Weird Laws

[Kirobaito]

Here are some weird laws. Discuss.

Alabama
- It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

- Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

- It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

California
- Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

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

- Bathhouses are against the law.

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

- Women may not drive in a house coat.

Florida
- Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

- A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

- If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

- It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

- Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

- Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.

- It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

- When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.

Kansas
- Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

Louisiana
- It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.

Indiana
- It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

- Liquor stores may not sell milk.

Michigan
- You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.

Nebraska
- It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

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.

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

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

- The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

North Dakota
- Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

- It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.

Ohio
- It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.

- It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

Pennsylvania
- A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.

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

- It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.

- 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.

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

Wisconsin
- You must manually flush all urinals in a building.

- Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

[Rye]

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

Lies! We did it all the time when we had a clothesline! xD

[Dragonflame]

Hurry up and get that soup started! I want my beer!

[Breine]

Haha! I've always thought that Americans have silly laws!

[Maxico]

Well aparantly there is a very old english law that allows you to shoot a welshman with a crossbow in a certain churchyard on the border of england and wales on a sunday.

[Mikztsu]

Here's some weird laws from Canada:

Toronto - You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.

Alberta Provincial Laws - It is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man.

New Brunswick Provincial Laws - Driving on the roads is not allowed.


What the hell is wrong with you N-American people.

[Strider]

- Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

It wasn't a couple weeks ago. I oughta sue the state government.

[Erdrick Holmes]

In Michigan if a person breaks into your house and hurts themselves he/she can sue the house owner and win

Smoking while sleeping is against the law

In some place in Australia only a licsenced electrition can change a light bulb.

[Kirobaito]

I forgot to mention: some of these laws have been since repealed. Such as the "Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses." That was to try to get settlers to come to California. When they realized that it does RAIN there, they repealed it before anyone bothered to read the laws.

[Ichy]

There's an old law I heard of from way back when the first automobile was produced that stated it was illegal to to drive anywhere without a man carrying a green coloured lantern running in front of your vehicle yelling "CAR! CAR!"

In the town where I live (Aylmer, Quebec) it is illegal to carry an empty ice cream cone in your left pocket.

[Meat Puppet]

It should be illegal to make laws whilst under the influence of drugs

[PeTeRL90]

It's illegal to molest trash cans in Florida.

It's illegal for your dog to molest a car in Kansas.

And in Canada (I think), it's illegal to molest a moose or push a moose out of a plane.

[Kirobaito]

For you international people, you're not exempt from dumb laws, either.

United Kingdom
- With the exception of carrots, most goods may not be sold on Sunday.
- All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice each week, supervised by the local clergy.
- London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats. (Repealed 1976)
- It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).
- It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.
- Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks
- It is illegal to stand within one hundred yards of the reigning monarch when not wearing socks
- Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.
- A bed may not be hung out of a window.
- It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
- Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked manequin.
- It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.
- Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.
- Those wishing to purchase a television must also buy a license.
- It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour.
- Destroying or defacing money is illegal.
- If a steam locomotive is driven on roads, a man must walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag during the day and a red lantern at night to warn passersby.
- All steam locomotives are limited to 4mph on roads.
- Anal sex is prohibited.
- You may not make out in public.
- It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
- Committing suicide is classified as a capital crime.
- Interfering with the mail or sleeping with the consort of the Queen is classed as treason, and as such, carries a maximum penalty of death.
- Placing a postage stamp that bears the Queen (or King) upside down is considered treason.
- One may not "blemish the peace".
- A license is required to keep a lunatic.
- Damaging the grass is illegal.
- Jesuits, Seminary Priests and other suchlike disobedient Persons must be banished.
- Since 1313, MPs are not allowed to don armor in Parliament.

Australia
- Lawmakers are proposing a new law that will not allow anyone to come closer than 100 meters from a dead whale's carcass.
- A life sentence is 25 years.
- Children may not purchase cigarettes, but they may smoke them.
- You may never leave your car keys in an unattended vehicle.
- It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burgular.
- It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.
- Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, a modem can't pick up on the first ring. If it does the, ACA permit for your modem is invalid and there's a $12,000 fine. -Telecommunications Act 1991.
- Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
- Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.
- The legal age for straight sex is 16, unless the person is in the care/custody of the older person, in which case it is 18.

And to satisfy Mik, there are no weird Finnish laws, but here is Norway:

Norway
- You may not spay your female dog or cat. However, you may neuter the males of the species.
- Licenses must be bought in order to own television sets, and even VCRs.
- If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle. This equipment is only mandatory when the car stalls, not at any other times, however.
- A fee is levied on each purchaser of any plastic bottle which is returned upon return of the bottle.
- Beverages containing more than 4.75% alcohol may not be sold on election days.

[Peegee]

Florida: - When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.

I'm so insulted by this law

[Lord Xehanort]

Michigan
- You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.

That was repealed 2 or 3 years ago.

Here's some that are in existence:

Kalamazoo, MI
-It is legal for a farmer to sleep with all of his animals.

Burton, MI (my hometown)
-Discrimination based on sexual orientation is legal.

All of Michigan
-The floors of all adult video and book stores must be made of a hard, nonabsorbent material.


EDIT: What's the 'missionary position'? I thought missionaries were forbidden to have sex.