The penalty for jumping off a building is death (dumb law collection)

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Dumb laws all over the US :D

Alabama
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

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.
You must have windshield wipers on your car.
Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.

Alaska
Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.
It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.
It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.

Arizona
Hunting camels is prohibited.
There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling.


Arkansas
A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.
Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

California
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.
It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.

Colorado
Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.

Connecticut
In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
You may not educate dogs.


Delaware
It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.

Florida
If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
It is considered an offense to shower naked.
You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
Oral sex is illegal.


Georgia
Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
One man may not be on another man's back.
It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.

Idaho
Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.
You may not fish on a camel's back.
Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.
If a police officer approaches a vehicle and suspects that the occupants are engaging in sex, he must either honk, or flash his lights and wait for three minutes before approaching the car.

Illinois
You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation.
Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog.

Indiana
A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
Drinks on the house are illegal.
Within four hours of eating garlic, a person may not enter a movie house, theater, or ride a public streetcar.
It is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.


Iowa
Kisses may last for no more than five minutes.
One-armed piano players must perform for free.
A man with a mustache may never kiss a woman in public.


Kansas
Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats.
No one may catch fish with his bare hands.
The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.

If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.

Kentucky
It is illegal to fish with a bow and arrow in Kentucky.
All bees entering Kentucky shall be accompanied by certificates of health, stating that the
apiary from which the bees came was free from contagious or infectious disease.
By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."

Louisiana
It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.


Maine
You may not step out of a plane in flight.
Shoelaces must be tied while walking down the street.

Maryland
It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
You may not curse inside the city limits.
You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish.
Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.

Massachusetts
It's illegal to keep a mule on the second floor of a building not in a city unless there are 2 exits.
No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.
Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.

Michigan
A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.



Minnesota
All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
Oral sex is prohibited.
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.

Mississippi

It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public.
It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.


Missouri
Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
Four women may not rent an apartment together.

Montana
It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.


Nebraska
If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested.
It is Illegal to go whale fishing.
Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M.

Nevada
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day.

New Hampshire
You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a permit''.

New Jersey
You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.
On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates.
It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the local zoo.

Raw hamburger may not be sold.

New Mexico
State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.

New York
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand
It is illegal for a father to call his son a "******" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior."

North Carolina
Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.
You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars.

North Dakota
Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
It is legal to shoot an Indian on horseback, provided you are in a covered wagon.


Ohio
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.
Breast feeding is not allowed in public.
It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.
Owners of tigers must notify authorities within one hour if the tiger escapes.
No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.
It's illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
Items left on a tree lawn become city property. A young man was fined for removing an item from a tree lawn even though he had the owner's permission.
You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.
It is against the law to roller skate without notifying the police.
A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.
Riding on the roof of a taxi cab is not allowed.
You may not run out of gas.

Oklahoma
Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
It's statutory rape for a man over 18 to have sex with a female under the age of 18, provided she's a virgin. If she's not a virgin, it is okay, but the said person must be over 16. If both parties are under 18, then the law does not apply.
Tattoos are banned.
It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
It is illegal to have sex before you are married.
Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
Molesting an automobile is illegal.
Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.

Oregon
It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during sex.
It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
You may not pump your own gas in service stations.
Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink.
People may not whistle underwater.
Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.
One may not box with a kangaroo.
It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits.
No more than two people may share a single drink.

Pennsylvania
It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
You may not sing in the bathtub.

Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.
Motorized vehicles are not to be sold on Sundays.
You may not catch a fish with your hands.
You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.

Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land.
All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
No one is allowed to sleep on a refrigerator.

Rhode Island
It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

South Carolina
It is a capital offense to inadvertently kill someone while attempting suicide.
It is perfectly legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.
It is illegal to give or receive oral sex in South Carolina.
It is illegal to sell any alcoholic beverages on Sunday, unless you own a private club.
Horses may not be kept in bathtubs.
By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.

South Dakota
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them.

Tennessee
You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.
It is legal to gather and consume road kill
It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.

Texas
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.
It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
You can be legally married by publickly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.
It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

Utah
It is against the law to fish from horseback.
It is illegal not to drink milk.
Birds have the right of way on all highways.
Throwing snowballs will result in a $50 fine.

Vermont
Whistling underwater is illegal
At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.


Virginia
You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc.
If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.
Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited.
It is illegal to tickle women.


Washington
It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has passed.

West Virginia
It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs.
Road Kill may be taken home for supper.
Whistling underwater is prohibited.


Wisconsin
While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.
It is illegal to kiss on a train.
It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.

Wyoming
It is illegal for women to stand within five feet of a bar while drinking.
You may not take a picture of a rabbit during the month of June.

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Recurring themes : Whistling underwater (?), oral sex (understandable :p), whales (??), Sunday
 
Minnesota
All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
Oral sex is prohibited.
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.


The oral sex one I have never seen enforced :D Same with the hamburger one, but I've heard of cops picking people up for the motorcycle one
 
Just remember, some idiot did something dumb to force people to make a law.
 
Foxtrot said:
Just remember, some idiot did something dumb to force people to make a law.

Yes, but I think most of these are very old laws still hanging around just because no one bothers to do anything about them.
 
Sprafa said:
Dumb laws all over the US :D

Alabama
You must have windshield wipers on your car.
Wait that one sounds perfectly reasonable. It's just as important as headlights or proper tire inflation.

Sprafa said:
Arizona
There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
Also this one makes sense if you're here. It's enforced, but they never give prison, mostly just fines. The saguaro only grows in the Sonoran Desert and if they're wiped out that's all that'd be left. If you have Saguaros in your yard as landscaping, etc, you have to have the right tags for them and such. When they build roads they don't tear down but move all the cacti in the way, usually making nice landscaping along the roadside too :]

Funny list though. Hillarious
 
You got most of these from that little book of stupid laws, didn't you? :LOL:
 
My God, how can some of these be true? I know these laws are old, but do they still have to be enforced? If so, I'm going to dress up as a police officer in New York, then stand in an elevator and punish ANYONE who isn't completely silent with their arms crossed... yes. Although I'd probally break about a hundred current laws by dressing up as a police officer and harrasing people when they talk..
 
Haha, so funny, I never knew I was breaking the law when I was riding my bike without my hands in NC. That sucks.

Funny list, it used to be illegal to have a concealed weapon over six foot long in ohio.
 
Suicide42 said:
My God, how can some of these be true? I know these laws are old, but do they still have to be enforced? If so, I'm going to dress up as a police officer in New York, then stand in an elevator and punish ANYONE who isn't completely silent with their arms crossed... yes. Although I'd probally break about a hundred current laws by dressing up as a police officer and harrasing people when they talk..
They're not enforced, only the ones with legitimate reasons.
 
Suicide42 said:
My God, how can some of these be true? I know these laws are old, but do they still have to be enforced? If so, I'm going to dress up as a police officer in New York, then stand in an elevator and punish ANYONE who isn't completely silent with their arms crossed... yes. Although I'd probally break about a hundred current laws by dressing up as a police officer and harrasing people when they talk..
That law is fairly reasonable, some asshole was being an asshole on an elevator.
 
They seem a litle too extreme to be real... I mean:
A man with a mustache may never kiss a woman in public.
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.

They should really consider rewriting the law.
 
It's legal for me to kill a Welshman if:

He's in a Derby City church on a Sunday.
He's crossing the River Trent. I can kill him any day of the week, but only with a longbow!

On the Isle of Man, it is also legal to kill a Scotsman with a longbow if so desired.
 
Yes, and I love our little country for it. We might appear to be united, but they move the tourists swiftly away from the churches and rivers ;)
 
CREMATOR666 said:
Most of them are completely 100% unreasonable :|
No, and you can't say that because you don't know why the law was made.
 
:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

I heard it is illegal to make contact or come into contact with anything not from Earth in all of the USA or you can get a $500
 
Foxtrot said:
Just remember, some idiot did something dumb to force people to make a law.
Exactly what I was thinking...

I seem to remember hearing that here in old Blighty, it's illegal to jump on a Sunday. I must admit, I've never seen any policeman actually arrest anyone for it though.
Although if I was in the police I'd read up on those old, crappy, redundant laws and try and arrest people for them. Muahahahahaa!
 
I'm assuming the dildo law is to crack down on adult toy shops run from home.
 
New Jersey
You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only.
On a highway you can not park under a bridge.
It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer.
If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates.
It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the local zoo.
Raw hamburger may not be sold.
That last one is false.
 
Dammit, I'm so pissed. What the hell am I going to do with that elephant I bought, now that I know it's illegal to plow my backyard with?
 
Poor moronic people, and they believe anything on the internet too...
 
We don't have crazy laws like that here in Canada!

- It is illegal to kill a sasquatch.

Doh!
 
In Tennessee, it is illegal for a youth to go anywhere near a pinball machine.
 
I live in Ohio and I have seen plenty of people get arrested for using fireworks on fourth of July. Some of those are not even close to true.
 
Kangy said:
It's legal for me to kill a Welshman if:

He's in a Derby City church on a Sunday.
He's crossing the River Trent. I can kill him any day of the week, but only with a longbow!

On the Isle of Man, it is also legal to kill a Scotsman with a longbow if so desired.

You know, I've heard a combination of those two funny laws. It's legal to kill a Scotsman with a bow and arrow in York on a Sunday.

I suspect a lot of these laws aren't true. Snopes.com disputes some of them.

http://www.snopes.com/legal/arizona.htm
 
if that laws are true

USA is not the country of freedom
 
<RJMC> said:
if that laws are true

USA is not the country of freedom

The laws were enacted in the distant past in response to events that may have been important at the time but seem ridiculous today. They aren't enforced any more, but are technically on the books simply because there are more urgent issues at hand they take precedence over getting rid of them.
 
<RJMC> said:
if that laws are true

USA is not the country of freedom
They aren't actually enforced. That's why it's funny, because hardly anyone even knows about them
 
RakuraiTenjin said:
They aren't actually enforced. That's why it's funny, because hardly anyone even knows about them

If they reinforce it, it would be like SOVIET RUSSIA
 
I've got to disagree with the California list saying its illegal to beat your wife with anything thicker than a 2 inch strap. That may have been on the books a long time ago, but I can guarantee if you beat ur wife with anything in California you are gonna do time for spousal abuse.
 
CREMATOR666 said:
If they reinforce it, it would be like SOVIET RUSSIA
In soviet russia....damn forgot how the joke went.
 
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