[lfjokes] Stupid laws...
Simondo
simondo at paradise.net.nz
Mon Aug 20 06:40:43 EDT 2001
In Ohio, it's forbidden to put live squirrels in your pants for the purposes of
gambling.
In Massachusetts, it's against the law to hitch a horse to a parking meter
when the President is giving a speech on national television.
It's prohibited to laugh at a lawyer joke in West Hanover County, Washington.
In Keddemboro, Rhode Island, it's prohibited to make faces at a giraffe.
Under the Kentucky State Constitution, it's a crime to bring a crying baby to
a tractor pull.
Under the Tennessee State Constitution, it's punishable by a $4,000 fine to
hit a milkman over the head with a cardboard box.
It's prohibited in Trommald, Virginia for a webmaster to open a soda can
while on duty.
It's a felony in South Treede, New Jersey to flip a coin in order to determine
who will pay the bill at a restaurant.
In Borbalburg, Utah, it's a felony to serve uncooked roadkill to a neighbor
when the President is giving a speech on national television.
Under the Kansas State Constitution, it's against the law to attend a
baseball game while wearing "puke green" socks.
It's prohibited for a thunderstorm to hit during a parade under the Hawaii
State Constitution.
It's prohibited in La Cadizburg, Nevada to laugh at a lawyer joke.
It's a felony for a teenager to dance without a permit in Sprucedale,
Tennessee.
It's punishable by a $2,000 fine for a man to flirt with a restaurant waitress
unless he is a city alderman according to Alabama law.
It's a crime to put live squirrels in your pants for the purposes of gambling in
Alabama.
In Carainopolis, Michigan, it's a felony for a city alderman to chew gum while
on duty.
It's punishable by a $1,000 fine to operate a fax machine while in a burning
building in Blue Walnut County, Maine.
It's a felony in Washington, New Jersey to sell fleas at a flea market.
It's punishable by a $5,000 fine to walk backwards while at a baseball game
in Michigan.
It's illegal for a person to wear a cowboy hat unless they own more than two
cows under the New Jersey State Constitution.
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