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Diamond Geezer

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Fifteen questions on American Law, which are true, which are false ?

Will post up answers Sunday evening. No googling :P


1 Kansas law prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat

2 In Alabama, dominoes may not be played on Sunday

3 In Pueblo, Colorado, it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits.

4.A person is not eligible to become governor in Pennsylvania if they have participated in a duel

5 In California, it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale

6 In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

7 In Logan County, Colorado, it's illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she's asleep.

8 It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.

9 In Nogales, Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders

10 In the state of Washington, it's illegal to catch a fish by throwing a rock at it.

11 Putting salt on a railroad track can be punishable by death in the state of Alabama

12 In Michigan, a man legally owns his wife's hair.

13 In Alaska you cannot photograph a moose from an aeroplane

14 In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow

15 In Texas, it's illegal to milk another person's cow
 
Re No.9: the Americans say 'suspenders' when they mean men's braces, so they're not talking about cross-dressing!
 
I suspect they're all true. On the other forum I frequent my friend Bev amused us all with anecdotes from a book called The Worlds Stupidest Laws.

Pennsylvania - State Laws

A special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling

No man may purchase alchohol without written consent from his wife

People are not allowed to sing in the bath

It is illegal for over 16 women to occupy a house together because that constitutes a brothel....however, up to 120 men can live together without breaking the law

Cars travelling on country roads at night must send up a rocket every mile, then wait ten minutes for the road to clear

If a driver sees a team of horses, he must pull to one side of the road and cover his machine with a blanket or dust cover that has been painted to blend into the scenery

In the event that a horse refuses to pass a car on the road, the owner must take his car apart and conceal the parts in the bushes

Guns, cannons, revolvers or other explosive weapons must not be fired at a wedding



Oregon - State Laws

Dishes must be allowed to drip dry

It is illegal to whisper dirty things in your lovers ear during sex



Allentown - City Laws

There is a ban on men becoming aroused in public

All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires



City Laws from:-

Morrisville - Women must have a permit to wear cosmetics

Pittsburgh - It is unlawful to sleep on a fridge

Tarentum - Horses must not be tied to parking meters.
 
Hate to be a killjoy but most of these "Would you believe they're American laws" items found on the internet are pure invention. For example, the "giraffe law" above can be found in a host of joke laws taking the piss out of Georgia on:Dumb Georgia Jokes

The SometingCool site comes up with them regularly too:

Mr. Wukey's Absurd Laws

Florida is the worst possible state because when having sex, only the missionary position is legal.

Kansas prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

In Texas it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

In Florida if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

In California animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

In Louisiana it is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel in Texas.

In North Dakota it is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on

In Texas the entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home (hence the reason Bush doesn't understand what English is….)

In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is death.

It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup In Nebraska.

In Ohio it is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday or get a fish drunk.

In Florida having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.


We at SomethingCool.ca stipulate that nothing on this page is necessarily true - but it just might be.
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Apr 24 2005, 07:50 PM
Martin I think that someone has been pulling your leg
They've been pulling a lot of legs Ardross, was broadcast on Florida Radio under the daft laws section.

Just after the warning is raised Brian but before they get into the fire trucks apparently. Hope they don't abide by it.
 
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