Rediculous US-Laws


Arkansas:
1. A man can legally beat his wife, but no more than once a month.

California:

1. In, LA, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.

2. It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.


Florida:

1. Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday’s will be jailed.

Georgia:

1. In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

Indiana:

1. Monkey’s are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Illinois:

1. In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.

2. According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American."


3. In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet HeyWoodey.


Massachusetts:

1. It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.

2. North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."


3. In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.


Minnesota:

1. It is illegal to tease skunks.

2. Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.


Michigan:

1. A State law stipulates that a woman’s hair legally belongs to her husband.

2. Under State law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."


Nebraska:

1. If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.

New York:

1. On Staten Island, it is illegal for a father to call his son a faggot or queer in an effort to curb girlie behavior.

2. In NYC, "it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand."


North Carolina:

1. It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

Oklahoma:

1. People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Ohio:

1. In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.

2. In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man’s picture.


3. In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.


Oregon:

1. The town of Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.

Pennsylvania:

1. "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."

Tennessee:

1. It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

2. In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.


3. In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists."


Texas:

1. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

Utah:

1. A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in his presence.

Virginia:

1. In Richmond, it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.

Vermont:

1. It is illegal to deny the existence of God.

2. It is illegal to whistle underwater.


3. Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

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