- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
** List of Stupid Laws in the United States **
"These are real standing laws from around the United States of America.Hope you enjoy them and remember, Law Enforcement is no joke!"-cybercrud
Silly Laws:
- Alabama:
1. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operatinga 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 illegalfor anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumpingover puddles of water.
- Connecticut:
1. You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 milesper 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, ascan the salon owner.
2. A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting onSunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
3. If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parkingfee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
4. It is illegal to sing in a public place whileattired in a swimsuit.
5. Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
6. Any form of sexual contact other than missionary position isa misdomeanor. (This is still a law. There have been severalcases of people being brought up on these charges in the past 5years alone. If the police enter a home with a warrent for someother crime and catch the 'culprits' in action, they can, and are,brought up on those charges.)
- 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 theaternor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours aftereating garlic.
- Iowa:
1. Kisses may last for as much as, but no more than, fiveminutes.
- Kentucky:
1. By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he orshe "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 tellerwith 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 closedand securely locked.
3. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you firstpay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
4. Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the frontseat of their taxi during their shifts.
- Nebraska:
1. A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back aburp 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 lawspecifically prohibits men from turning around on any citystreet and looking "at a woman in that way." A second convictionfor a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to beforced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever hegoes outside for a stroll.
- North Dakota:
1. Beer & pretzels can't be served at the same time in any baror restaurant.
- Ohio:
1. Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes inpublic.
- Oklahoma:
1. Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making uglyfaces at a dog.
2. Females are forbidden from doing their own hair withoutbeing licensed by the state.
3. Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order tocongregate in groups of three or more on private property.
- Pennsylvania:
1. A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hidingdirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
2. No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from hiswife.
- Tennessee:
1. It is illegal to lasso a catfish in Tennessee!!(Julie.Miller)
- Texas:
1. A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefootwithout first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
2. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a timewhile standing.
- Vermont:
1. Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at leastone bath each week -- on Saturday night.
- Washington:
1. All lollipops are banned.
2. A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for amotorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits andtelephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.
3. In King County, in Seattle Washington, it is illegal to siton a man's lap on a metro bus, unless you are married.
4. Vancouver, WA has a city law that requires all motorvehicles to carry anchors... as an emergency brake. (Ted Timmons)
- West Virginia:
1. No children may attend school with their breath smelling of"wild onions."_________________________________________________________________
*******Now some of these really make you think about the state that you live in and the people who came up with these laws in the first place. They are ridiculous!!! -- Taz*******
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