEXAS

When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos.

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

Homosexual behavior is a misdemeanor offense.

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing. (Abilene)

Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket. (Austin)

Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University. (Beaumont)

It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. (Borger)

It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster. (Clarendon)

It's illegal to possess realistic dildos. (Dallas)

Urinating on the streets is illegal. (El Paso)

Appearing in public places wearing a "lewd dress" is prohibited. (El Paso)

Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide spittoons "of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations into them." (El Paso)

Landing an airplane on the beach is illegal. (Galveston)

Any person who sits on a sidewalk may be fined up to $500. (Galveston)

It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays. (Galveston)

No person amy disturb a church service by swearing. (Harker Heights)

Drivers of city vehicles must respect all traffic rules just like the rest of us. (Harker Heights)
It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday. (Houston)

Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday. (Houston)

It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing. (LeFors)

It is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream. (Lubbock County)

It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts. (Mesquite)

Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator. (Port Arthur)

It is illegal to do "U Turns". (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 urinate on the Alamo. (San Antonio)
anyone who does this should be hung immediately from a Live Oak no questions asked imo.


It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands. (San Antonio)

Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot. (Temple)

You can ride your horse in the saloon. (Temple)

No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square. (Temple)

Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights. (Texarkana)

[King Riffle]

Originally Posted by GMCSonoma

Wisconsin

• Car dealerships cannot sell cars on Sunday.

I wasn't aware that that was a Wisconsin only thing. I like that law, I can look at cars on Sunday without a salesman bothering me.

[coaster.n3rd]

Originally Posted by Firebird00

TEXAS
It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo. (San Antonio)
anyone who does this should be hung immediately from a Live Oak no questions asked imo.

Ozzy RulEZ!

[shabodah]

Originally Posted by King Riffle

I wasn't aware that that was a Wisconsin only thing. I like that law, I can look at cars on Sunday without a salesman bothering me.

It's not just a WI thing, more states prohibit sales of automobiles on Sunday than allow it. Heck, Nebraska does not allow any merchandise to be sold before Noon on Sunday (I had to wait to buy Omaha steaks for Father's day).

[GMCSonoma]

Originally Posted by King Riffle

I wasn't aware that that was a Wisconsin only thing. I like that law, I can look at cars on Sunday without a salesman bothering me.

Other states as well...Minnesota & Iowa possibly??


Good old fashioned "blue laws", our smarter & more dignified class of posters on GMI call that "lack of diversity" or some **** like that!

I like it...it keeps me to 5.5 days a week at the dealership!