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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how and why they were ever enacted.When I decided to research dumb laws, I found literally, thousands of them some repealed but many still on the books, simply not enforced.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 youre a God-fearing man, dont wear a fake mustache to church, and above all, dont wear one thats 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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Confusious
(8,317 posts)"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)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)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!
niyad
(112,436 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Nikia
(11,411 posts)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)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.