Alabama
It is illegal to play Dominos on Sunday.
It is
illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt
on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
Alaska
In
Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
While it is
legal to shoot bears, waking sleeping bears for the purpose of
taking a photograph is prohibited.
Arizona
In Tucson,
it is illegal for women to wear pants.
In Globe, it
is illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American.
In Glendale,
it is illegal to drive a car in reverse.
In Nogales,
it is illegal to wear suspenders.
Arkansas
A man can
legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
In
Fayetteville, it is illegal to kill “any living creature.''
Schoolteachers who bob their hair may forfeit their pay raises.
Flirtation
between men and women on the streets of
Little Rock
may result in a 30-day jail term.
California
In Los
Angeles, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap,
as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him
permission to use a wider strap.
It is a
misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle,
unless the target is a whale.
In Pacific
Grove, “molesting” butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
In Pasadena,
it is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her
boss.
It is
illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
In Long
Beach, it is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
In San
Francisco, it is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.
It is
illegal to cry on the witness stand in
Los Angeles
courts.
It is illegal to require someone to purchase a horror comic
book. §16603
Colorado
In Durango,
it is illegal to go out in public dressed in clothing
“unbecoming'' one's sex.
In Logan
County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is
asleep.
In Pueblo,
it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits.
Connecticut
In Hartford,
it is illegal to educate a dog.
It is
illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
In New
Britain, the speed limit for fire trucks is 25 M.P.H., even when
going to a fire.
In Hartford,
it is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.
Delaware
In Lewes, it
is illegal to wear pants that are “form-fitting'' around the
waist.
Getting
married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.
It is
illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying
sufficient supplies of food and drink.
Florida
In Miami, it
is illegal for a man to wear any kind of strapless gown.
Unmarried
women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
In Sarasota,
it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
Georgia
All males in
the state between the ages of 16 and 50 are required to work on
public roads.
In Columbus,
it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.
In Quitman,
it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.
It is
illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless
the shades are down.
Hawaii
It is
illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.
It is
illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.
Idaho
In
Pocatello, “the carrying of concealed weapons is forbidden,
unless same are exhibited to public view.''
Also in
Pocatello, “It is prohibited for pedestrians and motorists to
display frowns, grimaces, scowls, threatening and glowering
looks, gloomy and depressed facial appearances, generally all of
which reflect unfavorably upon the city's reputation.''
Boxes of
candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.
Illinois
In Chicago,
people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed to the
point of being “an unsightly or disgusting object'' are banned
from going out in public.
In Chicago,
it is illegal to fish in one's pajamas.
In Chicago,
it is illegal to take a French poodle to the opera.
According to
state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially
recognized language is “American.''
In Guernee,
it is illegal for women weighing more than 200 pounds to ride
horses in shorts.
In Joliet,
it is illegal to mispronounce the name
Joliet.
Indiana
Monkeys are
forbidden to smoke cigarettes in
South Bend.
In Gary, it
is illegal to attend the theater within four hours of eating
garlic.
The Stepford
Wives is banned in
Warsaw.
Iowa
State law
forbids any establishment from charging admission to see a
one-armed piano player.
In Fort
Madison, firemen are required to practice for 15 minutes before
attending a fire.
Kansas
It is
illegal for restaurants to sell cherry pie a la mode on Sundays.
In Wichita,
a man's mistreatment of his mother-in-law may not be used as
grounds for divorce.
In Wichita,
it is illegal to carry a concealed bean snapper.
In Lang, it
is illegal to ride a mule down
Main Street
in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat.
In Natoma,
it is illegal to throw a knife at anyone wearing a striped
shirt.
Kentucky
It is
illegal for a woman to appear in a bathing suit on a highway
unless she is: escorted by at least two police officers; armed
with a club; or lighter than 90 pounds or heavier than 200
pounds. The ordinance also specifically exempts female horses
from such restrictions.
State law
stipulates that a person is considered sober until he or she
“cannot hold onto the ground.''
It is
illegal to remarry the same man four times.
Louisiana
In New
Orleans, fire trucks are required by law to stop at all red
lights.
It is
considered “simple assault'' to bite someone in New Orleans; it
is “aggravated assault'' if the biter has false teeth.
It is
against the law to gargle in public.
Maine
In Portland,
it is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with
feather dusters.
The most
money one can legally win gambling is three dollars.
In Rumford,
it is illegal for a tenant to bite his/her landlord.
In
Waterville, it is illegal to blow one's nose in public.
Maryland
In
Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how
dirty they get.
Every person
who has bowled since 1833 may be fined $2 for each offense.
In
Halethorpe, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.
It's illegal
to mistreat oysters.
It's illegal
to play Randy Newman's “Short People'' on the radio.
Massachusetts
In Salem,
even married couples are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in
rented rooms.
It is
illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
North
Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying “space guns.''
State
legislation forbids dueling with water pistols.
In Boston,
it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a
physician to do so.
In 1659, the
state outlawed Christmas.
Michigan
In Clawson,
it is legal for a farmer to “sleep with his pigs, cows, horses,
goats, and chickens.''
A state law
stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.
In Detroit,
it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is parked on your
property.
In Detroit,
it is illegal to “ogle'' a woman from a moving car.
In Port
Huron, the speed limit for ambulances in 20 m.p.h.
Under state
law, dentists are officially classified as “mechanics.''
Minnesota
Women may
face up to 30 days in jail if they impersonate Santa Claus.
In
Minneapolis, double-parkers can be put on a chain gang.
Every man in
Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.
It's illegal
to tease skunks.
Mississippi
It is still
legal to kill one's “servant.''
In Truro, a
would-be groom must “prove himself manly'' prior to marriage by
hunting and killing either six blackbirds or three crows.
A man may not seduce a woman by lying, and claiming he will
marry her. 97-29-55
Missouri
In Saco,
women are forbidden from wearing hats that “might frighten timid
persons, children or animals.''
In St.
Louis, it is illegal for an on-duty firefighter to rescue a
woman wearing a nightgown; in order to be rescued; a woman must
be fully dressed.
While
children may purchase shotguns in
Kansas City,
they are not allowed to buy toy cap guns.
Missouri
considers drunkenness an “inalienable right.''
Montana
It is a
felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
It is a
misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
In
Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks
attached to the wheels.
Nebraska
It is
illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state
license.
In Waterloo,
barbers are forbidden from eating onions between
7am and
7pm.
In Omaha,
barbers are forbidden from shaving their customers' chests.
If a child
burps during a church service in
Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.
It is
illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are
simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
Nevada
In Nyala, a
man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people
other than himself at any one period during the day.
It is
illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
In Eureka,
men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.
Everyone
walking on the streets of Elko is required to wear a mask.
New
Hampshire
It is
illegal to sell the clothes one is wearing to pay off a gambling
debt.
It is
illegal to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
It illegal to
carry away or
collect for the purpose of carrying away any seaweed or rockweed
from the seashore below high-water mark, between daylight in the
evening and daylight in the morning, he shall be guilty of a
violation.
§207:48
New
Jersey
It is
against the law to “frown'' at a police officer.
In Newark,
it is illegal to sell ice cream after
6pm, unless the customer has a note from his doctor.
It is
illegal to slurp soup.
In Trenton,
it is illegal to throw a bad pickle in the street.
It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing
murder, manslaughter, robbery, sexual assault, burglary, kidnapping, criminal
escape or assault under N.J.S.2C:12-1b. Use or wearing a body
vest while engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to
commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit a
crime of the first degree is a crime of the second degree.
Otherwise it is a crime of the third degree.
§2C:39-13
New
Mexico
In Raton, it
is illegal for a woman to ride horseback down a public street
with a kimono on.
The
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary is banned in Carlsbad.
State
officials ordered 400 words of “sexually explicit material'' to
be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
New York
In New York
City, it is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing
“body hugging clothing.''
In New York
City, it is illegal for a man to turn around and look “at a
woman in that way,'' and violators are forced to wear horse
blinders.
In Staten
Island, it is illegal for a father to call his son a “faggot''
or “queer'' in an effort to curb “girlie behavior.''
In New York
City, “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, at the same time extending and wiggling the fingers of
his hand.''
North
Carolina
In
Charlotte, women must have their bodies covered by at least 16
yards of cloth at all times.
In Ashville,
it is illegal to sneeze on city streets.
Ironically,
Hornytown has banned all massage parlors.
State law
mandates that all couples staying in rooms for one night must be
kept in room with double beds, kept a minimum of two feet apart,
and making love on the floor between the beds is strictly
forbidden.
It is
illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
It is illegal for a bingo game to last longer than five hours,
unless the bingo is being played at a fair. §14-309.8
North
Dakota
In Fargo,
one may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for
wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place.
It is
illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
It is
illegal to serve beer and pretzels at the same time in any bar,
club, or restaurant.
Ohio
In
Cleveland, women are forbidden from wearing patent leather
shoes, lest men see reflections of their underwear.
In Columbus,
it is illegal for stores to sell cornflakes on Sunday.
In Oxford,
it is illegal for a women to disrobe in front of a man's
picture.
In
Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.
Catch 22 is
banned in Strongville.
Oklahoma
People who
make “ugly faces'' at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
In Schulter,
it is illegal for a woman to gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or
while wearing a towel.
Oregon
One may not
bathe without wearing “suitable clothing,'' i.e., that which
covers one's body from neck to knee.
The town of
Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.
Salem has
barred women's wrestling.
In Marion,
ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before
delivering a sermon.
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.''
In
Morrisville, women need a permit to wear cosmetics.
Ministers
are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or
groom is drunk.
Rhode
Island
In
Providence, it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to
the same customer on a Sunday.
It is
illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
In Newport,
it is illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset.
It is required by law that you make a loud noise when passing a
car on the left. §31-15-4
South Carolina
Every
citizen is obliged to carry his gun to church.
No horses
are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.
In
Charleston, all carriage horses must wear diapers.
South
Dakota
It is
illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
Movies that
show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an
offensive manner are forbidden.
Tennessee
It is
illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
In
Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
In Memphis
restaurants, it is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It
is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be
eaten on the premises.
Also 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.''
It is illegal to transport a skunk across state lines. §70-4-208
Texas
The entire
Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in
Texas
because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
A recently
passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24
hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the
nature of the crime to be committed.
In El Paso,
churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking
rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide
spittoons “of a kind and number to efficiently contain
expectorations into them.''
It is
illegal to milk another person's cow.
In Houston,
it is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.
In LeFors,
it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while
standing.
In San
Antonio, it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to
flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.
In Mesquite,
it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
Utah
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.
In Monroe,
daylight must be visible between partners on a dance floor.
Vermont
Women must
obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false
teeth.
It is
illegal to deny the existence of God.
It is
illegal to whistle underwater.
Virginia
In Richmond,
it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to
determine who buys a cup of coffee.
In Norfolk,
a man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere.
There is a
state law prohibiting “corrupt practices of bribery by any
person other than candidates.''
In Lebanon,
it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.
Washington
In Seattle,
women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without placing a
pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term.
In Auburn,
men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status,
may face up to five years in jail.
Seattle
residents may not carry concealed weapons longer than six feet.
It is
illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
West
Virginia
In Nicholas
County, no clergy members may tell jokes or humorous stories
from the pulpit during church services.
Doctors and
dentists may not place a woman under anesthesia unless a third
person is present.
It is
illegal to snooze on a train.
It is illegal to taunt someone for refusing to participate in a
duel. §61-2-24
There is a one-dollar fine for every instance of public
drunkenness and/or swearing. §61-8-15
Wisconsin
In St.
Croix, women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.
It is
illegal to cut a woman's hair.
It is
illegal to kiss on a train.
Cheese
making requires a cheese maker's license; Limburger cheese
making requires a master cheese maker's license.
It's against the law to serve margarine instead of butter at a
restaurant, unless a customer orders it specifically. § 97.18(4)
Wyoming
It is
illegal to wear a hat that obstructs peoples' view in a public
theater or place of amusement.
It is
illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while
drinking.
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