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My daughter was bored yesterday and got on the internet and googled the word "stupid" and did you know there is a website called stupid.com? Anyway, a list of "Stupid State laws that are still on the books popped up. We read some of them and laughed our heads off. I thought folks would enjoy some of them...

ALASKA: It is illegal to push a live moose out of moving plane.

CONNECTICUT: You are not allowed to walk across the street on your hands.

INIDANA: Bathing is prohibited during winter.

Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie house or theater, nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours of eating garlic.

KENTUCKY: It is illegal to rob a bank and shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.

LOUISIANA: It is illegal to transport ice cream in your pocket.

FLORIDA: Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer as can be the salon owner.

(a personal favorite)- Men may not be seen in public wearing a strapless gown.

MASSACHEUSETTS: Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely
locked.

OKLAHOMA: Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.

VERMONT: Lawmakers made it obligatory for everyone to take at least one bath each week.

WASHINGTON: All lollipops are banned.

NEBRASKA: A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church
service.

OTHER: Horses may not eat fire hydrants.

Men with mustaches cannot kiss women in public.

Idiots may not vote.hmm.gif

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Hillarious. I'd love to meet the guy that tried to push a moose out of a moving plane!!!

We had one here in California that gave the fines for beating your mule incorrectly. They finally took it off the books.

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I found some more stupid laws my daughter wrote down that I didn't post.
These are pretty good too.

Marshaltown, IA:

It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.

Connecticut:

You cannot lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.

Denver:

It is illegal not to drink milk.

Utah:

Bird have the right of way on all highways.

Idiots may not vote. (I posted that one before but I still think it's funny)

New Mexico:

You cannot carry a lunchbox down Main Street

Oklahoma:

Chickens are considered a "protected species."

Hitting a vending machind that stole your money is illegal.

Kanas:

No one can sing the alphabet at night.

You cannot wear slippers after 10 pm.

New York:

People may not slurp their soup.

Ocean City, New York:

Horses cannot be kept in bathrooms.

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As I can remember from some stupid laws I have read.

UTAH
It is unlawful to have heels on shoes higher than 1 1/2 inches.
It is illegal to fish from horseback.

Once I find the book I am thinking of, I probably would post more.





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Poncho29 wrote:

Ocean City, New York:

Horses cannot be kept in bathrooms.


Personally I believe this should be a FEDERAL law...  rofl.gif



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Horses not kept in bathrooms, what about fed and watered from a bathroom?

True story, I was talking with a guy from Canada whose father is in the construction business. His father got the contract to build new government provided homes on the Indian Reservation (he called it something else but its the same thing). He had just finished a house and was working on the one next door. The man moved into the house and went around the back and started beating on the wall of the house until there was a large hole going into the bathroom. He then filled up the bathtub with water so that his pony could get a drink by sticking his head through the hole in the wall from the outside. All on a brand new house!!!!!!!

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I haven't found one yet Jason, but if I do I'll let you know.
Maybe horses are aloud to "water" in the bathroom, but ya better not "keep" them in there! biggrin.gif

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Poncho29 wrote:


(a personal favorite)- Men may not be seen in public wearing a strapless gown.


Well at least their doing something to keep the men modestly dressed. 

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What about Spighetti straps?

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Jason, I'm surprised at you! Don't you know that spaghetti straps are just as immodest as going strapless? Sheesh, everyone knows that! laughing.gif

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So how wide does the strap have to be before it's not immodest anymore?

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Like 4". Covering the shoulder, right? Garmie-safe?

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Exactly.

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Poncho29 wrote:

Jason, I'm surprised at you! Don't you know that spaghetti straps are just as immodest as going strapless? Sheesh, everyone knows that! laughing.gif



Well what have the activist judges said on the matter?  Are they treating the strapless and the spighetti straps as equals under the law?  What if the man in question were wearing a wrap or stole over the shoulders?  What is Johnny Cochrain's take on the law in question?  If the dress fits, you must aquit?



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More Stupid laws....

An old law in British Columbia, Canada: It is illegal to kill a Sasquatch. (Bigfoot)

TENNESSEE: It is illegal to catch a fish with a lasso.

ACWORTH, GEORGIA: All citizens must own a rake.

ALABAMA: Bear wrestling matches are outlawed.

WASHINGTON: It is illegal to pretend one's parents are rich.

UTAH: It is illegal to cause a catastrophe.

WEST VIRGINIA: You CAN take roadkill home for dinner. biggrin.gif



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I wonder what the penalty for killing Bigfoot would be. I'd almost be willing to shoot one if it was only a misdemeaner. Just think of the publicity. I'd have the record sasquatch kill on the books!

Seriously though. This law was probably passed to keep drunk Canuks from shooting at each other.

"Eh, John, I think that's Bigfoot over there, I'm going to take a shot at em, eh."

"Better not Steve, eh, that there is against the law, eh."

"Eh, thanks Steve, eh, your right."

Later they find out that it was just Steve's mother in law from Quebec, eh!

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WASHINGTON: It is illegal to pretend one's parents are rich.
Ray... make sure your kids KNOW about this one!!!  rofl.gif



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We're in no danger of this... we tell our kids all the time... "Sorry can't afford it!"

(if anything we're guilty of the opposite. :)

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I wonder what the penalty for killing Bigfoot would be. I'd almost be willing to shoot one if it was only a misdemeaner. Just think of the publicity. I'd have the record sasquatch kill on the books!

Seriously though. This law was probably passed to keep drunk Canuks from shooting at each other.

"Eh, John, I think that's Bigfoot over there, I'm going to take a shot at em, eh."

"Better not Steve, eh, that there is against the law, eh."

"Eh, thanks Steve, eh, your right."

Later they find out that it was just Steve's mother in law from Quebec, eh!


Please note, the Jack Links Beef Jerky commercials Messin' with Big Foot (aka Sasquatch) are not filmed in British Columbia so as to not even come close to breaking the law there.



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I was telling my son's caregiver about West Virginia's law about being able to take road kill home for dinner yesterday.
She was telling me about a lady she knows who is from Nigeria and it is common practice in Nigeria to take road kill home.
So this lady went around picking up various road kill she saw lying around and put them in her trunk, thinking nothing at all about it.

Except, when she forgot they were there and her husband opened up the trunk one day... bleh.gif

Guess someone didn't tell her she lived in the wrong state.

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This cop web site has some more stupid laws.  http://www.10-7.com/humor/strange.htm

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From Jason's link:
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Idaho:

Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.
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chew.giflaughing.gif

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so... just WHERE WAS your state on that fat list hiccups??? clap.gif

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lower until I came along.... :P

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If I ever find myself in a plane with a live moose, that moose is going!
However, someone needs to inform the town of Talkeetna of this law, as they have a Moose Dropping Festival in July every year.  Okay.  They don't really drop the Meese but people do call upset that the moose are being dropped. (The 'dropping' refers to the other type of dropping)

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I don't even wanna know why some town would even think of having a "moose dropping festival."
Ewwwww.

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Yeah... I have to agree... That's a pretty "squirrelly" idea and would probably lead to a lot of other "ROCKY" community ideas... giggle.gif

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Whassamatta U ?

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