I just posted my strange laws that are still on the books for Idaho. I already have several emails from you guys in other states. Yes I did compile a list for all the states, so I will post them here in groups. Find your state and see if you are in danger of breaking any of these laws. smile
Alabama
• In Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
• An ordinance in Linden, Ala., provided that all women of "uncertain chastity" had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.
• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited. (What happens in the wild and who arrests the bears?)
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind. (When my kids were young they got around this by wiping it on each others backs)
• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.
• Incestuous marriages are legal.
• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. (Well Duh)
• It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity. (Now how am I going to get it)
• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church. (Someone really made the preacher mad.)
• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile. (Thats easy take the lantern off the car and go for it.)
• It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels. (Hmmm, how sharp is sharp)
• It's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage." (Boy it must be a harsh dating scene)
• Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb. (yes this is where rule of thumb comes in.)
• Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday. (What about cashews?)
• Masks may not be worn in public.
• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex. (What about behind?)
• No persons may sell "blow-out nuts". (HUH?)
• Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM. (Ok well they will just have to go to the bar instead.)
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. (Well if you are standing on the rails with the salt shaker, I am sure it is)
• Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama. (Yikes)
• The game of crackaloo is illegal in Fairfield, Ala. (Crack a who?)
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men. (Thats a switch)
• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant. (Where will I chain my aligator?)
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. (I will try to refrain, but it will be hard.)
Alaska
• A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets. (The moose are not going to be happy about this one.)
• Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities. (Did anyone ask the bear which one he might prefer.)
• Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose. (Those darn moose are really beligerant when they are drunk!)
• In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. (This one sounds like Idaho)
• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. (I am not sure I want to know how this one came about.)
• Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time. (How many kangaroos are in Alaska???)
• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. (OK... In Alaska the piolet might have to go blindfolded.)
• State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist.
Arizona
• A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. (This must be a hardship on leap years)
• Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony. (I will be sure to wear a blue mask instead.)
• Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American. (Well now thats cheating.)
• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. (Gertrude is not going to like this.)
• Due to a typographical error in the Tempe, Ariz., code, a shooting range can be run by the "Amateur Crapshooting Association."
• Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse. (Pull through parking only.)
• Hayden: If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined.
• Hunting camels is prohibited. (How many camels are left in Arizona?)
• In 1985, an Arizona legislator proposed that each candidate for the legislature take a reading and an I.Q. test three months before the election. The scores would have been posted on the ballot, had the bill passed. But a majority of legislators, for whatever reason, voted it down. (I wonder why?)
• In Arizona it is illegal to take naked photographs before noon on Sunday. (The mad rush started at 12:01)
• It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling. (This was put in effect by a dentist.)
• It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water. (This one actually has merit, someone could die in the desert without water.)
• Maricopa County: No more than six girls may live in any house.
• Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up. (Maybe that was the idea.)
• Nogales: An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
• Prescott: No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house. (Now how will I get in the courthouse?)
• There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
• Tucson: Women may not wear pants.
• When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses. (Wait stop the robbery can I borrow your gun?)
Arkansas
• A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.
• A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
• A voter is only allowed five minutes to mark his ballot.
• Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs. (Again with the bathtub?)
• An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs.
• At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union. (You mean credit union?)
• Fayetteville: It is illegal to kill "any living creature".
• Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term. (Do they get adjoining cells?)
• In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.
• It's illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas in that state. Arkansas must be pronounced "Arkansaw"
• Little Rock: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM. (Get a new battery for Fidos watch.) It is unlawful to walk one's cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday
• No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M. -Little Rock (But you can lean on the horn in a residential community if your girlfriend is running late.)
• The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock. (What punishment does the river face if it breaks this law?)
California
• A Chico city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits. (That sounds like a great deterent.) br>• Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water. (Thats right have them detonate the nuclear device for $500)
• Downey: It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
• Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time. (Sorry sir I counted 2001)
• In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that a man obtain a license before serenading a woman. (No spur of the moment romance here.)
• In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
• Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit. (Do not break down after dusk.)
• Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. (Did anyone tell the animals this?)
• A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash. (But they make the best rags. Just ask Eloise.)
• Arcadia: Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways. (Well of course they do.)
• A server in California can be convicted of selling to a minor if the purchaser uses a false or altered ID to buy the alcohol. (So if the minor has no ID it is ok?)
• Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool. (Well I tried this once and it just doesn't work as well as you think it might.)
• Bathhouses are against the law. (Thats why they call them hotsprings.)
• Belvedere City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash." (Thats right put a leash on those dog owners and keep them under control!)
• Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows. (Horse owners beware)
• Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds; Carmel Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (I like chocolate anyway.) (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits. (Uh ok start sending tickets.)
• California only fairly recently legalized the sale of alcoholic beverages in nudist colonies. <
• In Berkeley, Calif., you can't whistle for an escaped bird before 7 a.m. (Don't let your bird escpape so early in the morning.)
• In 1930, the City Council of Ontario passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits. (And the roosters all listened.)
• In an animal shelter, lizards and snakes are treated under the same guidelines as cats and dogs.
• In California it is illegal to have caller ID (Ah ok?)
• In California it's against regulations to let phones ring more than nine times in state offices. (Thats how they came up with those automated systems that tie you up for 2 hours.)
• In California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting license. (Yep got my mouse tag for the season.)
• In California, selling a gold piece without tooth marks in it is considered forgery.
• In Los Angeles, years ago it was legal to cook in your bedroom, but not to sleep in your kitchen. (Somehow this seems typical)
• In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated. (As long as we have good guidelines.)
• In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.(What about the triplets?)
• In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance. (Carbonized rose water????)
• In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit. (I will be sure to tell them.)
• It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
• It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
• It is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub. (Apples only)
• It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner. (What if the horse makes the pile?)
• Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String". (Someone didn't find it amusing.)
• Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; (Oh they would have a fit with my garage.)
• Los Angeles law forbids hunting moths under a street light. (What about the porch light.) Zoot suits are prohibited.
• Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
• No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor fuel. (Oh Oh Someone got confused.)
• No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. (I can't even touch this one.)
• Oakland, Calif., makes it illegal to grow a tree in front of your neighbor's window and block his view. However, you're off the hook if the tree is one that town officials consider an attractive tree, such as a redwood or box elder. (Choose wisely when planting.)
• One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock. (Ah isn't this considered lunch time in most places?)
• Palm Springs: It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM. (I will have to pick an alternate route.)
• Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street. (I have heard of poularity contests but this is ridculous.)
• Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house. 3 bedrooms and we won't talk about the baths)
• Redlands: Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it. (How many points if I run over the guy with the lantern?)
• San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar;
• In San Francisco it's illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room. (I can't bring myself to ask)
• In San Francisco, it's illegal to beat a rug in front of your house. (But you can beat the wife instead?)
• San Francisco has an ordinance prohibiting "cane games." City officials have no idea what cane games are. But when revising city laws recently, officials decided to keep the prohibition on the books, in case someday, somehow, cane games came back, they were deemed improper and the city needed the law.
• San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses. (How does this fit in with global warming?)
• San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash; (What about a fast pace?)
• San Francisco bans any "mechanical device that reproduces obscene language."
• San Francisco prohibits kerchoo powders and stink balls.
• Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
• The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name "San Francisco." It is illegal to manufacture any item with the name without first getting permission from the city. Since the Supreme Court upheld the copyright, San Francisco has had an annual $300 million surplus every year.
• The Santa Monica, Calif., City Council recently proposed that men be allowed to use women's public restrooms when there's a line of three or more at the mens' room, and vice versa.
• Women may not drive in a house coat. (walking down the street in a house coat is fine.) Colorado
• Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
• Colorado law requires that wine be sold in containers of at least 24 ounces and spirits in containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at the same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage can be stored in hotel minibars in anything larger than miniature containers.
• Colorado Springs: It is permissible to wear a holstered six-gun within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays.
• Crippe Creek: It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground floor of any building. (Thats right, make your horse stay in the lobby.)
• Denver: It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor;
• Durango: It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes "unbecoming" on one's sex. (Fashion Designers alert.)
• In Colorado it's now legal to remove the furniture tags that say, "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law." (Oh thank goodness, I was worried.)
• In Denver, Colorado it is illegal for Barber's to give massages to nude customers unless it is for instructional purposes.
• It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.
• It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan County, Colorado.
• It is illegal for a woman wearing a red dress to be out on the streets after 7 PM. (That decides it wear the little black dress.)
• It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
• It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence. (My horse can hold his liquor quite well.)
• It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver.
• No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days.
• Sterling: Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight. (some kid somewhere is trying to strap a flashlight on the cats tail.)
Connecticut
• A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
• A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces. (And who wants to eat it after that?)
• Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn.
• Bloomfield, Conn: It's against the law to eat in your car. (I can't ever go there.)
• Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. (I need backup for a backwards walker.)
• Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
• Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands. (I haven't been able to walk on my hands since I was 16 so I am safe here.)
• In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence.
• In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police. (911 A dog walks into a tattoo parlor.)
• In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
• In Hartford, Conn., it's illegal to plant a tree in the street.
• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday. (Oh we have soe unhappy wives.)
• In Simsbury, Conn., it's illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump.
• It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades. (And this is my collection.)
• It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.
• New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire. (Bummer)
• Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names.
• The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited. (Can I get my first marriage annulled then?)
• This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults." (Houston we have a problem.)
• Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious." (Mass genocide)
• Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. (Only if they can catch me.)
• You may not educate dogs (No officer he really is dead, I didn't teach him that.)
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