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Alabama
- It is illegal for a driver to be
blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
- It is illegal to wear a fake mustache
that causes laughter in church.
- Putting salt on a railroad track
may be punishable by death.
- It is legal to drive the wrong
way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
- You must have windshield wipers
on your car.
- Men may not spit in front of the
opposite sex.
Alaska
- Moose may not be viewed from an
airplane.
- It is considered an offense to
push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
- It is considered an offense to
feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
Arizona
- Hunting camels is prohibited.
- There is a possible 25 years in
prison for cutting down a cactus.
- When being attacked by a criminal
or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.
- You may not have more than two
dildos in a house.
- It is illegal for men and women
over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.
Arkansas
- A man can legally beat his wife,
but not more than once a month.
- Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
California
- Animals are banned from mating
publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
- It is a misdemeanor to shoot at
any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
- No vehicle without a driver may
exceed 60 miles per hour.
- Many animals are illegal to own
as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.
- Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle
in a swimming pool.
- It is illegal for a man to beat
his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
- It is illegal to cry on the witness
stand.
- Molesting butterflies can result
in a $500 fine.
- It is illegal for a secretary
to be alone in a room with her boss.
- One may not carry a lunch down
the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
- Persons classified as "ugly" may
not walk down any street.
- It is illegal to pile horse manure
more than six feet high on a street corner.
- Giving or receiving oral sex is
prohibited.
Colorado
- Car dealers may not show cars
on a Sunday.
- It is illegal to ride a horse
while under the influence.
Connecticut
- In order for a pickle to officially
be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
- It is illegal to dispose of used
razor blades.
- You may not educate dogs.
Delaware
- It is illegal to fly over any body
of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.
Florida
- If an elephant is left tied to
a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
- Having sexual relations with a
porcupine is illegal.
- When having sex, only the missionary
position is legal.
- You may not fart in a public place
after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
- It is considered an offense to
shower naked.
- You are not allowed to break more
than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
- Oral sex is illegal.
Georgia
- It is illegal to use profanity
in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
- Signs are required to be written
in English.
- Against the law to tie a giraffe
to a telephone pole or street lamp.
- One man may not be on another man's
back.
- It is illegal for a chicken to
cross the road.
- Though it is illegal to spit from
a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
Hawaii
- Coins are not allowed to be placed
in one's ears.
Idaho
- Illegal for a man to give his
sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
- You may not fish on a camel's
back.
- Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays
is considered a crime.
- If a police officer approaches
a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three
minutes before approaching the car.
Illinois
- You may be convicted of a Class
4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation.
- Law forbids eating in a place
that is on fire.
- It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
- It is considered an offense to
attempt to have sex with one's dog.
Indiana
- A man over the age of 18 may be
arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
- It is illegal for a liquor store
to sell cold soft drinks.
- Liquor stores may not sell milk.
- No one may catch a fish with his
bare hands.
- Men are prohibited from standing
in a bar.
- You are not allowed to carry a
cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.
- Drinks on the house are illegal.
- It is illegal for a man to be
sexually aroused in public.
- Within
four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
- It
is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
Iowa
- Kisses may last for no more than
five minutes.
- One-armed piano players must perform
for free.
- A man with a mustache may never
kiss a woman in public.
- It is a violation of the law to
sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.
Kansas
- Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.
- No one may catch fish with his
bare hands.
- The state game rule prohibits
the use of mules to hunt ducks.
- If two trains meet on the same
track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
Kentucky
- It is illegal to fish with a bow
and arrow in Kentucky.
- It's illegal to fish in the Ohio
River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.
- All bees entering Kentucky shall
be accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the
apiary from which the bees came was free from contagious or
infectious disease.
- By law, anyone who has been drinking
is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."
Louisiana
- It is illegal to rob a bank and
then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
- You may not tie an alligator to
a fire hydrant.
Maine
- You may not step out of a plane
in flight.
- Shoelaces must be tied while walking
down the street.
Maryland
- It's illegal to take a lion to
the movies.
- You may not curse inside the city
limits.
- You can not have a antenna exposed
outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish.
- Eating while swimming in the ocean
is prohibited.
Massachusetts
- It's illegal to keep a mule on
the second floor of a building not in a city unless there are 2 exits.
- It's illegal to sell fewer than
24 ducklings at a time before May 1, or to sell rabbits, chicks, or ducklings that have been painted a different color.
- No gorilla is allowed in the back
seat of any car.
- Children may smoke, but they may
not purchase cigarettes.
- Affiliation with the Communist
party is illegal.
- It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
- Peeping in the windows of automobiles
is forbidden.
Michigan
- A woman isn't allowed to cut her
own hair without her husband's permission.
- It is legal for a robber to file
a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
- You may not swear in front of
women and children in the state of Michigan.
- Any person over the age of 12
may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
- Smoking while in bed is illegal.
Minnesota
- All men driving motorcycles must
wear shirts.
- Oral sex is prohibited.
- Hamburgers may not be eaten on
Sundays.
Mississippi
- Unnatural intercourse, if both
parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
- It is illegal for a male to be
sexually aroused in public.
- It
is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.
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