How Stupid Is Your State?

post the stupid laws from your state. you can get them here

http//www.justafreak.com/law/index.shtml

here are mine

# 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, but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land


This has been edited from the original thread which contained interesting facts....about stuff, hence the below posts not relating to the above. ?

i heard the closest thing to humans by DNA is a dog not a monkey

Hasek.

what are people from pennsylvania called? pennsylvanians?

well whatever you guys are freaks! roll












wink

ROFL... that was the last facts page i read...

Hasek.

yeah some of them are really good.

i changed the original thread D

just edit yours if you like, or not, no big deal.

Newark, New Jersey
li It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a note from his doctor.

I will be in Newark tomorrow, I will see if I can stay past 6PM, I will update you all on this "law".

-Jeff Reinstein

-Alcohol may not be sold during an emergency.
-Individuals may not possess beer in containers larger than two liters unless they are a retailer.
-Boxing matches that allow biting are not allowed.
-It is illegal to cause a catastrophe.
-It is against the law to fish from horseback.
-It is illegal not to drink milk.
-It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but you just can't detonate them.
-Birds have the right of way on all highways.
-A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.
-You're not allowed to sell beverages containing more than 3.2% alcohol.
-It is a felony to persistently tread on the cracks between paving stones on the sidewalk of a state highway.
-It's legal for restaurants to serve wine with meals, but only if you ask for the wine list.
-It is considered an offense to hunt whales.
-No one may have sex in the back of an ambulance if it is responding to an emergency call.

Well I drink soy milk, so yeah. (For those who dont get the second to last one...where the hell are you going to find a whale in utah?)

lmao....i liked this one

It is a felony to persistently tread on the cracks between paving stones on the sidewalk of a state highway.

Minneasota

# The land of 10,000 lakes declares mosquitos a public nuisance.
# It is illegal to stand around any building without a good reason to be there.
# 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. (Repealed)
# All bathtubs must have feet.
# Red cars may not drive down Lake Street.

I'll be seeing you guys in 3-6 months. I slept naked last night and am going to turn my self in.

For 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.

[quotefffb663142="smiller12"]-It illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is waving a flag in front of it.[/quotefffb663142]
That should be on the books for all states. lol

Here's the dumb laws for Florida

• Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

• A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

• If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

• It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

• Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

• Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.

• It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

• When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.

• 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.

• You may not kiss your wife's breasts. (Well, I'm going to jail!)

• Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.

• One may not commit any "unnatural acts" with another person.

•Unmarried couples may not commit "lewd acts" and live together in the same residence.

• Corrupting the public morals is defined as a nuisance, and is declared a misdemeanor offense.

• Doors of all public buildings must open outwards.

• It is illegal to sell your children.

[b17252d2121]Persons in possession of illegal substances must pay taxes on them. However, paying taxes on these items does not make them legal. [/b17252d2121] They make money every way they can.

[b17252d2121]A three dollar tax must be paid on all white goods sold. ? [/b17252d2121]

Organizations may not hold their meetings while the members present are in costume.

Bingo games may not last over 5 hours unless it is held at a fair.

Serving alcohol at a bingo game is not allowed.

[b17252d2121]No one may be a professional fortune-teller, and if one wishes to pursue the practice as an amateur, it must be practiced in a school or church. [/b17252d2121] Poor Kids

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.

[b17252d2121]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. wink [/b17252d2121]

It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.

Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.

[b17252d2121]A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent. [/b17252d2121] Hope everyone keeps pleasing their partners D

The mere possession of a lottery ticket is illegal in North Carolina and may result in a $2,000 fine.

Greensboro

[b17252d2121]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. ?[/b17252d2121]

Don't Live in Charlotte, but funny

Women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.

Don't know where Dunn is in NC, but

Cars may not be driven on sidewalks.

It is illegal to throw rocks at a city street.

No person shall spit on a city street.

Georgia
# It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
# Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
# Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
# Signs are required to be written in English.
# No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
# All sex toys are banned.

Oh yea, forgot I am in Maryland for the summer, must follow their laws

Oral sex can not be given or received anywhere.

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)

No person who is a "tramp" or "vagrant" shall loiter in any park at any time. They define tramp as a person who roves for begging purposes and a vagrant as an idle person who is able-bodied living without labor. It's a $50 fine. I guess the tramp would have to beg for the money to pay the fine. -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.

New York

li 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.

li It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

li A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

li The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

li New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it. That rarely happens, since one party regularly says "no" to the other, or there wouldn't be a reason to dissolve the marriage. If one of the spouses says "no" to the divorce, the other party has to prove that the spouse saying "no" was at fault. Fault could be one of four terrible things. If the spouse has abandoned the other spouse, that is, left the house for a year or if there hasn't been sexual relations for a year (how do you prove that?). Another one of the four terrible things, an oft cited fault, is to assert that the spouse has treated the other spouse with physical or mental cruelty. This is usually the case in most deteriorating marriages, but for the court's purposes, yelling and screaming is not usually enough; pictures of bruises taken in the emergency room might suffice. Divorce will be easy if the spouse has been imprisoned for two or three years. Much more difficult is the last fault, adultery. This keeps a lot of private detectives in business, since lipstick on the collar is not proof. It also means that lawyers get paid to "prove" fault, or on the other side, to show how lame the opposing side's "fault" claim is.

li A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

li While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.

li Slippers are not to be worn after 1000 P.M.

New Jersey

li One must yield a phone line to a person if it is an emergency.
li It is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder.
li You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.
li It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
li It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
li In an attempt to "foster kindness" in the citizens of New Jersey, the month of May is designated "Kindness Awareness Month".
li If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates.
li The third Thursday of October is designated as "New Jersey Credit Union Day" and citizens of the state should observe the day with "appropriate activities and programs".
li Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday.
li You may not slurp your soup.
li Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
li It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
li Spray paint may not be sold without a posted sign warning juveliles of the penalty for creating graffiti.
li Handcuffs may not be sold to minors.
li If one is convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, he or she may never again apply for a personalized license plate.
li All motorists must honk before passing another car, bicyclist, skater, and even a skateboarder.
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Ive done the last one before. Honked about 30 miles on the parkway for everyone we passed.

OMG those are hilariou + Karma

Arizona


#Hunting camels is prohibited.
#Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.
#There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
#Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
#A class 2 misdemeanor occurs if one places a mark upon a flag which is "likely to provoke physical retaliation".
#It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.
#When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.
#It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water.
#You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Maryland

--Oral sex can not be given or received anywhere. (what's the big deal?)
--Thistles may not grow in one's yard.
--It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
--Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited.
--You may not curse inside the city limits.
--A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk.
--Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.

I also read one a few years ago that prohibits you from running your pigs through the city streets on sundays.

[quote7ac223c200="FreeOffersNow"]New York li The penalty for jumping off a building is death.[/quote7ac223c200]

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAH

lol, so its not just is from PS who are freaks D

If these are true they are messed up.....

Here are some for Indiana

Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.

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.

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.

Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.

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

Beach Grove, Indiana

It is forbidden to eat watermelon in the park.

Elkhart, Indiana

It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.

South Bend, Indiana

It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.

Terre Haute, Indiana

No one may spit on the sidewalk.





Those are crazy.

These are all either very old laws or they were introduced by people who were on drugs - or both


LMFAO! hahaa.. these are hilarious

you cant spit in chicago wtf?


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[b8d90fd789e]Idaho - [/b8d90fd789e]

[b8d90fd789e][i8d90fd789e]State Law [/i8d90fd789e][/b8d90fd789e]

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.

[b8d90fd789e][i8d90fd789e]Local Law [/b8d90fd789e][/i8d90fd789e]

[i8d90fd789e]Boise[/i8d90fd789e]

Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back.

[i8d90fd789e]Coeur d Alene[/i8d90fd789e]

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.

[i8d90fd789e]Pocatello[/i8d90fd789e]

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.

lol, wtf is it with states not wanting people to fish from certain animals backs??

I work in Oregon. While the state may not be as stupid as others I've lived in ( New York and Florida) Note this measure of stupidity was not based on laws but percentage of people who I met who were not intellectually adept. The thing is though Oregon sucks though. i need to get the f out of this hippie state. Cant believe I said that b/c I smoke all god damn day. Woudlve never expected this but the town I live in Oregon is thriving in its consumption of crystal meth and heroin. I feel like my neighborhood is a scene from trainspotting. F'n shit. These drug users however seem to be the smartest junkies around however. Just yesterday my cab driver told me how he had started a large software company and gave me the entire details. He later told me he was hooked to meth. I didnt believe his claim until I googled his company.

wtf? thats crazy....so what is the company?

[quotec47a54d12e="theysayjump"]wtf? thats crazy....so what is the company?[/quotec47a54d12e]

Haha you caught my bluff and I have no response. Just wanted to exaggerate my claim. damn I feel like cc40 now. But the addicts out here do seeem smarter than the addicts Ive seen in especially NY.

WOW this is the best one yet. This is a local law at Chico in California

Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.

[quote47a887aea3="JOSHBOX"]WOW this is the best one yet. This is a local law at Chico in California

Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.[/quote47a887aea3]

Duh who doesnt know this. You have to be out of the city limits to detonate a nuclear device. Come on this is common knowledge.

[quote642faa1ead="JOSHBOX"]WOW this is the best one yet. This is a local law at Chico in California

Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.[/quote642faa1ead]

lol, wow......better hope that terrorsits arent reading this.

The $500 fine will most definately stop any terrorist from detonating a nuke.

well yeah, i mean they spent all their money on a nuke and have none left, they cant risk a $500 fine......maybe they will just go to Montana instead.