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A $50 fine will be levied on anyone who allows a couch to sit in their carport.

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A $50 fine will be levied on anyone who allows a couch to sit in their carport.

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Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person.

If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

It is illegal to get caught cheating in an exam.

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Citizens may not be caught downtown without at least 10 dollars on their person.

If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

It is illegal to get caught cheating in an exam.

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Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.

If police officers suspect a couple is having sex inside a vehicle they must honk their horn three times, and wait two minutes before they approach the scene.

In the past there was a law that required children to obey all “lawful and moral” commands of their parents.

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Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.

If police officers suspect a couple is having sex inside a vehicle they must honk their horn three times, and wait two minutes before they approach the scene.

In the past there was a law that required children to obey all “lawful and moral” commands of their parents.

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Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must not be left down more than the width of a hand.

If your vehicle breaks down and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

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Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must not be left down more than the width of a hand.

If your vehicle breaks down and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

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A hackney carriage (taxi) driver must carry a bale of hay and a bucket to feed and water his horse.

Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.

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A hackney carriage (taxi) driver must carry a bale of hay and a bucket to feed and water his horse.

Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street.

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Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.

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Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end may be sentenced to 24 hours in the stocks.

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.

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Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

No one may start a car while someone is underneath the vehicle.

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Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle.

No one may start a car while someone is underneath the vehicle.

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Women are legally obliged to wear bra”s in buildings with air conditioning. Because men get too aroused looking at their hard nipples.

Women may not wear a “lewd” dress in public.

Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.

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Women are legally obliged to wear bra”s in buildings with air conditioning. Because men get too aroused looking at their hard nipples.

Women may not wear a “lewd” dress in public.

Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.

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All houses much have white picket fences and full-width, two-story porches.

It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

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.

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All houses much have white picket fences and full-width, two-story porches.

It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

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.

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Drinking a martini in a sawmill may land you up to one year in prison.

It is against the law to swear at your mother in public.

Old women must hide their faces when in the vicinity of virgins. The penalty for disobeying this law is 5 years in prison.

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Drinking a martini in a sawmill may land you up to one year in prison.

It is against the law to swear at your mother in public.

Old women must hide their faces when in the vicinity of virgins. The penalty for disobeying this law is 5 years in prison.

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