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Strange Laws .. What Are Some ??

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  • Started 6 months ago by BuffaloHawk
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  1. BuffaloHawk

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    I just saw this and found it pretty amusing. I realize there are many laws out there than should be overturned by now but decided to share this.After seeing how people can be to each other with the election it might not be a bad idea ;)

    http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/06/kentucky-south-carolina-residents-cant-booze-on-election-day/

    Tomorrow evening, many Americans will might have a drink or two — to celebrate the election results, mourn their losses or kill a few brain cells with drinking games until this endless election season is over. But in Kentucky and South Carolina the festivities will likely be much more restrained.

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  2. gracie

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    Our new law to be implemented "inattentive driving" - it includes talking! So if you have someone in your car, asks you a question, you can't answer? Also can't eat. But officer can't pull you over just on that observation - has to be another reason.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  3. RichY

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    gracie, King county is implementing this, it has been in Seattle, Bellevue Tacoma and other cities for a bit.

    Here is an OK FAQ:

    http://www.washingtonstatetrafficlaws.net/washingtonstateinattentivedriving.html

    Posted 6 months ago #
  4. gracie

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    Thanks, RichY. I thought when I heard it on news it was Seattle. Guess I better listen more closely to the news in the future!

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  5. RichY

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    Here are some old (gone now, I hope) laws from here:

    The harassing of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other undiscovered subspecies is a felony punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.

    It is illegal to attach a vending machine to a utility pole without prior consent from the utility company.

    No person may walk about in public if he or she has the common cold.

    Destroying a beer cask or bottle of another is illegal.

    It is illegal to entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.

    X-rays may not be used to fit shoes.

    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.

    It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.

    People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.

    It is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.

    You are not allowed to breastfeed in public. (Repealed, 2001)

    You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday.

    I love this one:
    When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has passed.

    In Seattle:
    You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.

    Women who sit on men’s laps on buses or trains without placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term.

    No one may set fire to another person’s property without prior permission.

    It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.

    One may not spit on a bus.

    And in Wilber Washington:
    You may not ride an ugly horse.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  6. onederfullone

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    "In Seattle:
    You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length."

    Which explains why I cannot be carried...

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  7. jburgh

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    Here are some from North Carolina....(we used to live there)

    Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.

    Before a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage, he must be “inspected by all the barnyard animals on the young woman’s family’s property, to ensure a harmonious farm life.”

    It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.

    If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.

    It is against the law for children under seven years of age to go to college.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  8. wow jburgh, that's why I was turned down by UNC

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  9. iPlod

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    "If a man and a woman who aren’t married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married."

    The heck with them Parsons and their and pesky fees and them picky rules about age of consent and all that crap about spousal reeesponsibility. We got this problem solved! Git 'er done! YEEHAW!!

    Posted 6 months ago #
  10. I um think I might have been married more times than I previously thought.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  11. angeline

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    Oh no, my Etsy shop "Flags With Dots 'n Stuff" might be illegal...

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  12. jburgh

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    Here are some silly ones from PA, another place we lived:

    It is still illegal to bring a donkey or a mule onto a trolley car.

    A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

    and my favorite...
    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.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  13. And in Vermont…

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

    At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.

    It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

    All residents shall bathe every Saturday night.

    Posted 6 months ago #

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