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Dumb Laws

  • 27-12-1999 10:07pm
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    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭


    Check out www.dumblaws.com for a laff:

    My personal favs:

    Arizona: You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

    Jasper, Alabama: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

    Chico, Califonia: Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.

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

    Wichita, Kansas: At the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a person in an automobile is required to get out of their vehicle, fire 3 shotgun rounds into the air, and the get back into their vehicle and proceed through the intersection

    Montana: Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them. (Repealed)

    New Hampshire: You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.

    Sea Isle City, New Jersey: There will be no boiling of bones on the property.

    New York City: A man may not turn around and look at a woman in "that way," and violators are forced to wear horse blinders. (rofl smile.gif )

    Staten Island, New York: It is illegal for a father to call his son a "****" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."

    Strongsville, Ohio: The novel Catch 22 is banned.

    Shulter, Oklahoma: Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.

    Pennsylvania: 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.

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

    Stafford County, Virginia: It is legal to beat your wife on the courthouse steps only before 8:00 PM.

    Seattle: No one may set fire to another person's property without prior permission.

    Huntington, West Virginia: It is legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps.

    Milwaukee, Wisconcin: It is illegal to be in public during the day if you are physically offensive looking.



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