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The Law
Keywords: Laws
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Seems every state has a few laws on the lawbooks that seem a little
crazy, have become obsolete with the times,
are had a perfectly good reason at some point but no longer do.
Some are even worded so that they have a
secondary, unintended meaning.
Here's a few...
You must have a doctor's written prescription to take a bath in
Boston
Wearing suspenders is illegal in Nogales, Arizona
In South Dakota it is against the law for an eighty-year-old woman
to stop and talk to a young married man
A Louisiana law upholds your right to grow as tall as you like.
It is against the law to sing out of tune in North Carolina
In Brainerd Minnesota, an old law requires every male to grow
a beard
In Natoma Kansas it is illegal to practice knife throwing at someone
wearing a striped suit.
No one over the age of 88 is permitted to ride a motorcycle in
Idaho falls, Idaho
The law regulates the size of wheatcakes during bank holidays
in Michigan
California law is worded in such a way that it is illegal to trap
a mouse without a hunting license
A law in Idaho makes it illegal to give your sweetheart a box
of candy weighing less than fifty pounds
In Santa Anna, California, you are not permitted to swim on dry
land
It is unlawful to whistle on Sunday in Louisiana
In connecticut the law gives beavers the legal right to build
a dam
In Belvedere, California, the law states "No dog shall be
in public without its master in a leash.
Its illegal to cross the street on Sunday in Marblehead Massachusetts
unless it is absolutely necessary.
You cannot fish for trout from the back of a giraffe in Idaho
In San Francisco you are forbidden by law to spit on your laundry
In Massachusetts it is illegal to eat peanuts in church
In Los Angeles it is against the law to us the US mail to complain
about roaches in your hotel room.
An ordinance in Pocatello, Idaho makes it illegal to look gloomy
Minneapolis law makes it illegal to drive a red automobile
In Marshall Minnesota it is against the law for women to shine
their shoes on Saturday
In the Pine Island district of Minnesota, a man must tip his hat
when passing a cow
In Knoxville Tennessee it is illegal to lasso a fish
In Minneapolis the legal punishment for double parking is being
put on a chain gang and being fed only
bread and water.
In Portland Oregon it is illegal to wear roller skates in public
restrooms
In Minneapolis it is illegal to install a bathtub in your home
unless it has legs
A San Francisco law requires that elephants on market Street be
kept on a leash
It is illegal to break out of jail in White Cloud Kansas
In Colorado Springs, Colorado, a dog has the right to one bite
In Indiana there is a law against taking a bath in the winter
In Texas it is against the law to carry wire cutters with you
in your vehicle
For more see Barbara Seuling's book:
You Can't Eat Peanuts in Church and Other Little Known Facts
(Garden City New York, Doubleday, 1975)
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