what are craziest laws you ever heard of?

Question

i remember one law, in some city, state, it is illegal to eat in public. another one, it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your pocket. what else is there?

Answer 1

Ridiculous Laws

Arkansas:

1. A man can legally beat his wife, but no more than once a month.

California:

1. In, LA, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

2. It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Florida:

1. Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday's will be jailed.

Georgia:

1. In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

2. In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.

Indiana:

1. Monkey's are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Illinois:

1. In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.

2. According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American."

3. In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet HeyWoodey.

Massachusetts:

1. It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.

2. North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."

3. In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Minnesota:

1. It is illegal to tease skunks.

2. Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.

Michigan:

1. A State law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.

2. Under State law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."

Montana:

1. In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.

2. It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.

Nebraska:

1. If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.

2. It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license

New York:



1. In NYC, "it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand."

North Carolina:

1. It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

Oklahoma:

1. Whale hunting is strictly forbidden.

2. People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Ohio:

1. In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

2. In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man's picture.

3. In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

Oregon:

1. The town of Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.

Pennsylvania:

1. "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."

Rhode Island:

1. It is illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

Tennessee:

1. It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

2. In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

3. In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists." (wouldnt it be easier if the guy just drove???)

Texas:

1. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

2. It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

Utah:

1. A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in his presence.

Virginia:

1. In Richmond, it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.

2. In Lebanon, it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.

Vermont:

1. It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

2. It is illegal to whistle underwater.

3. Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

Answer 2

There are entire volumes published on this subject...perhaps subsequent respondents could list a few. I answered to let you know that in the 1970s, Canada's CBC network broadcast a weekly pre-prime-time and later PRIME-time what's-my-line-style game show called "This Is the Law" where the focus was entirely on bizarre laws which the panel had to guess from the "lawbreaker" (actor Paul Soles)'s behavior in pre-filmed silent-movie-style sketches. Viewers would write in with their own bizarre local, regional and provincial laws, and there were enough truly unbelievable laws found in Canada that the program aired two (and later three or more) weekly for several years.

Mind you, this WAS Canada...the same country which also aired for several years a what's-my-line-style game show at the same time in which a psychic, a clairvoyant and a fortune-teller would try to guess the identity of celebrities using only their paranormal abilities. (I can't remember the title of that show but I swear it's true.)

And if that wasn't enough, we also had a children's program in which real live mice, hamsters and guinea pigs were filmed cavorting in toy houses, boats and cars while an announcer voiced their dialogue...and this program TOO lasted for several years. It was called Tales of the Riverbank, and later I believe Hammy Hamster, and legend has it that the reason it was on hiatus for several years in the late 1960s was because the son of a diplomat had had an "unfortunate" reaction to seeing the program while intoxicated on a popular psychedelic drug of the period. This truly was one of those things you had to see to believe.

Answer 3

From Lawrence, Kansas:

A person must walk infront of a motor car when it enters town, the car must continue at this speed for the remainder of time while it is in town.


That one may not be so stupid, as it was most likely written when cars were new and horses were the main mode of transportation. Such a law would prevent horses from becoming spooked, possibly injuring people in the process. However, it did stay on the books until well into the 1980's.

Answer 4

In western Australia, it is still illegal to ride a horse in a public place in a drunken and rowdy manner![1890]..In Broken Hill [mining town] It is an offence to detonate explosives in public bars![1953]..In Sydney, Sewer workers are not permitted into the confines of parliament house![1924]..In Adelaide ..Dogs fornicating in public bring a 5 pound fine!..It doesnt state in the law, who gets fined! The owners, or the dogs!..[1878]

Answer 5

In Chico, California, its a 500 dollar fine to set off a nuclear bomb...

Upon being released from prison in texas, one has the right to imemdiately demand a pistol and a horse.

Its illegal to go whaling in Colorado.

Its illegal to have sex with a truck driver in a tollbooth in Harrisburg, PA.

In Kentucky its illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.

In Florida its illegal to sing while wearing a swimsuit.

Answer 6

I can't remember which state but it is illegal to be Ugly in public. I'm serious! It's an old law but still on the books.
In Nevada it is still on the books as legal to kill a cattle rustler, but I wouldn't try it, the newer law is Murder 1.

Answer 7

I went to Arizona and the law said a man can legally beat his wife but not more than once a month.
And in New Mexico females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaved in public,dumb huh

Answer 8

In Alabama...Its illegal to play Dominoes on Sunday lol
In Chicago, it is illegal to fish in one's pajamas....lol thats wierd
Heres like a whole website on that....
http://www.totallyuselessknowledge.com/laws.php

Answer 9

kansas makes it illegal to eat rattlesnake meat in public.

in some or other state, on may not xray feet for shoe fittings.

"In Zion, Ill., it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets. "- http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/laws.html

in utah "It is against the law to fish from horseback. "- http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/laws.html

Answer 10

I've heard you can't honk your car horn in downtown Dallas. Law never revoked from horse and buggy days.

City of Chicago has banned smoking in public and also banned serving/eating fois gras in restaurants.

Answer 11

Kansas law does not allow liquor stores to sell corkscrews. My brother bought a bottle of wine in a KS liquor store and needed a corkscrew as well. When he couldn't find one, the clerk explained that they weren't allowed to sell them because that would 'encourage drinking.'