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							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.
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
		
			
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