Stupid Laws http://www.stupidlaws.com We have a huge collection of stupid, dumb, and crazy laws from the United States, individual states, and many other countries. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:04:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Residents are not allowed to eat their own severed body parts on Fridays.
  • Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.
  • It is illegal in many parts for a wife to see her husband naked under any circumstance.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/residents-are-not-allowed-to-eat-their-own-severed-body-parts-on-fridays/     Young girls are not allowed to ride bicyles to school for fear that they will show a flash of white panties to passing men.
  • It is illegal to entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.
  • Young girls may not shake hands with men.
  • Every inmate of the state’s training school for girls be issued crinoline bloomers.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/young-girls-are-not-allowed-to-ride-bicyles-to-school-for-fear-that-they-will-show-a-flash-of-white-panties-to-passing-men/     The singing of any Bob Dylan song in a public place is a criminal offense.
  • If you can be heard by someone while singing an obscene song, you’ll be in trouble. (Summary Offences Act 1966)
  • Believing in more than 3 gods is a criminal offense.
  • It is a criminal offense to ride a merry-go-round on a Sunday.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/the-singing-of-any-bob-dylan-song-in-a-public-place-is-a-criminal-offense/     Oral sex is illegal.
  • It is illegal to have oral sex.
  • Oral sex is illegal.
  • Oral sex is illegal unless it is used as a form of foreplay.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/oral-sex-is-illegal-2/     Waitresses may not carry drinks into a restaurant or bar.
  • Waitresses are not allowed to consume drinks bought by her customers.
  • Drinks on the house are illegal.
  • It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/waitresses-may-not-carry-drinks-into-a-restaurant-or-bar/     You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record “It`s In the Book”.
  • You may not sell or play on a radio broadcast, the record “It`s In the Book”.
  • You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc. (Repealed)
  • If you want to read your favorite book in public to your friends, do it before 2:45 AM.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/you-may-not-sell-or-play-on-a-radio-broadcast-the-record-its-in-the-book-2/     It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
  • It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
  • Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.
  • If a horse drawn carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse becomes uneasy, the owner of the car is required to pull over and if necessary, cover the car.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-against-the-law-to-pass-a-horse-on-the-street-2/     You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waiter or waitress has to do it.
  • You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table. The waitperson has to do it.
  • No person owning or controlling a billiard or pool table shall permit, for compensation or reward, any minor under eighteen (18) years of age to play any game on the table, unless such minor shall have first displayed an identification card containing his name, age, photograph, and the signature of his parents or guardian. The minor shall keep such identification card on his person, and it shall be subject to inspection at any time by any peace officer. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall keep and maintain a registration book in which each minor shall sign. The person owning or controlling such billiard or pool table shall supply a blank identification card to each parent or guardian who makes request for same. Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than ten ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for each offense. -KRS 436.320 (Passed 1893; Amended in 1954, Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 1)
  • By law a pub can never be overcrowded – there is always room for one more drinker at each table – no matter how squashed people are.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/you-are-not-allowed-to-carry-a-cocktail-from-the-bar-to-a-table-the-waiter-or-waitress-has-to-do-it/     One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
  • One man may not back into a parking spot becasue it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
  • It is illegal to take photos of police officers or police vehicles, even if they are just in the background.
  • It is illegal to shoot lasers at police officers.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/one-man-may-not-back-into-a-parking-spot-because-it-prevents-police-officers-from-seeing-the-license-plate/     No one may throw an ottoman across the street at their neighbor.
  • It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
  • It is against the law to throw a bag containing both cats and dogs into Parramatta River. But it is okay to throw a bag of cats or a bag of dogs.
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