Strange Laws
Apr. 14th, 2010 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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bleed_the_day posted a list of strange laws on the books at one time or another in the US dealing with sexual taboos. They are bizarre, unverifiable, and downright hilarious. A bit of Googling leads me to believe that most such lists of laws are bogus or misinterpreted. Still, one of my favorites was:
In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun while his female partner is having an orgasm.
Just trying to imagine the scenario that would require a legislature to draft such a bill is funnier than a lot of movies I've seen recently.
For your gratuitous pleasure, then, here is the Old Wolf's list of strange laws, guaranteed to be certifiable*:
1) In West Virginia, it's against the law to store 16-ton weights in your attic.
2) In Utah, natto must not be eaten within 50 feet of an open flame.
3) In Tennessee, galoshes must be sterilized before feeding them to a goat, unless the goat is not to be eaten.
4) In North Dakota, ramps may only be cooked by Benedictine monks in full hazmat gear, and then only 1 hour after matins.
5) In Orange County, Florida, automobiles must yield right-of-way to unicorns.
6) Anyone seeing a tiger in Hesse Hochtaunuskreis, in Germany, must notify the authorities as once.
7) In Wayne County, Michigan, putting more than 5 pounds of stickers on an envelope is punishable by 6 months in the city jail.
8) In Contra Costa County, California, penguins are to be spanked on sight.
9) In Walthamstow, Greater London, any unlicensed jackass found wandering the streets must be taken home and fed.
10) Anywhere within the 50 United States, elderly wolves must be treated with the greatest of deference.
*Certifiable hqiz, that is.
bleed_the_day posted a list of strange laws on the books at one time or another in the US dealing with sexual taboos. They are bizarre, unverifiable, and downright hilarious. A bit of Googling leads me to believe that most such lists of laws are bogus or misinterpreted. Still, one of my favorites was:In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun while his female partner is having an orgasm.
Just trying to imagine the scenario that would require a legislature to draft such a bill is funnier than a lot of movies I've seen recently.
For your gratuitous pleasure, then, here is the Old Wolf's list of strange laws, guaranteed to be certifiable*:
1) In West Virginia, it's against the law to store 16-ton weights in your attic.
2) In Utah, natto must not be eaten within 50 feet of an open flame.
3) In Tennessee, galoshes must be sterilized before feeding them to a goat, unless the goat is not to be eaten.
4) In North Dakota, ramps may only be cooked by Benedictine monks in full hazmat gear, and then only 1 hour after matins.
5) In Orange County, Florida, automobiles must yield right-of-way to unicorns.
6) Anyone seeing a tiger in Hesse Hochtaunuskreis, in Germany, must notify the authorities as once.
7) In Wayne County, Michigan, putting more than 5 pounds of stickers on an envelope is punishable by 6 months in the city jail.
8) In Contra Costa County, California, penguins are to be spanked on sight.
9) In Walthamstow, Greater London, any unlicensed jackass found wandering the streets must be taken home and fed.
10) Anywhere within the 50 United States, elderly wolves must be treated with the greatest of deference.
*Certifiable hqiz, that is.
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Date: 2010-04-14 10:14 pm (UTC)Are all of them laws?...
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Date: 2010-04-14 11:32 pm (UTC)