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Galraedia

(5,015 posts)
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 12:31 AM Jan 2012

53 Dumb Crazy Stupid Laws

Many dumb, crazy, stupid laws are antiquated and old-fashioned because they are based on the standards and mores of the past, particularly laws prohibiting work or other such activity on Sunday – the so-called blue laws. Others restrict the activity of women. Most are so crazy you have to wonder how and why they were ever enacted.

When I decided to research “dumb laws,” I found literally, thousands of them – some repealed but many still on the books, simply not enforced. Here are the 53 most hilarious dumb laws I found. Hope you laugh as hard as I did when discovering and writing about them.

In Alabama, it's illegal to wear a funny fake mustache to church. So if you’re a God-fearing man, don’t wear a fake mustache to church, and above all, don’t wear one that’s funny.

In Alabama, putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. Could we call this condemnation by condiment?

In Fairbanks, Alaska, it's illegal to give a moose alcohol and it's also illegal for moose to have sex on city streets. This one makes a little sense. If you get the moose plastered, no telling what he or she will do – on or off the streets.

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53 Dumb Crazy Stupid Laws (Original Post) Galraedia Jan 2012 OP
So... found one that I have a problem with Confusious Jan 2012 #1
In Texas, cops can arrest you for being at a bar. provis99 Jan 2012 #2
Something happened once and was a problem treestar Jan 2012 #3
k and r for a great start to my morning niyad Jan 2012 #4
Very funny--K&R! Louisiana1976 Jan 2012 #5
You know there is always a reason for these laws Nikia Jan 2012 #6
A few others: Synicus Maximus Jan 2012 #7

Confusious

(8,317 posts)
1. So... found one that I have a problem with
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 01:27 AM
Jan 2012

"There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus in Arizona. How about if I just insult it a little?"

Probably refers to the Sahuaro Cactus, which are state protected. Why? They grow, at most, an inch a year. If you find one that is 5 feet tall, it's around 60 years old. The only place they grow in the United States is around Tucson. It's the symbol for the state.

We got some problems, but how bad would we be if we didn't protect the state symbol?

If anyone was allowed to cut them down as they please, pretty soon there would be none, since they grow so slowly.

 

provis99

(13,062 posts)
2. In Texas, cops can arrest you for being at a bar.
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 01:45 AM
Jan 2012

they arrest you for public intoxication (inside a bar is considered in public in Texas), and cops only have to "suspect" you are drunk, even if you haven't drunk anything.

Yes, it happens in Texas; it is not a fossil of the law, it is enforced today.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
3. Something happened once and was a problem
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 11:18 AM
Jan 2012
In Arizona, donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. Was there a lot of this happening?


Probably only had to happen once!

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour in California. How often do you see a vehicle exceed 0 miles per hour without a driver?


How the heck did that ever happen? Maybe those toy cars? How did one ever go that fast and cause any damage?


It is considered an offense to shower naked in Florida. Move to Indiana . You can take a bath there during the months of April and September.*




It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions driving around the state of Washington to stop at city limits and telephone the local chief of police before entering town.


A sure crime stopper!

Nikia

(11,411 posts)
6. You know there is always a reason for these laws
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 10:23 PM
Jan 2012

Just like warning labels on products that seem stupid.
It means that at one time or another these things happened and it caused a problem. The moose in Alaska. for example...

Synicus Maximus

(860 posts)
7. A few others:
Sat Jan 14, 2012, 10:59 PM
Jan 2012

In New York: A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
In New Jersey : It is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder.
You cannot pump your own gas.
It is against the law to “frown” at a police officer.
It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.
In Mass. At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.
Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.

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