Stupid Laws
In New York State it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
In Eureka, Nevada men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
In Omaha, Nebraska, if a child burps during a church service his/her parents may be arrested.
In Waterville, Maine, it is illegal to blow one's nose in public.
In Gary, Indiana, it is illegal to attend the theatre within four hours of eating garlic.
In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
In Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or "otherwise an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going out in public.
In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.
In Miami, Florida it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
In Sarasota, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
In Utah, the husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.
In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
In Mesquite, Texas it is illegal for kids to have unusual haircuts.
In Oklahoma, people who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and jailed.
In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
Hornytown, North Carolina has banned all massage parlors.
In California, community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
In Connecticut you are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs.
"Female breasts," according to the Arizona Supreme Court, don't constitute "private parts" under state law.
There is, in fact, an Illinois law that prohibits a number of thingsone of which is a public erection, another is nude dancing. The prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude dancing has.
In Indiana, mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a "tendency to habitually kiss other humans."
Up until 1884, a woman could be sent to prison for denying a husband sex.
In Alabama, it's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."
In Mississippi, S & M is against the law. Specifically, "The depiction or description of flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or in undergarments or in a bizarre or revealing costume for the purpose of sexual gratification."
As recently as 1990, these states had laws against the use of dildos: Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington D.C.
In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
An excerpt from Kentucky state legislation: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club."
It is illegal for any member of the Nevada legislature to conduct official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.
In Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.
In the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding night).
Sodomy laws have been repealedor are ignoredin most states, but not Georgia, where a man was sentenced to five years in prison for engaging in oral sex. With his wife. With her consent. In their home.
A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service jobfor men onlycalled a corset inspector.)
In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
In Skullbone, Tennessee, the law bans a woman from "pleasuring a man" while he is sitting behind the wheel of any moving vehicle. Any man stopped and found with the front of his pants undone can be fined a minimum of $50 and serve 30 days in jail.
South Dakota threatens a 10-year prison term for "copulation by means of mouth." Utah has made this same act a misdemeanor. There, oral sex brings a six-month jail term and a $299 fine. Rhode Island labels it an "'abominable, detestable crime against nature," and such activity brings a seven-to-10-year stretch in the penitentiary. It is outlawed in New Mexico where participation is punishable by a $5,000 fine and a two-to-10-year sentence. Florida chastises with a 20-year prison sentence those who take part in this act.
In New York State it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
In Eureka, Nevada men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
In Omaha, Nebraska, if a child burps during a church service his/her parents may be arrested.
In Waterville, Maine, it is illegal to blow one's nose in public.
In Gary, Indiana, it is illegal to attend the theatre within four hours of eating garlic.
In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
In Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or "otherwise an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going out in public.
In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds to ride horses in shorts.
In Miami, Florida it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
In Sarasota, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
In Utah, the husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.
In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
In Mesquite, Texas it is illegal for kids to have unusual haircuts.
In Oklahoma, people who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and jailed.
In Cleveland, Ohio, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
Hornytown, North Carolina has banned all massage parlors.
In California, community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
In Connecticut you are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs.
"Female breasts," according to the Arizona Supreme Court, don't constitute "private parts" under state law.
There is, in fact, an Illinois law that prohibits a number of thingsone of which is a public erection, another is nude dancing. The prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude dancing has.
In Indiana, mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a "tendency to habitually kiss other humans."
Up until 1884, a woman could be sent to prison for denying a husband sex.
In Alabama, it's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."
In Mississippi, S & M is against the law. Specifically, "The depiction or description of flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or in undergarments or in a bizarre or revealing costume for the purpose of sexual gratification."
As recently as 1990, these states had laws against the use of dildos: Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Washington D.C.
In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
An excerpt from Kentucky state legislation: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club."
It is illegal for any member of the Nevada legislature to conduct official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.
In Ventura County, California cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.
In the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding night).
Sodomy laws have been repealedor are ignoredin most states, but not Georgia, where a man was sentenced to five years in prison for engaging in oral sex. With his wife. With her consent. In their home.
A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
In Norfolk, Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a civil-service jobfor men onlycalled a corset inspector.)
In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
In Skullbone, Tennessee, the law bans a woman from "pleasuring a man" while he is sitting behind the wheel of any moving vehicle. Any man stopped and found with the front of his pants undone can be fined a minimum of $50 and serve 30 days in jail.
South Dakota threatens a 10-year prison term for "copulation by means of mouth." Utah has made this same act a misdemeanor. There, oral sex brings a six-month jail term and a $299 fine. Rhode Island labels it an "'abominable, detestable crime against nature," and such activity brings a seven-to-10-year stretch in the penitentiary. It is outlawed in New Mexico where participation is punishable by a $5,000 fine and a two-to-10-year sentence. Florida chastises with a 20-year prison sentence those who take part in this act.
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jersey:
ps. i love the lil laws you posted in your blog i just amused myself and 4 friends by reading them allowed your the best
silencia:
Thank you 