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post #1 of 13
1/19/05 at 2:23am
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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.

It is illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds in Idaho

In Denver it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.

In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
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post #2 of 13
1/19/05 at 12:04pm
Honey, we're MOVING TO IDAHO!!! :chocolat
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post #3 of 13
1/19/05 at 12:06pm
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post #4 of 13
1/19/05 at 1:56pm
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post #5 of 13
1/25/05 at 2:24am
I got family in Idaho...wonder if they'll let us stay a bit while we find a house??
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post #6 of 13
1/25/05 at 6:24am
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post #7 of 13
4/7/05 at 9:16pm
There is a law in Muncie saying that you can't walk a bull down Main Street. I've seen Main Street. There is NEVER room for a bull, let alone anything else. Could be why...
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post #8 of 13
4/8/05 at 8:56am
Next time I am in Connecticut I am walking backwards after sunset!
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post #9 of 13
4/8/05 at 9:29am
I was reading something a while back about how with a lot of those laws the wording or the meaning of the words has changed over time.
Like here in NC it is illegal to take a deer swimming in water above it's knees.
Seems pretty goofy except that to "take" meant to kill it.
Of course other laws are simply goofy because someone actually attempted to do whatever the law forbids and it caused problems and they had to make sure no one ever did it again. I think it is Fla where it is illegal to shoot a fish from a moving vehicle.
Can you just picture a couple guys driving down the highway next to the ocean and they happen to see a large fish in the water and one bets the other that he can't shoot it from the moving car.
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post #10 of 13
6/5/05 at 3:20pm
What the?
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post #11 of 13
12/18/05 at 1:54pm
Thers some great stupidities in Pa too. Like a housewife can actually face jail time for sweeping dust under a rug...

In Pittsburgh:
It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerater that is outside.

If you see more than three Native Americans walking down the street together, you can shoot them because it constitutes a war party,

No more than 15(maybe it's 16) single women are allowed to live in the same house because it constitutes a brothel. Meanwhile, up to 30 some guys are allowed to livew together.

Any driver going down the road in an automobile must stop every quarter mile, send up a flare, and wait 15 minutes for the road top be cleard of livestock before continuing.



Check out Dumblaws.com - they've got ;lotrs of great ones. My personal favorite ( and I can't remember what city this law is from) is this
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It is lllegal to set off a nuclear bomb within city limits - doing so may result in a $500 fine.

Like anyone would be around to enforce it.....
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post #12 of 13
12/18/05 at 2:07pm
Very interesting!
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post #13 of 13
12/18/05 at 5:38pm
Those stupid laws are always amusing.

There's a law in Minnesota that isn't stupid but kind of neat(or weird). If you've been in an intimate relationship with someone for 10 years your considered legally married.


I always thought that one was cool.
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