US Election Nite Decision 2004!
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You want to carry on, ... fine.
And you thought laws against same-sex marriage were stupid???
*New York passed a law that makes it illegal to do anything illegal.
* Tightrope walking is outlawed everywhere in Winchester, Massachusetts- except in church.
* An ordinance in Oklahoma reads: “The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death shall immediately stop and give his name and address to the person struck.”
* In Pacific Grove, California, according to City Ordinance No. 352, it is a misdemeanor to kill or threaten a butterfly.
* It is against the law in Seattle, Washington, for goldfish in a bowl to ride a city bus unless the fish are kept still.
* It is illegal to spit against the wind in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
* A Seattle, Washington, law specifies the legal limit on the length of any concealed weapon, which one may carry. The weapon can be no longer than six feet long.
* Children riding on a train are not allowed to drink milk while passing through the state of North Carolina.
* It is “unlawful to tease or torment skunks or polecats” in Minnesota.
* There is a law in Kingman, Arizona, which prohibits all camel hunting within the city limits.
* In Margate City, New Jersey, it is illegal to surf in the nude or with a sock over the male genitals.
* In Klamath Falls, Oregon, you are not allowed to kick the heads off snakes.
* In Los Angeles, California, you are not allowed to hunt moths under a streetlight.
* In Lexington, Kentucky, it is against the law to place an ice-cream cone in your back pocket.
* In Fort Madison, Iowa, the fire department is required by law to practice fire-fighting techniques for 15 minutes before attending any fire.
* South Dakota has decreed it illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory.
* It is forbidden in Miami, Florida, to imitate animals.
* It is against the law in Idaho to fish for trout while sitting on the back of a giraffe.
* In Macomb, Illinois, it is against the law for an automobile to impersonate a wolf.
* Cats are forbidden to ride on a public bus in Seattle, Washington, if there is a dog already on board. Also, and dog weighing greater than 25 pounds must pay the full adult fare.
* A Connecticut law makes it illegal to “entice the bees of a neighbor.”
* In Louisville, Kentucky, it is against the law for a business owner to install an air-conditioning system that blows air through sidewalk grates and could potentially lift a woman’s skirt.
* In Alaska it is against the law to look at a moose while riding in an airplane.
* “Bathing in the state of nudity in the water within the corporate limits of this Village” states a Spring Valley, New York, law, is forbidden between the hours of 5 AM and 8:30 PM.
* In Massachusetts it is illegal for a goat to wear trousers.
* In Cushing, Oklahoma, it is against the law to drink beer while attired only in underwear.
* In Michigan, you are not allowed to tie your pet crocodile to a fire hydrant.
* It is illegal in Chicago, Illinois, to take a French poodle to the opera.
* In Lubbock, Texas, people are strictly forbidden from sleeping in garbage cans (even if the cans are empty).
* Cats are forbidden from chasing dogs up telephone poles in International Falls, Minnesota.
* “No dog shall be in public without its master on a leash” –a strangely phrased Belvedere, California, ordinance.
* It is against the law in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a car to drip oil on the pavement. The penalty is $1 per drip.
* In Rumford, Maine, it is illegal to bite your landlord.
* It is illegal in North Carolina for a farmer to plow his field using an elephant.
* It is against the law in Oak Park, Illinois, to cook more than 100 doughnuts in a single day.
* In Atlanta, Georgia, a child can be arrested if he or she makes faces at other children during study period in a school classroom.
* If you leave your elephant tied to a parking meter in Orlando, Florida, you must put the proper amount of money in the meter for the time the elephant is there.
* It is illegal to advertise on tombstones in Roanoke, Virginia.
* The city of Toledo, Ohio has made it illegal to throw any type of reptile at another person.
* Drivers of automobiles are forbidden to run out of gas in Youngstown, Ohio.
* Sparks, Nevada, ordinance reads: “A citizen is forbidden to drive a donkey along Main Street in August without a straw hat being worn.” But who should be wearing the hat?
* It is illegal in Hillsboro, Oregon, to allow your horse to ride around in the backseat of your car.
* According to an ordinance in Okanogah, Washington, burglars “can steal only after dark.”
* It is illegal in Brooklyn, New York, for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub.
* It is against the law in New York State to shoot at a rabbit from the back end of a Third Avenue streetcar while it is in motion.
* It is against the law in Hawaii to insert pennies into your ears.
* You are not allowed to mistreat an oyster in Baltimore.
* A law in Chicago bans people from eating in an establishment that is on fire.
* In Philadelphia, Mississippi, it is illegal for any moan, woman, or child to participate in a barking competition with a dog. Breaking this law could bring a $10 fine for “insulting public behavior.”
* It is illegal in Vermont to deny the existence of God. Atheists can be fined up to $200.
* It is illegal in Oklahoma to get a fish drunk.
* According to a local ordinance in Newburgh, New York, no one is allowed to eat popcorn or peanuts while walking backward when there is a concert in progress.
* It is against the law in Whitehall, Montana, to drive a truck or car with ice picks attached to the wheels.
* “A man shall not marry the grandmother of his wife.” –a Kentucky statute.
* “Any vehicles meeting at an intersection must stop. Each must wait for the other to pass. Neither can proceed until the other is gone.” –a New Hampshire traffic ordinance.
* In Santa Ana, California, a law makes it illegal for anyone to swim on dry land.
* In Alabama, it is a crime to put salt on railroad tracks. This offense is punishable by death.
* In Mankato, Minnesota, it is against the law to drive a bright red car.
* It is against the law in Marshalltown, Iowa, for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.
* In Tuntutuliak Village, Alaska, any dog caught in public for a second time without a leash will be shot.
* “If a stray pet is not claimed within 24 hours, the owner will be destroyed.” –an Arvada, California, ordinance.
* It is illegal in Tennessee to catch fish with a lasso.
* A local law in North Andover, Massachusetts prohibits its citizens from carrying what are described only as “space guns.”
* It is against the law in the District of Colombia to fly a kite.
* “Speed upon country roads will be limited to ten miles an hour unless the motorist sees a bailiff who does not appear to have had a drink in 30 days, then the driver will be permitted to make what he can.” –an El Dorado County, California, law.
* It is illegal for monkeys to smoke cigarettes in South Bend, Indiana.
* “No maternity hospital shall receive an infant without its mother, except in cases of emergency.” –a Colorado state statute.
* It is illegal in California to peel an orange in your hotel room.
* It is illegal to mispronounce the name of the city of Joliet, Illinois (it must be pronounced properly as Joe-lee-ette).
* “No person shall knowingly keep or harbor at his house or her house within the city any woman of ill-repute, lewd character or a common prostitute… other than wife, mother, or sister.” –an Ashland, Kentucky, ordinance.
* It is against the law in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to pour pickle juice on trolley tracks.
* All horses in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, must always, by law, wear pants in public.
* In Washington State, it is against the law to pretend your parents are rich.
* “Females in heat must be properly confined as so not to entice males from home.” This Maryland law omitted the fact that it was intended for female dogs.
* In Quitman, Georgia, you’ll never find out the punch line of one of the oldest jokes in the world because it’s illegal there for a chicken to cross the road.
* It is against the law to have sex with a porcupine in the state of Florida.
And you thought laws against same-sex marriage were stupid???
*New York passed a law that makes it illegal to do anything illegal.
* Tightrope walking is outlawed everywhere in Winchester, Massachusetts- except in church.
* An ordinance in Oklahoma reads: “The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in death shall immediately stop and give his name and address to the person struck.”
* In Pacific Grove, California, according to City Ordinance No. 352, it is a misdemeanor to kill or threaten a butterfly.
* It is against the law in Seattle, Washington, for goldfish in a bowl to ride a city bus unless the fish are kept still.
* It is illegal to spit against the wind in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
* A Seattle, Washington, law specifies the legal limit on the length of any concealed weapon, which one may carry. The weapon can be no longer than six feet long.
* Children riding on a train are not allowed to drink milk while passing through the state of North Carolina.
* It is “unlawful to tease or torment skunks or polecats” in Minnesota.
* There is a law in Kingman, Arizona, which prohibits all camel hunting within the city limits.
* In Margate City, New Jersey, it is illegal to surf in the nude or with a sock over the male genitals.
* In Klamath Falls, Oregon, you are not allowed to kick the heads off snakes.
* In Los Angeles, California, you are not allowed to hunt moths under a streetlight.
* In Lexington, Kentucky, it is against the law to place an ice-cream cone in your back pocket.
* In Fort Madison, Iowa, the fire department is required by law to practice fire-fighting techniques for 15 minutes before attending any fire.
* South Dakota has decreed it illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory.
* It is forbidden in Miami, Florida, to imitate animals.
* It is against the law in Idaho to fish for trout while sitting on the back of a giraffe.
* In Macomb, Illinois, it is against the law for an automobile to impersonate a wolf.
* Cats are forbidden to ride on a public bus in Seattle, Washington, if there is a dog already on board. Also, and dog weighing greater than 25 pounds must pay the full adult fare.
* A Connecticut law makes it illegal to “entice the bees of a neighbor.”
* In Louisville, Kentucky, it is against the law for a business owner to install an air-conditioning system that blows air through sidewalk grates and could potentially lift a woman’s skirt.
* In Alaska it is against the law to look at a moose while riding in an airplane.
* “Bathing in the state of nudity in the water within the corporate limits of this Village” states a Spring Valley, New York, law, is forbidden between the hours of 5 AM and 8:30 PM.
* In Massachusetts it is illegal for a goat to wear trousers.
* In Cushing, Oklahoma, it is against the law to drink beer while attired only in underwear.
* In Michigan, you are not allowed to tie your pet crocodile to a fire hydrant.
* It is illegal in Chicago, Illinois, to take a French poodle to the opera.
* In Lubbock, Texas, people are strictly forbidden from sleeping in garbage cans (even if the cans are empty).
* Cats are forbidden from chasing dogs up telephone poles in International Falls, Minnesota.
* “No dog shall be in public without its master on a leash” –a strangely phrased Belvedere, California, ordinance.
* It is against the law in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a car to drip oil on the pavement. The penalty is $1 per drip.
* In Rumford, Maine, it is illegal to bite your landlord.
* It is illegal in North Carolina for a farmer to plow his field using an elephant.
* It is against the law in Oak Park, Illinois, to cook more than 100 doughnuts in a single day.
* In Atlanta, Georgia, a child can be arrested if he or she makes faces at other children during study period in a school classroom.
* If you leave your elephant tied to a parking meter in Orlando, Florida, you must put the proper amount of money in the meter for the time the elephant is there.
* It is illegal to advertise on tombstones in Roanoke, Virginia.
* The city of Toledo, Ohio has made it illegal to throw any type of reptile at another person.
* Drivers of automobiles are forbidden to run out of gas in Youngstown, Ohio.
* Sparks, Nevada, ordinance reads: “A citizen is forbidden to drive a donkey along Main Street in August without a straw hat being worn.” But who should be wearing the hat?
* It is illegal in Hillsboro, Oregon, to allow your horse to ride around in the backseat of your car.
* According to an ordinance in Okanogah, Washington, burglars “can steal only after dark.”
* It is illegal in Brooklyn, New York, for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub.
* It is against the law in New York State to shoot at a rabbit from the back end of a Third Avenue streetcar while it is in motion.
* It is against the law in Hawaii to insert pennies into your ears.
* You are not allowed to mistreat an oyster in Baltimore.
* A law in Chicago bans people from eating in an establishment that is on fire.
* In Philadelphia, Mississippi, it is illegal for any moan, woman, or child to participate in a barking competition with a dog. Breaking this law could bring a $10 fine for “insulting public behavior.”
* It is illegal in Vermont to deny the existence of God. Atheists can be fined up to $200.
* It is illegal in Oklahoma to get a fish drunk.
* According to a local ordinance in Newburgh, New York, no one is allowed to eat popcorn or peanuts while walking backward when there is a concert in progress.
* It is against the law in Whitehall, Montana, to drive a truck or car with ice picks attached to the wheels.
* “A man shall not marry the grandmother of his wife.” –a Kentucky statute.
* “Any vehicles meeting at an intersection must stop. Each must wait for the other to pass. Neither can proceed until the other is gone.” –a New Hampshire traffic ordinance.
* In Santa Ana, California, a law makes it illegal for anyone to swim on dry land.
* In Alabama, it is a crime to put salt on railroad tracks. This offense is punishable by death.
* In Mankato, Minnesota, it is against the law to drive a bright red car.
* It is against the law in Marshalltown, Iowa, for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.
* In Tuntutuliak Village, Alaska, any dog caught in public for a second time without a leash will be shot.
* “If a stray pet is not claimed within 24 hours, the owner will be destroyed.” –an Arvada, California, ordinance.
* It is illegal in Tennessee to catch fish with a lasso.
* A local law in North Andover, Massachusetts prohibits its citizens from carrying what are described only as “space guns.”
* It is against the law in the District of Colombia to fly a kite.
* “Speed upon country roads will be limited to ten miles an hour unless the motorist sees a bailiff who does not appear to have had a drink in 30 days, then the driver will be permitted to make what he can.” –an El Dorado County, California, law.
* It is illegal for monkeys to smoke cigarettes in South Bend, Indiana.
* “No maternity hospital shall receive an infant without its mother, except in cases of emergency.” –a Colorado state statute.
* It is illegal in California to peel an orange in your hotel room.
* It is illegal to mispronounce the name of the city of Joliet, Illinois (it must be pronounced properly as Joe-lee-ette).
* “No person shall knowingly keep or harbor at his house or her house within the city any woman of ill-repute, lewd character or a common prostitute… other than wife, mother, or sister.” –an Ashland, Kentucky, ordinance.
* It is against the law in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to pour pickle juice on trolley tracks.
* All horses in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, must always, by law, wear pants in public.
* In Washington State, it is against the law to pretend your parents are rich.
* “Females in heat must be properly confined as so not to entice males from home.” This Maryland law omitted the fact that it was intended for female dogs.
* In Quitman, Georgia, you’ll never find out the punch line of one of the oldest jokes in the world because it’s illegal there for a chicken to cross the road.
* It is against the law to have sex with a porcupine in the state of Florida.
