Fun and Fascinating Laws

These Come from the EMAZING Strange Truths daily email that I get.

In Boston Massachusetts, it is illegal to bathe without a written statement from your doctor.

In the fine state of Nebraska, it is not legal for a tavern owner to serve beer unless a nice kettle of soup is also brewing.

In Pennsylvania, a motorist must stop every mile while driving along a country road, send up a rocket signal, and wait ten minutes for any livestock to clear the road. Then and only then may he continue another mile.

In the beautiful state of Alabama it is unlawful to wear a fake mustache that may cause laughter in church.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma it is unlawful for someone to open a soda bottle without having a licensed engineer present.

In Kirkland, Illinois, bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through the streets.

In Arkansas, the Arkansas River may not rise higher than to Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

In Denver, Colorado, you may not lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.

In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to cross the street while walking on your hands.

In Baltimore, Maryland it is unlawful to throw bales of hay from a second story window within city limits.

In Topeka, Kansas, servers are forbidden to serve wine in teacups.

In the fine city of Devon, Connecticut, walking backwards after sunset is not allowed.

In the gorgeous state of Texas, a law forbids people from owning pliers.

The sunny state of Florida requires its residents to pay the parking meter while the owner's elephant is tied there.

In the great state of Utah, it is unlawful to fish while on a horse.

In Carmel, New York, a man cannot be seen in public while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.

In the gorgeous state of Washington, the fine city of Seattle has a law on the books that prohibits the concealment of a weapon that is more than six feet in length.

In Portland, Maine, tickling a girl under the chin with a feather duster is unlawful.

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies.

In Michigan, a woman is not allowed to have her hair cut without her husband's permission.

In Zion, Illinois, it is illegal for anyone to give cats, dogs, or other domesticated animals a lighted cigar.

In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance. (Someone needed to be kissed!)

In Omaha, Nebraska, it is unlawful to burp or sneeze in church.

In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on a Sunday.

In Chicago it is illegal to eat in a restaurant that is on fire.

In the great state of Nebraska, citizens are forbidden from sneezing in public.

In Indiana, parents are forbidden from consuming beer while children are present.

In Brooklyn, NY, it is unlawful to allow your donkey to sleep in the bathtub.

It is illegal to fly a kite in the District of Columbia.

Louisiana law prohibits robbing a teller at gunpoint and then shooting him or her with a water pistol.

In Nevada, funeral directors are forbidden from using profane or obscene language near a dead person.

In Rochester, NY, all firemen are required to wear ties.

In Dunn, North Carolina, there is a two- to three-day jail sentence for snoring and disturbing the neighbors.

In the State of Washington, it is forbidden to pretend your parents are rich.

In Idaho, the law requires that a man must give his lady a box of candy weighing no less that fifty pounds.

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