In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless
there is a man either running or walking in front of it, waving a red
flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.
It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia.
It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad
crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed
until the other has gone. In a "true facts" books there was an
explanation for this law. It seems that one of the state senators did
not want a law passed. To keep this particular law from passing, he
attached the train law to it. He hoped that his fellow senators would
discover the train law attached, see how ridiculous it was, and not
pass the laws. Nobody saw the train law attached and passed both laws.
This may not be the real reason, but it sounds good. And it might
explain some of the laws we have to live with.
It is against the law to fish from horseback in Utah.
Idaho state law makes it illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a
box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your nextdoor
neighbor.
In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.
In Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying
of concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public
view."
Los Angeles "Daily News": Have you ever had the urge to rip the tag
from a pillow or mattress, despite the warning of dire penalties?
Well, it's perfectly legal now, if you live in Colorado. The Governor
formalized the law by gleefully tearing a label from a pillow at his
office. "I've been worrying about the mattress inspector jumping
through the window for years," he said.
San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have
ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
In Germany, there is a law that every office must have a view of the
sky, however small. So the office buildings are all long and skinny.
Kirkland, Illinois, law forbids bees to fly over the village or
through any of its streets.
The state law of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.
It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.
A City Ordinance in Oklahoma, states that it shall be unlawful to put
any hypnotized person in a display window.
The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas
River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little
Rock.
In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that
is over six feet in length.
In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards
on the sidewalks when a concert is on.
A D.C. federal judge has ruled that begging is a form of free speech
protected by the Constitution. That means that mugging is free speech
too, only more persuasive.
The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the
city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be
somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision
came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A
transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule,
but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway
bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking
is not allowed in the subways.
It's against the law in Portland, Oregon for a wedding ceremony to be
performed at a skating rink.
It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11pm in Memphis, Tennessee.
No one is permitted to carry an ice cream cone in their pocket in
Lexington, Kentucky.
It's against the law to sing off key in North Carolina.
It's unlawful to tickle a woman's chin with a feather duster in
Portland, Maine.
In Baldwin Park, California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a
swimming pool.
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