Stupid Laws tagged 'food'

A legislator proposed a resolution urging that each TV weather person be required to provide an ice cream cone to every member of the state House of Representatives whenever the forecast was wrong.

---

A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

---

A product made with a pig’s leg or thigh and drumsticks of a turkey is a ham

---

A tax of 1 cent is levied for every 16 and 9 ounces of coke sold in a store.

---

All dogs sold for consumption must have a government approved tattoo.

---

All food in a childrens’ camp must be approved by the director before being used.

---

All lollipops are banned.

---

Any man carrying onions must be given right of way in the streets.

---

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).

---

Apples must be green.

---

At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.

---

At Nickajack Elementary School, all peanut products are banned, even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

---

Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7am and noon

---

Beer and pretzels can’t be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

---

Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

---

By law, any person operating a Fish and Chip shop must provide Deep Fried Mars Bars as part of their menu.

---

By law, on Rabbie Burns night, 25th January, all Scottish people must eat Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.

---

Candy may not contain more than 1% of alcohol.

---

Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.

---

Chicken must be eaten with the hands.

---

Defacing a milk carton is punishable by a $10 fine.

---

Doughnut holes may not be sold.

---

Drinking intoxicating cement is prohibited.

---

During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.

---