22. Bingo games cannot last more than 5 hours (North Carolina)
21. Chickens are not allowed to cross the road (Quitman, Georgia)
20. If you cut down a cactus, you could be sentenced to 25 years in prison (Arizona)
19. Policemen are allowed to bite a dog if they think it will calm the dog down (Paulding, Ohio)
18. It’s illegal to sell your eyeballs (Texas)
17. It’s against the law to sing off-key (North Carolina)
16. You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday (Rhode Island)
15. You are not allowed to eat fried chicken any other way than using your hands (Gainesville, Georgia)
14. Marriage between cousins is against the law only if they are younger than 65 (Utah)
13. Red cars may not drive down Lake Street (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
12. It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (Carrizozo, New Mexico)
11. Bear wrestling matches are prohibited (Alabama)
10. You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit (Wyoming)
9 .You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday (Washington)
8. It’s illegal to attend a public event or use public transport within 4 hours of eating an onions or garlic (Indiana)
7. In San Antonio, flirting is against the law (Texas)
6. It’s illegal for a man to give his fiancé a box of candy that weighs more than 50 lbs (22.5 kg) (Idaho)
5. A motorist with criminal intentions must stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town (Washington)
4. If you are found stealing soap, you must wash yourself until the bar of soap has been completely used up (Arizona)
3. If you have mustaches, it’s illegal for you to kiss a woman (Eureka, Nevada)
2. It’s against the law for a woman to drive a car in Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag (Waynesboro, Virginia)
1. You can be arrested or fined for harassing Bigfoot (Washington)
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
You cannot live on a boat for more than 30 days during the calendar year, even if just passing through the state
About this law.
Full text of the law.
If an organization non registered as “non-profit” fails to register their raffle with the local sheriff, that group risks paying up to $10,000 in fines and spending five years in jail.
Full text of the law.
While Georgia operates its own lottery, it “protects” its citizens by making it illegal to promote a private lottery.
Full text of the law.
The term “sadomasochistic abuse” is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit.
Full text of the law.
All sex toys are banned.
About this law.
Full text of the law.
No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
Signs are required to be written in English.
City Laws in Georgia
Acworth
All citizens must own a rake.
About this law.
Athens-Clarke County
Adult bookstores may not sell alcohol.
Full text of the law.
If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM.
Full text of the law.
Massage businesses may not sell alcohol on the side.
Full text of the law.
It is illegal to sell two beers are once for a single price. For example, a bar can’t run a 2 Bud Lights for $5 special.
Full text of the law.
Though being forced to close your business is bad enough, Athens-Clarke County forces one to obtain a license before holding a Going-Out-Of-Business sale.
Full text of the law.
Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.
Full text of the law.
Owners of mules may not allow their animal to roam around Athens unsupervised.
Full text of the law.
Persons under the age of 16 may not play pinball after 11:00 PM.
Full text of the law.
It is illegal for one to make a disturbing sound at a fair.
Full text of the law.
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A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
The "going out of business" law is a good consumer law. Before that law, lot s businesses advertised going out of business and consumers assumed the prices were the lowest they would ever be, some of those stores never actually went out of business, it was just a ruse.
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You can’t shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
Hollow logs may not be sold.
More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
Now, I had no clue that whales were a problem in Tennessee.
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Hawaii has a law that every home owner should also own a boat. That kind of makes sense to me. It is an Island after all. A volcanic one at that.
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The cactus one is because cacti are protected in AZ. The Saguaro, especially. One needs a permit to move a Saguaro, much less cut it down. I think this law exists because cacti take so long to grow but not sure.
The cactus one is because cacti are protected in AZ. The Saguaro, especially. One needs a permit to move a Saguaro, much less cut it down. I think this law exists because cacti take so long to grow but not sure.
Yes. And people want them growing around their houses, so gardeners poach them and sell them for thousands of dollars.
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The Principle of Least Interest: He who cares least about a relationship, controls it.
There’s a law on the British Columbia books that states if you’re a bankrupt drunk who got thrown into jail, the law requires the jailer to bring you a bottle of beer on demand.
In Quesnel, British Columbia you must not exercise in a manner that frightens a horse - without permission
Training your parrot to talk is not uncommon, but in Oak Bay B.C. you could save yourself a $100.00 fine by training it to whisper. If it squawks or talks loudly enough to disturb someone you have broken the law.
From 1947 to 1986, it was illegal to sell stoves on a Wednesday in Vancouver
Kelowna once permitted nude bathing in any public waters, but only between 9:00 pm and 6:00 am.
In Port Coquitlam, it is against the law to own more than four pet rats or to allow your cattle to roam the streets
Voters in Smithers have passed a referendum declaring their town a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
One of Esquimalt's first bylaws prohibited the throwing of snowballs within city limits
From 1916 until 1977, you couldn't buy any booze on Election Day in British Columbia
It was the law that when a prisoner was released from jail that he would be given a gun and horse to ride out of city.
It's illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden-legged man.
In 1914, municipal leaders in the town of Ponoka banned the building of mud huts with straw roofs because they were considered a fire hazard.
In 1938, any cat in Fort Saskatchewan caught not wearing a bell was considered to be ''an enemy to the Song Birds,'' and its owner could face a fine of $10 or a week in the hoosegow
The curfew instituted by the city of Red Deer puts the responsibility squarely on the parents; if a peace officer escorts your child home after hours, you can expect at least a $50 fine, or $100 for a second offense.
If you purchase a burial plot from the town of Drumheller, it's yours forever; you can only transfer the deed to a family member, and then only by approval of town council
As recently as 1968, it was illegal for residents in the town of Falher to attend horse races, horse race meetings, dog races, boxing contests or wrestling matches on Sundays.
In Etobicoke, a bylaw states that it's illegal to have more than 3.5 inches of water in a bathtub.
In Toronto, you can't drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday.
In Wawa, you may not paint a ladder as it will be slippery when wet.
In London, Ontario it is against the city by-law to allow your grass in your front yard to grow any taller then a inch and a half. If you do, the city will come by and cut it for you then give you a fine for $200.
In the early days of Southern Ontario, stealing a soldier's socks got YOU a death sentence.
It was once illegal to ring a bell in Sudbury for any reason other than to announce a church service.
It is against the law to play a flute, recorder or mouth organ without a permit in public parks in Winsor ontario. No problem however if YOU play acustic guitars or violins.
if you have a water trough in your front yard, it must be filled by 5:00 am!
When you take your llama backpacking in a National Park be sure to bring food for it. It will cost you a $74 fine to let a horse, mule, or llama graze on park grass. Get caught in a wildlife area and your llama gets hungry it will cost you a $300 fine.
Like I told my kids growing up. A bored person is an unimaginative person.
Boredom is a state of mind.
The topic interested you enough to open the thread.
Or maybe you just saw who started it couldn't pass on the chance to make a negative comment. I am beginning to think that has more merit than anything else.
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