California:
1. Community leaders passed an ordinance
that makes it illegal for anyone to try
and stop a child from
playfully jumping over puddles of water.
Connecticut:
1. You can be stopped by the police for biking
over 65 miles per hour.
2. You are not allowed to walk across a street
on your hands.
Florida:
1. Women may be fined for falling asleep
under a hair dryer, as can the
salon owner.
2. A special law prohibits unmarried women
from parachuting on Sunday
or she shall risk arrest,
fine, and/or jailing.
3. If an elephant is left tied to a parking
meter, the parking fee has
to be paid just as it
would for a vehicle.
4. SARASOTA: It is illegal to sing
in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
5. Men may not be seen publicly in any kind
of strapless gown.
Illinois:
1. It is illegal for anyone to give lighted
cigars to dogs, cats,
and other domesticated animal
kept as pets.
Indiana:
1. Bathing is prohibited during the winter.
2. Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie
house or theater nor ride
in a public streetcar
within at least four hours after eating garlic.
Iowa:
1. Kisses may last for as much as, but no
more than, five minutes.
Kentucky:
1. By law, anyone who has been drinking is
"sober" until he or she
"cannot hold onto the
ground."
2. It is illegal to transport an ice cream
cone in your pocket.
Louisiana:
1. It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot
at the bank teller
with a water pistol.
2. Biting someone with your natural teeth
is "simple assault," while
biting someone with your
false teeth is "aggravated assault."
Massachusetts:
1. Mourners at a wake may not eat more than
three sandwiches.
2. Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom
windows are closed an securely locked.
3. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal
unless you first pay a
special license fee for
the privilege of wearing one in public.
Nebraska:
1. A parent can be arrested if his child
cannot hold back a burp during
a church service.
New Mexico:
1. Females are strictly forbidden to appear
unshaven in public.
New York:
1. 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.
North Dakota:
1. Beer & pretzels can't be served at
the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Ohio:
1. Women are prohibited from wearing patent
leather shoes in public.
Oklahoma:
1. Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed
for making ugly faces at a dog.
2. Females are forbidden from doing their
own hair without being
licensed by the state.
3. Dogs must have a permit signed by the
mayor in order to congregate
in groups of three or
more on private property.
Pennsylvania:
1. A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives
from hiding dirt and
dust under a rug in a
dwelling.
2. No man may purchase alcohol without written
consent from his wife.
Texas:
1. A city ordinance states that a person
cannot go barefoot without
first obtaining a special
five-dollar permit.
2. It is illegal to take more than three
sips of beer at a time while standing.
Vermont:
1. Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody
to take at least one bath
each week -- on Saturday night.
Washington:
1. All lollipops are banned.
2. A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory
for a motorist with
criminal intentions to stop
at the city limits and telephone the
chief of police as he
is entering the town.
West Virginia:
1. No children may attend school with their
breath smelling of "wild onions."