You said what was a illegal?
Nothing I like more than a good old fashioned blue law. If you didn't know; blue laws are interesting tid bits in the landscape of litigation. Usually the result of a waste of time, favor owed, or weird habit instituted upon a seated official.
If you have heard of them... share your best... But here is my list
1. In Alabama, it's illegal to wear a funny fake mustache to church.
2. In Alabama, putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
3. In Fairbanks, Alaska, it's illegal to give a moose alcohol and it's also illegal for moose to have sex on city streets.
4. In Arizona, donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
5. In Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
6. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour in California.
7. In Denver, Colorado, next-door neighbors may not lend each other vacuum cleaners.
8. In Connecticut, In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
9. If an elephant is parked at or tied to a parking meter in Florida, the parking fee must be paid just as if a car had parked there.
10. Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March in Indiana.
11. It is Illegal in Idaho for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
12. Chicago, Illinois forbids fishing while sitting on a giraffe's neck
13. One-armed piano players who perform in Iowa must do so for free.
14. It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol in Louisiana.
15. In Massachusetts no gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
16. No one may cross Minnesota state lines with a duck on top of their head.
17. Donut holes may not be sold in Lehigh, Nebraska.
18. It is illegal to sleep naked in Minnesota.
19. It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway in Nevada.
20. While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door in New York.
21. Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields in North Carolina.
22. In North Dakota, It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on. In South Carolina, It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
23. In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk.
24. It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors in Pennsylvania.
25. Horses may not be kept in bathtubs in South Carolina.
26. In Texas, It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
27. Birds have the right of way on all highways in Utah.
28. In Vermont, whistling underwater is illegal.
29. It is illegal to tickle women in Virginia.
30. In Waynesboro, Virginia, it was once illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband walked in front of the car waving a red flag.
31. It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions driving around the state of Washington to stop at city limits and telephone the local chief of police before entering town.
32. You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June in Wyoming.
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In Paducah, KY, it is illegal to pluck a chicken on main street.
I think they've changed that now-- but years ago, I worked in college proof-reading old laws on the books for some of KY's towns... That was one of them.
Another funny one-- it is illegal for ladies of the evening to ply their trade in downtown Bowling Green, KY. They must stick to the outskirts of town. (LOL!)
Doughnuts with holes are illegal in NY. May lead to sex.
I had to read that one twice. The first read brought up an anatomical visual.
Kites cant be flown in Chicago city limits
Most of these are ridiculous and silly but the elevator one in NY that makes lots of sense.
Too bad!