Stupid laws

[BreeIsMe]

Hello all,
I am relatively new here and was struck by the "fun" in Arana's thread of jokes.

How about stupid laws??

I found this list of stupid laws for California...
I like the "Toads may not be licked. one best!!!

Anyone else know of laws for their area???






California Crazy Law
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.


Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.


Bathhouses are against the law.


In an animal shelter, lizards and snakes are treated under the same guidelines as cats and dogs.


No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.


Women may not drive in a house coat.


It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.


Arcadia
Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.


Alhambra
You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.


Baldwin Park
Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.


Belvedere
City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."


Blythe
You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.


Burlingame
It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds.


Carmel
Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor)


Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.


Chico
Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.


Downey
It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).


Hollywood
It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.


Lafayette
You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.


Lodi
It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String".


Lompoc
It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.


Long Beach
It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.


Cars are the only item allowed in a garage.


Los Angeles
Toads may not be licked.


You may not hunt moths under a street light.


It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison.


You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.


Zoot suits are prohibited.


It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.


It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.


Ontario
Roosters may not crow in the city limits.


Pacific Grove
Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.


Palm Springs
It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.


Pasadena
It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.


Prunedale
Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.


Redlands
Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.


Riverside
One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.


San Diego
The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.


It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar.


San Francisco
Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.


Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.


It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.


It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.


San Jose
It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595


Santa Monica
You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.


Temecula
Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. at all times.

[littlerayofsunshine]

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 license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

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


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

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

Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business. (New York)

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

It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing." (New York)

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

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

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. (Ocean City)

It is illegal to disrobe in a wagon. (Sag Harbor)

If one wishes to bathe in the city limits, they must be clothed in a "suitable bathing suit". (Sag Harbor)

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

You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand. (Staten Island)

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

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

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


LOL

[12voltman59]

There are some crazy laws out there--

The village of Thunderbolt, Ga., which is a small place that borders Savannah and sits on US Hwy 80/Victory Drive--the main route that leads from Savannah out to Tybee Island which is the Savannah area's beach town.

The town did away with the following law--enacted in the 20s or 30s--if a man had a single woman in his car who was barefooted--he could be charged with stautory rape.

This law was wiped off the books when the town was streamilining the laws and ordinances it had on its books.

I think that maybe the state of Georgia had required towns and cities to do that---I remember reading the article in the Savannah Morning News about the crazy laws towns in the area were getting rid of too.

[jedinudist]

Memphis, TN -

No woman may drive a motorcar on a public road unless her husband is running 30 feet in front of her waving a red flag to warn others.

This was actually still on the books the last time I looked.

[codybear3]

Here are some from TX... :paw: :paw:

1. Dallas: It's illegal to possess realistic dildos.
2. 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."
3. Houston: Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday. It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.
4. If two trains going in opposite directions on the same track meet each other, one can't move until the other does.
5. In Alamo a person found intoxicated must be given a large dose of castor oil by a local doctor...and failure to gulp it down will result in a fine.
6. In Dallas County it is illegal to own any realistic looking, phallic shaped, personal massager more than one foot in length.
7. In Kingsville, there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city's airport property.
8. It is legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.
:bigrin:

[Rocsteady]

LOL, I'm still checking but these are hysterical :tongue:

[arana]

From BreeIsMe's post:

It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church. Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison. I would like to see them get $500 out of the dogs and how they'd deal with prison inmates.

Redlands
Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it. Hmmmm, I think I've violated this a few times.

Riverside
One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock. I know I violated this one a couple of months ago and I will again next month!

Santa Monica
You may not play percussion instruments on the beach. I take it this one ends at the Venice/Santa Monica line?

Temecula
Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. at all times If those ducks can make it across more power to them, I sure can't. Hmmm maybe I should be following a duck???.


1. Dallas: It's illegal to possess realistic dildos. There are fake dildo's?
8. It is legal for a chicken to have sex with you, but it's illegal to reciprocate.
Good thing Chook doesn't live there...does this apply to frozen chickens as well because then he'd be ok.

[whattodo]

Wyoming, it is illegal to have sex if you are unmarried.

Mountain View, you must have a clear and unabstructed walkway to your front door.

That's it for now.

[meteast chick]

Here's some more...

-In Clarendon, TX., it is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.....

-In Borger, TX., it is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. (Real party poopers)

-Portland, ME., makes it illegal to tickle a girl under the chin with a feather duster.

-Georgia law provides that it is a misdemeanor for any citizen to attend church worship on Sunday unless he is equipped with a rifle and it is loaded.

-It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.

-In Racine, WS., it is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.

-In Fort Madison, IA., the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.

-A Chicago law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.

-In Normal, IL., it is against the law to make faces at dogs. (hmmm, canine or human??)

-Hartford, CT., makes it illegal to educate dogs. (see above)

-In Paulding, OH., a policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.

In Cleveland, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.

-Kansas law prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

- In Tennessee it is illegal to use Lassos to catch a fish. (A rusty hook is far more humane...)

- If a man is wearing a striped suit, you cannot throw a knife at him in Natoma, Kansas.

- In 1659 Massachusetts made Christmas illegal.

- Unless you have a doctor's note, it's illegal to buy ice cream after 6 PM in Newark, New Jersey.

- It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime in Montana.

- Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri... but not toy cap guns.

- In Minnesota, it's illegal to tease skunks. (As if being sprayed weren't enough of a deterrent.)

- In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday. (No wonder why everyone is in a bad mood on Mondays.)

-In Jasper, it is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

-In Miami, it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.

-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.

-Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.

- 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 IL 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.

-Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

-It is considered "simple assault" to bite someone in New Orleans; it is "aggravated assault" if the biter has false teeth

While children may purchase shotguns in Kansas City, they are not allowed to buy toy cap guns.

-Missouri considers drunkenness an "inalienable right."

-In Oxford, it is illegal for a women to disrobe in front of a man's picture.

-In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

-A recently passed anticrime law in Texas 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.


And these are just the tip of the iceberg. Of course there are a ton of blue laws that are so ancient they have never been repealed. Techically in the town not a few miles away from here, it's illegal for a black man to walk after sunset on a city sidewalk, and yes, it's still on the lawbooks.

luv and kisses,
xoxoxoxoxoxox
meteast

[BreeIsMe]

Wow,
I didn't realize that there were so MANY crazy laws out there!!!

Keep them coming...


Anyone else have a favorite one??

Bree

[Solomon]

i'm very proud to say that i haven't violated ANY of these laws!!! :cool: :cool:

primarily because i haven't been to any of these places that have these laws! lol!

and i've never discharged a firearm at a wedding.... just never had a chance... eerr reason lol

[Flounder1967]

This should help.

http://www.dumblaws.com/

enjoy

[ghytifrdnr]

Does it occur to anyone but me that politicians are too stupid to be entrusted with the power to make laws? :(

[BreeIsMe]

ghtifdnr,
I agree with you. But why is it that we keep electing such people to office???

What our elected officials do is beyond belief!!

Bree



Does it occur to anyone but me that politicians are too stupid to be entrusted with the power to make laws? :(

[Solomon]

i think the truly scary thing with this thread would that someone felt the need for these laws in the first place! :eek:

as far as the politicians being stupid... i think the i'd prefer a politician to holding a political office as opposed to a car mechanic lol!

but i do agree that it can be stupid when an election is just who's the better of the two fuck-ups? :bigrin:

[biwords]

Fortunately, many of these would be unenforceable, though the lawyers would have fun. What, for example, is a "realistic" dildo? what if it's anatomically correct and detailed but three feet long? or painted with animal features, like a Native American carving? And as for carrying a lunch outdoors between 11 and 1 o'clock, what if it's 11 p.m. and 1 a.m? Void for vagueness, since some people work night shifts...

[tink1978]

I understand that some of these laws seem very silly, but most of them are just old and need to be taken off the books due to the fact they do not apply to todays world.

As for a "realistic" dildo? I want to know who complained enough to have some law maker even suggest it.


We may never know.


Amanda

[bookworm]

Gotta love these "Blue Laws" and the morons responsible for them...

Meteast--

As a maimed, pajama-wearing fisherman who regularly takes his poodle to incendiary Lyric Opera performances while speaking Chicago-ese and eating Italian Beef sandwiches (with hot peppers!), my protests to City Hall have only been met with hostile stares and a 30-second warning to vacate the premises ahead of a Chicago Police-style beating. Perhaps one day my kind will be recognized and appreciated...my thanks for bringing this to light!

[furrycritter]

It's still on the books in arkansas that you can take your to the court house and whip her once a month. My husband was going to do this if he could figure a way to do it and not hurt me so as to piss off the womens rights groups. He not anti woman but he says they already have the most rights if they were to just use them. They have half all the money in the world and they have all the pussy in the world what better bargining tool do they want.