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DUMB LAWS

Alabama
• It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
• 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."
• 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.
• 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.
• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
• Masks may not be worn in public
• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
• It's illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
• You may not drive barefooted.
• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
• Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
• Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.
• Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
• Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits. It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.
• Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses.
• Incestuous marriages are legal.
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
• 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 moustache that causes laughter in church.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
• 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.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
• Masks may not be worn in public.
• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
• Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate.
• Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM.
• No persons may sell "blow-out nuts".
• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.
• It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.
• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
• Putting salt on a railway track may be punishable by death.
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.
• Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama after sunset on Wednesdays.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
• It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a lantern on the front of your car.

Alaska
• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
• A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.
• While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
• State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist.
• Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
• Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.
• Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities.
• In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting.

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.
• Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up.
• Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.
• Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony (This goes back in the days of the Wild West).
• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
• When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses.
• It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
• You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
• Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse.
• Hayden: If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined.
• Maricopa County: No more than six girls may live in any house.
• Mesa: It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license.
• Nogales: An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
• Prescott: No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house.
• Tucson: Women may not wear pants.
• 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 possesses.
• It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.
• It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
• In Arizona it is illegal to take naked photographs before noon on Sunday.
• In 1985, an Arizona legislator proposed that each candidate for the legislature take a reading and an I.Q. test three months before the election. The scores would have been posted on the ballot, had the bill passed. But a majority of legislators, for whatever reason, voted it down.

Arkansas
• A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
• Arkansas must be pronounced "Arkansaw"
• Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.
• Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.
• The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
• It's illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas in that state.
• A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
• A voter is only allowed five minutes to mark his ballot.
• Fayetteville: It is illegal to kill "any living creature".
• Little Rock: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.; Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term; It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday; No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M. -Little Rock City Code Sec. 18-54
• Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term.
• At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union.
• In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.
• An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs.

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.
• Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
• 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.
• Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
• Women may not drive in a house coat.
• In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated.
• San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
• The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
• You can be fined $500 if you bother a butterfly in Pacific Grove, Ca.
• In Baldwin Park, California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
• Los Angeles law forbids hunting moths under a street light.
• It is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
• In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
• Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
• 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.
• No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
• Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.
• In an animal shelter, lizards and snakes are treated under the same guidelines as cats and dogs.
• Arcadia: Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
• Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
• Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
• Belvedere City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
• Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
• Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds; Carmel Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
• Chico: Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.
• Downey: It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
• Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
• Lafayette: You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.
• Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String".
• Lompoc: It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
• Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
• Los Angeles: It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent; You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time; You may not hunt moths under a street light; It is illegal to cry on the witness stand; Toads may not be licked; It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church (Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison); Zoot suits are prohibited.
• Ontario: Roosters may not crow in the city limits.
• Pacific Grove: Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
• Palm Springs: It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
• Pasadena: It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
• Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
• Redlands: Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.
• Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
• San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar; The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
• San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash; It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear; 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.
• San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
• Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
• Temecula: Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. at all times.
• In 1930, the City Council of Ontario passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits.
• In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
• It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
• In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap.
• 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, sloth's, 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.
• 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.
• In California it is illegal to have caller ID
• In California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting license.

Colorado
• Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
• It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
• Have you ever had the urge to rip the tag from a pillow or mattress, despite the warning of dire penalties? Well, it's perfectly legal now, if you live in Colorado. The Governor formalized the law by gleefully tearing a label from a pillow at his office. "I've been worrying about the mattress inspector jumping through the window for years," he said.
• In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.
• It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
• No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days.
• Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.
• Colorado Springs: It is permissible to wear a holstered six-gun within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays.
• Crippe Creek: It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground floor of any building.
• Denver: The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park; It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor; It is illegal to mistreat rats; You may not drive a black car on Sundays.
• Durango: It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes "unbecoming" on one's sex.
• Logan County: It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
• Pueblo: It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits.
• Sterling: Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight.
• It is illegal for a woman wearing a red dress to be out on the streets after 7 PM.
• In Colorado it's now legal to remove the furniture tags that say, "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law."
• It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan County, Colorado.
• It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.
• In Denver, Colorado it is illegal for Barber's to give massages to nude customers unless it is for instructional purposes.
• Colorado law requires that wine be sold in containers of at least 24 ounces and spirits in containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at the same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage can be stored in hotel minibars in anything larger than miniature containers.

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.
• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
• You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
• In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
• In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
• You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays.
• The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited.
• It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
• No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.
• Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
• Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands;
• New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire.
• Southington: Silly string is banned.
• Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
• A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces
• In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.
• In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
• This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults."
• Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
• A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
• Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs.
• Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious."
• It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.

Delaware
• It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.
• Lewes: It is illegal to wear pants that are "firm fitting" around the waist; Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.
• In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare.
• In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a license.
• Delaware prohibits horse racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

D.C.
• The only acceptable sexual position in Washington D.C. is the missionary position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal.
• A D.C. federal judge has ruled that begging is a form of free speech protected by the Constitution. That means that mugging is free speech too, only more persuasive.
• The U.S. government says it's a crime to give false weather reports.
• In Washington D.C. it is illegal to post a notice in public which calls another person a 'coward' for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.

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.
• 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.
• You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
• You may not kiss your wife's breasts.
• Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
• It is illegal to block any traveled wagon road.
• Big Pine Key: It is illegal to molest a Key deer; If caught one will be fined or will have to go to jail.
• Cape Coral: It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline; It it illegal to park a pick-up truck in your driveway or in front of your house on the street (This law is limited to only those who do not own the house)
• Daytona Beach: The molestation of trash cans is banned; While intoxicated, being under influence of narcotics is prohibited; It shall be unlawful for any person to swim or bathe in that portion of the Atlantic Ocean within the corporate limits of the city when under the influence of intoxicating liquor or narcotic drugs to the extent that his or her normal faculties are impaired;
• Hialeah: Ambling and strolling is a misdemeanor.
• Key West: Chickens are considered a 'protected species'.
• Miami: It is illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown; No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a bell or device capable of giving a signal audible for a distance of at least 100 feet, but no bicycle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a bicycle, any siren or whistle.
• Pensacola: Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person; It is illegal to roll a barrel on any street, fines go up according to the contents of the barrel; A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils.
• Pinecrest: In order to operate a burglar alarm, a permit must be obtained.
• Sanford Stage: Nudity is banned, with the exception of "bona fide" theatrical performances. Violating this ordinance results in a $100 fine.
• Sarasota: If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $78.00; You may not catch crabs.
• Tampa Bay: It is illegal to eat cottage cheese on Sunday after 6:00 P.M.
• 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.
• In Sarasota 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.
• 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.
• In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
• In Saratoga, Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
• In Florida it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge.
• In Florida failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal.
• Women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer. The salon owner can also be fined for this horrible crime.
• In Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
• In Florida, men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
• Florida prohibits topless walking or running within a 150 foot zone between the beach and the street.
• Florida deals with its prostitution problem by giving prostitutes spending money, a five-year banishment, and a bus ticket out of town.
• In Miami, Florida it is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
• It's illegal in Florida for an unmarried man and woman to live together in "open and gross lewdness." Connecticut once had a similar law, but only the woman was penalized.
• It is considered an offense to shower naked. Stage nudity is banned, with the exception of "bona fide" theatrical performances. Violating this ordinance results in a $100 fine.
• 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.
• (SARASOTA) 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.
• In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
• It is illegal to fart in a public place after 6:00pm on a Thursday.
• Florida law forbids rats to leave the ships docked in Tampa Bay.

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.
• In Quitman, 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.
• You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting" words.
• Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
• Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
• No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
• Acworth: All citizens must own a rake.
• Atlanta: Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp; One man may not be on another man's back.
• Columbus: Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday; It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.
• Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
• Jonesboro: It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
• Kennesaw: Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.
• Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
• St. Mary's: No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
• Quitman: It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road; Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.
• It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro.
• It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.
• It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
• Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
• It is illegal to take a bath of orange peel.
• In Quitman, Georgia it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.

Hawaii
• You will be fined if you do not own a boat.
• It's illegal for a shooting gallery to offer liquor as a prize. The shooter might want to come back after drinking the prize and try again.
• All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.
• Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.
• Honolulu: Within the limits of any public park, it is unlawful to annoy any bird.
• It used to be the law in Hawaii that children had to obey all "lawful and moral" commands of their parents.
• In Hawaii it is illegal to get a tattoo behind your ear or on your eyelid unless in the presence of a registered physician.

Idaho
• It's illegal to hunt from the back of an anima.
• 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.
• Boise: Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back.
• Coeur d' Alene: 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.
• Pocatello: A law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless some are exhibited to public view"; A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their face.
• 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.
• Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
• In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view."
• It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.
• Idaho Falls, Idaho: If you're 88 years of age or older, it's illegal for you to ride your motorcycle.
• Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
• In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view."
• The town of Idaho Falls, Idaho, forbids anyone over the age of eighty-eight to ride a motorcycle.

Illinois
• It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
• It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
• A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk. (Repealed)
• It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
• You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
• 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. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
• You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
• The English language is not to be spoken.
• Chicago: Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire; It is illegal to give a dog whiskey; Kites may not be flown within the city limits; Spitting is forbidden
• Pullman: It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb; It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck; It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
• Champaign: One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
• Cicero: Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.
• Crete: It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog; Cars may not be driven through the town.
• Des Plaines: Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
• Eureka: A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
• Evanston: Bowling is forbidden; It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween; It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
• Fairfield: It is unlawful for "Negroes" to be within county boundaries from sundown to sunrise.
• Freeport: It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
• Galesburg: There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
• Homer: It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
• Joliet: Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.
• Kenilworth: A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow; Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
• Kirkland: Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kirkland's streets.
• Moline: Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited; There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
• Morton Grove: You may not own a handgun
• Normal: It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
• Orland Park: No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
• Ottawa: Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
• Park Ridge: Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
• Peoria: Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
• Zion: It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, or any other domesticated animals.
• 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.
• It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
• In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
• A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
• According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American".
• It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.
• Kirkland, Illinois, law forbids bees to fly over the village or through any of its streets.
• In Zion, Ill., it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
• 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.
• 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 (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.

Indiana
• Bathing is prohibited during the winter.
• Citizens are not allowed to attend a cinema or theatre nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.
• In South Bend, Indiana, it is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
• Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
• It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
• A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b)
• Oral sex is illegal.
• 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 against the law to pass a horse on the street.
• It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
• Liquor stores may not sell milk.
• Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
• You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her.
• One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
• Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
• Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
• Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.
• 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.
• Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
• You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
• "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
• State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post.
• All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
• Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.
• Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
• If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
• Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
• A three dollar fine per pack will be imposed on anyone playing cards in Indiana under the Act for the Prevention of Gaming.
• The value of Pi is 4, and not 3.1415.
• It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
• Auburn: It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offenses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one's bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
• Beech Grove: It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.
• Elkhart: It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
• Evansville: While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.
• Fort Wayne: You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record "It's In the Book".
• Gary: Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
• South Bend: It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.
• Terre Haute: No one may spit on the sidewalk.
• 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 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.
• Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.
• Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine and the trial costs.
• In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic.
• 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.
• 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 as much as, but no more than, five minutes.
• It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.
• A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.
• One-armed piano players must perform for free.
• In Dubuque any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building.
• In Fort Madison the fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire.
• In Marshalltown horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.
• Indianola: The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned.
• Marshalltown: Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants
• Ottumwa: Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know.
• Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you -- or holding you in his arms.
• In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unaquainted."
• Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Kansas
• It is illegal to put ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas.
• In Wichita, at the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, all motorists are required to stop at the intersection, exit their vehicles, and fire three shotgun rounds, before continuing on their way.
• It is illegal to hunt whales.
• 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.
• In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suites.
• Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.
• Dodge City: It is illegal to spit on a sidewalk. All places of business must provide a horse water troft
• Lawrence: All cars entering the city limits must first sound their horn to warn the horses of their arrival. No one may wear a bee in their hat.
• Russell: Musical car horns are banned
• Salina: It is against the law to leave your car running unattended.
• Topeka: The installation of bathtubs is prohibited.
• Wichita: Before proceeding through the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehicle and fire three shot gun rounds into the air. Any person caught using or carrying bean snappers or the like shall upon conviction, be fined. -City ordinance 349 of Wichita, Kansas.
• Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights.
• No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.
• Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.

Kentucky
• By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground".
• It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
• It is illegal to shoot game out of the window of a moving vehicle, with the exception of a whale
• 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.
• An excerpt from brilliant 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". The following important ammendment however is to be considered here: "The provisions of this statuate shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds,
nor shall it apply to male horses."
• It is illegal in Kentucky to marry the same man more than 3 times.
• Any person who appears on any highway, or upon the street of any city that has no police protection, when clothed only in ordinary bathing garb, shall be fined no less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars." - KRS 436.140
• No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two months of age in any quantity less than six, except that any rabbit weighing three pounds or more may be sold at an age of six weeks. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. -KRS 436.600 (Passed 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 5.)
• No person owning or controlling a billiard or pool table shall permit, for compensation or reward, any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to play any game on the table, unless such minor shall have first displayed an identification card containing his name, age, photograph, and the signature of his parents or guardian. The minor shall keep such identification card on his person, and it shall be subject to inspection at any time by any peace officer. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall keep and maintain a registration book in which each minor shall sign. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall supply a blank identification card to each parent or guardian who makes request for same. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than ten ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. -KRS 436.320 (Passed 1893; Amended in 1954, Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 1)
• Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection with any religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). -KRS 437.060 (Passed 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.).
• 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. -KRS 252.130 (Passed in 1922; Repealed in 1948)
• Lexington: It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket. By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."
• Owensboro: A woman may not buy a hat without her husband's permission. One may not receive anal sex.
• Frankfort, Kentucky, makes it against the law to shoot off a policeman's tie.
• A Kentucky statute says: "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she is escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." Later, an amendment proposed: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to any female weighing less than sixty pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds; nor shall it apply to female horses."
• 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.

Louisiana
• It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
• Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault", while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault".
• You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.
• Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
• Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
• An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
• Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
• It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
• Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."
• It is illegal to gargle in public places.
• New Orleans: You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant. It illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is waving a flag in front of it.
• 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
• After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
• You may not step out of a plane in flight.
• Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.
• In Augusta to stroll down the street playing a violin is against the law.
• In Portland shoelaces must be tied while walking down the street.
• Shoelaces must be tied while walking down the street.
• After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
• It's unlawful to tickle a woman's chin with a feather duster in Portland.

Maryland
• You cannot swear while inside the city limits of Baltimore.
• You cannot throw a bail of hay out of a second story window in Annapolis.
• In the entire state of Maryland, it is illegal to give or recieve oral sex.
• In Halethrope, Maryland kisses longer than one second are illegal.
• In Baltimore it is illegal to mistreat oysters.
• In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks no matter how dirty they get.
• Thistles may not grow in one's yard.
• Baltimore: It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits. It's illegal to take a lion to the movies. It is a park rule violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine. This would include joggers that go shirtless. (1898) -Park Rule 6 It is a violation of city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.
• Baltimore City: Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited. You may not curse inside the city limits.
• Columbia: You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish. Though clotheslines are banned, clothes may be draped over a fence.
• Ocean City: A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk. Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited
• In Maryland, a woman may not go through her husband's pockets while he is sleeping.
• 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
• Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
• Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
• An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
• You may not, at any time take a crap on your neighbour.
• It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.
• 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.
• 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.
• In Salem, Massachesetts sleeping in the nude in a rented room is forbidden, even for married couples.
• In Boston, Massachusetts it is illegal to take a bath unless instructed to do so by a physician.
• In 1659 the state of Massachusetts outlawed Christmas.
• At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
• Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
• An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
• Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
• All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.
• Hunting on Sundays is prohibited.
• It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
• A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.
• It is illegal to reproach Jesus Christ or the holy ghost.
• 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.
• It's illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the construction of a building.
• It's illegal to drive Texan, Mexican, Cherokee, or Indian cattle on a public road.
• No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
• Tattooing and body piercing is illegal.
• Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.
• Tomatoes may not be used in the production of clam chowder.
• Quakers and witches are banned.
• Bullets may not be used as currency.
• Massachusetts liquor stores can only open on Sundays if they are in Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex or Worcester counties and are within 10 miles of the Vermont or New Hampshire borders.
• Alcoholic drink specials are illegal.
• Affiliation with the Communist party is illegal.
• Public boxing matches are outlawed.
• It is unlawful to injure a football goal post, doing so is punishable by a $200 fine
• Defacing a milk carton is punishable by a $10 fine.
• It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
• Boston: It is illegal to play the fiddle. Two people may not kiss in front of a church. No more than two baths may be taken within the confines of the city. No one may cross the Boston Common without carrying a shotgun in case of bears. Anyone may let their sheep and cows graze in the public gardens/commons at any time except
• Sundays. It is illegal to eat peanuts in church. An old law prohibits the taking of baths on Sunday. Duels to the death permitted on the common on Sundays provided that the Governor is present. Women may not wear heels over 3 inches in length while on the common. No one may take a bath without a prescription. It is illegal for any citizen to own more than three dogs.
• Burlington: You may not walk around with a "drink".
• Cambridge: It is illegal to shake carpets in the street, or to throw orange peels on the sidewalk. It costs $50 extra for a permit for hurling, soccer or Gaelic football games in a public park on a Sunday.
• Hingham: You may not have colored lights on your house if it can be seen from Main Street. Only white lights may be visible. If you live on Main Street and want to paint your house, the colors must be approved by the historical society.
• Hopkinton: Though horses and cows are allowed on the common, dogs are prohibited.
• Longmeadow: It is illegal for two men to carry a bathtub across the town green.
• Marlboro: It is illegal to buy, sell or possess a squirt gun. Silly string is illegal in the city limits. One may not detonate a nuclear device in the city. It is illegal for any citizen to own more than two dogs.
• Milford: Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.
• Newton: All families must be given a hog from the town's mayor.
• North Andover: An ordinance prohibits the use of space guns.
• Woburn: In bars, it is illegal to "walk around" with a beer in your hand.
• Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
• There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.
• It is illegal to take more than 2 baths a month within Boston confines.
• 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.
• Affiliation with the Communist party is illegal.
• It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
• Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.
• Southbridge, Massachusetts, makes it illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

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.
• A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
• In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
• In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
• A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.

Minnesota
• All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
• Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
• All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
• Oral sex is prohibited.
• A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
• There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town office.
• 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.
• Clawson: There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
• Detroit: Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property. Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited. It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday. Alligators may not be tied to fire hydrants. It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose.
• Grand Haven: No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.
• Harper Woods: It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets.
Kalamazoo: It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.
• Rochester: All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of police. Smoking while in bed is illegal.
• Wayland: Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
• In Minnesota, it's illegal to tease skunks. (As if being sprayed weren't enough of a deterrent.)
• No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
• A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
• It is illegal to sleep naked.
• All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
• Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
• Oral sex is prohibited.
• All bathtubs must have feet.
• Hibbing: It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.
• Minneapolis: Red cars can not drive down Lake Street
• St. Cloud: Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
• Virginia: You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.

Mississippi
• It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.
• 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.
• Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging.
• Horses are not to be housed within 50 feet of any road.
• Adultery or Fornication (living together while not married or having sex with someone that is not your spouse) results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.
• Vagrancy is punishable by either 30 days in prison or a $201 fine.
• Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
• Columbus: The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.
• Oxford: It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the square. Motor vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is not permitted as it might scare horses.
• Tylertown: It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street.

Missouri
• Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
• Four women may not rent an apartment together.
• Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
• In Merryville 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."
• Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri... but not toy cap guns.
• In St. Louis, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
• Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however.
• It is illegal to have oral sex.
• It is not illegal to speed.
• Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
• Excelsior Springs: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.
• Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.
• Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
• Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
• Mole: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
• Natchez: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
• Purdy: Dancing is strictly prohibited.
• St. Louis: It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty.
• University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together.

Montana
• It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
• It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
• Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
• It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime in Montana.
• Another law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.
• Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown -- if they're nude.
• Seven or more Indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them.
• It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than missionary style.
In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
• It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
• It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
• It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
• Excelsior Springs: Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.
• Helena: No item may be thrown across a street.
• Salisbury: Pop bottles are not to be thrown on the ground.
• Whitehall: It is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.

Nebraska
• If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
• It is Illegal to go whale fishing.
• A parent can be arrested if her/his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.
• The owner of every hotel in Hastings is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
• It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
• It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.
• Lehigh: Doughnut holes may not be sold
• Omaha: Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service.
• A man is not allowed to run around with a shaved chest.
• Waterloo: Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M.

Nevada
• It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
• A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day.
• In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.
• In Las Vegas, Nevada: It's against the law to pawn your dentures.
• It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.
• It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
• Clark County: An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.
• Elko: Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.
• Eureka: Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
• Nyala: A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day.
• In Eureka, Nevada men who have mustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

New Hampshire
• You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
• If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a permit''.
• You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time
to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
• It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
• It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach.
• Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather
its feces.
• You may not run machinery on Sundays.
• On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
• New Hampshire law forbids you to tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
• You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
• You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
• It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name. It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach.
• Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its feces.
• White Mountain Nat. Forest: If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a permit''.

New Jersey
• You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.
• On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
• It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
• If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates.
• It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the local zoo.
• Raw hamburger may not be sold.
• Lovers in Liberty Corner should avoid satisfying their lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail term.
• There is no horse racing allowed on the New Jersey Turnpike.
• Unless you have a doctor's note, it's illegal to buy ice cream after 6 PM in Newark, New Jersey.
• You cannot pump your own gas.
• On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
• It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
• It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
• If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates.
• Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday.
• You may not slurp your soup.
• Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
• It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
• Bernards Township: It is illegal to frown as the town is a "Frown-Free Town Zone".
• Caldwell: You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue.
• Cranford: Citizens are not permitted to park their own boat on their lawn.
• Cresskill: All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.
• Elizabeth: It is forbidden for a woman, on a Sunday, to walk down Broad Street without wearing a petticoat.
• Manville: It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals a the local zoo.
• Newark: It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a note from his doctor.
• Ocean City: People may not slurp their soup. Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday. Raw hamburger may not be sold.
• Raritan: Profanity is prohibited.
• Sea Isle City: There will be no boiling of bones on the property.
• Trenton: You may not throw a bad pickle in the street. Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays.

New Mexico
• It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
• State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
• In Carlsbad it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.
• Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public.
• State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
• Carrizozo: It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
• Las Cruces: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.
• In Albuquerque, New Mexico it is illegal for cab drivers to reach out and pull potential customers into their cabs.
• In recent years, several efforts have been made to legalize camel racing and ostrich racing in New Mexico, but to no avail. Those bills were defeated, but the legislature recently allowed gambling on bicycle races.

New York
• It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
• The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
• A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
• While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
• Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
• During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
• You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
• You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand
• Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
• It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
• In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.
• The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways.
• Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• In New York, you can teach your pet parrot to speak, but not to squawk.
• 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.
• In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
• 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.
• New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.
• A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
• While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
• Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
• Carmel: A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
• New York: Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers". It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing." You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building. Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
• Ocean City: It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle. It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town.
• Staten Island: You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand. It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."
• 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.
• In Greene, New York, During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
• Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".
• It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."
• You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
• Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
• In Ocean City, New York It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.
• In Staten Island, New York, It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."

North Carolina
• Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
• Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.
• It is against the law to roller blade on a state highway.
• If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
• All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
• It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
• A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
• Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• It's against the law to sing off key in North Carolina.
• It's against the law to sing off key.
• Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
• While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
• If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
• All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart.
• Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
• It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
• Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.
• A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
• Barber: Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
• Chapel Hill: It is a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate publicly.
• Charlotte: Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times. E
lon College: There is to be no roller-blading during daylight hours, on the roads, or on the bricks. All the sidewalks at this college are made of brick.
• Forest City: You must stop and call City Hall before entering town in an automobile. This is so the townspeople will have time to go out and hold their horses until you get through town.
• Greensboro: Restaurants "with on sidewalk dining" must post their menu so that it is clearly readable from the sidewalk, but is not readable from the street.
• Hornytown: Massage parlors have been banned.
• Kill Devil Hills: You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.
• Rocky Mount: It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog.
• Southern Shores: It is against the law to roller-blade on a state highway.

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.
• It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.
• In Waverly you better not let your horse near the tub, since horses are prohibited from sleeping in them, as well as in the house.
• In Collierville: Keeping clean can be a chilly proposition, as a law there says all bathtubs must be kept in the backyard.
• Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
• Fargo: One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place.

Ohio
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
• Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn
• even though he had the owner's permission.
• You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
• Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
• You may not run out of gas.
• Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio, a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"
• Cars are not allowed to scare horses in Centerville, Ohio.
• In Oxford, Ohio, it's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.
• Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
• The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
• Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
• Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
• It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.
• Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
• No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
• Bay Village: It is illegal to walk a cow down Lake Road.
• Bexley: The installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses is prohibited.
• Cincinnati: Anal intercourse is banned.
• Clinton County: Any person who leans against a public building will be subject to fines.
• Cleveland: It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license!
• Women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
• Columbus: It is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
• Fairview Park: It's against the law to honk your horn "excessively". A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor. Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
• Ironton: Cross-dressing is against the law.
• Lima: Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on the map cannot be sold.
• Lowell: It is unlawful to run a horse over five miles per hour.
• Marion: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
• North Canton: It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
• McDonald: Your goose may not paraded down Main Street.
• Oxford: It's illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.
• Paulding: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
• Toledo: Throwing a snake at anyone is illegal.
• Youngstown: Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed. You may not run out of gas.
• In Ohio women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear
• In ohio it is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab
• In ohio it is illegal to run out of gas

Oklahoma
• Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
• Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
• Tattoos are banned.
• It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
• Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
• Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
• If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
• Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
• It's statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female under the age of 18, provided she's a virgin. If she's not a virgin, it is okay, but the said person must be over 16. If both parties are under 18, then the law does not apply.
• It is illegal to have sex before you are married.
• Molesting an automobile is illegal.
• Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.
• A City Ordinance in Oklahoma, states that it shall be unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
• Clinton, Oklahoma has a law against masturbating while watching two people having sex in a car.
• Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
• Whale hunting is strictly prohibitted throughout the entire state of Oklahoma.
• In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law).
• Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
• Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
• Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
• Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's hamburger.
• It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle.
• Whaling is illegal.
• It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
• Residents are taxed for the furniture in their homes, and any other personal belongings.
• People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
• Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings.
• Oral sex is a misdemeanor and is punishable by one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
• Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
• It's statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female under the age of 18, provided she's a virgin. If she's not a virgin, it is okay, but the said person must be over 16. If both parties are under 18, then the law does not apply.
• Tattoos are banned.
• No one may spit on a sidewalk.
• It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
• It is illegal to have sex before you are married.
• Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
• Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
• Ada: If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
• Clinton: Molesting an automobile is illegal.
• Hawthahorne: It is unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
• Oklahoma City: No one may walk backwards downtown while eating a hamburger.
• Schulter: Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.
• Tulsa: You may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer. Elephants are not to be taken into the downtown area.
• Wynona: One's mode of transportation must be tied up while not attended. Mules may not drink out of bird baths. Clothes may not be washed in bird baths.
• Yukon: It is illegal to tie a horse in front of city hall. While passing another vehicle, you must honk your horn.
• In Oklahoma... Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property. Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's hamburger.
• It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle.
• It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
• People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
• Oral sex is a misdemeanor and is punisable by one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
• Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
• It's statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female under the age of 18, provided she's a virgin.
• If she's not a virgin, it is okay, but the said person must be over 16. If both parties are under 18, then the law does not apply.
• Tattoos are banned.
• No one may spit on a sidewalk.
• It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
• It is illegal to have sex before you are married.
• Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
• Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
• One may not promote a "horse tripping event".

Oregon
• You may not pump your own gas in service stations.
• Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
• It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink.
• People may not whistle underwater.
• Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.
• One may not box with a kangaroo.
• It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during sex.
• It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
• It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits.
• No more than two people may share a single drink.
• Just to let you guys know. there is a law in Portland, Oregon saying that it is illegal to own bolt cutters but yet they sell them in all the local hardware stores. One of our friends got pulled over for carrying a bolt cutter down the street and the police took it away from him saying it was illegal for him to have. (Reader Submitted)
• Dishes must drip dry.
• The "Peer Review Statute" prohibits you from finding out details of any written or oral discussion about your medical treatment. Not even a court of law can. All you can access is what the doctor or nurse voluntarily records in your chart.
• It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during sex.
• It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
• ce cream may not be eaten on Sundays.
• You may not pump your own gas in service stations.
• One may not bathe without wearing "suitable clothing," i.e., that which covers one's body from neck to knee.
• Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
• Beaverton: You must buy a $10 permit to be allowed to install a burglar alarm.
• Eugene: It is illegal to show movies or attend a car race on Sundays. It is legal to conduct a horse race or a symphony concert.
• Hood River: Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.
• Klamath Falls: It's illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a snakes head off with your cane.
• Portland: It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink. People may not whistle underwater. You cannot wear roller skates in restrooms.
• Marion: Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.
• Myrtle Creek: One may not box with a kangaroo.
• Salem: Women may not wrestle in Salem. Springfield It is illegal to own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city, as a pet.
• Stanfield: It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits. Cloth towel dispensers are banned from restrooms. No more than two people may share a single drink.

Pennsylvania
• You may not sing in the bathtub.
• Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.
• Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
• Motorized vehicles are not to be sold on Sundays.
• You may not catch a fish with your hands.
• You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.
• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
• Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.
• All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
• No one is allowed to sleep on a refrigerator.
• It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to • 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
• The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.
• In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.
• A special cleaning ordinance bans homemakers from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
• No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.
• In Pennsylvania, "any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue."
• It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.
• It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to • 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
• It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
• Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.
• A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.
• You may not sing in the bathtub.
• Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.
• A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.
• Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.
• Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.
• No more than two packages of beer at a time may be purchased, unless you are buying from an official "beer distributor"
All liquor stores must be run by the state.
• Motorized vehicles are not to be sold on Sundays.
• You may not catch a fish with your hands.
• You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.
• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
• Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.
• Allentown: There is a ban on men becoming aroused in public.
• Carlisle: In the middle of town, one must pay a fee of $50 dollars a year to park on a particular block. At night, however, the cars must be moved for street cleaning. This law is enforced even if snow or ice prevents the cars from being moved.
• Connellsville: One's pants may be worn no lower than five inches below the waist.
• Danville: All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
• Millville: One may not shoot any dog that is found wandering the streets. The sale of alcohol is prohibited.
• Morrisville: It is required that a woman have a permit to wear cosmetics.
• New