Stupid Laws in Massachusetts
It is illegal to eat peanuts in church.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It is illegal to excavate any city street.
Location: Nahant, Massachusetts | no comments
It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is illegal to give beer to hospital patients.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is illegal to play the fiddle.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It is illegal to reproach Jesus Christ or the holy ghost. (MGL Chapter 272 section 36)
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is illegal to shoot a bow and arrow in the street.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is unlawful to injure a football goal post, doing so is punishable by a $200 fine.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It is unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts | no comments
It was illegal to cross the street on Sunday, unless absolutely necessary.
Location: Marblehead, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s against the law to hang a vending machine on a utility pole.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s against the law to keep manure in a building unless the building is being used as a stable.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s illegal to allow someone to use stilts while working on the construction of a building. (MGL Chapter 149 Section 129B)
Location: Massachusetts, United States | one comment
It’s illegal to cut firewood in the street.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s illegal to drive Texan, Mexican, Cherokee, or Indian cattle on a public road. (MGL Chapter 129 Section 35)
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It’s illegal to keep a mule on the second floor of a building not in a city unless there are 2 exits. (MGL Chapter 272 section 86)
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
It’s illegal to post an advertisement on a public urinal.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.
Location: Southbridge, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s illegal to rummage through trash cans.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
It’s illegal to sell suntan oil until after noon on Sunday.
Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts | no comments
Massachusetts liquor stores can only open on Sundays if they are in Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex or Worcester counties and are within 10 miles of the Vermont or New Hampshire borders.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | no comments
No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
Location: Massachusetts, United States | 5 comments
No more than two baths may be taken within the confines of the city.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments