Tux of Borg Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=184®ion=32 New York Laws A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll. It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun. The penalty for jumping off a building is death. New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it. That rarely happens, since one party regularly says "no" to the other, or there wouldn't be a reason to dissolve the marriage. If one of the spouses says "no" to the divorce, the other party has to prove that the spouse saying "no" was at fault. Fault could be one of four terrible things. If the spouse has abandoned the other spouse, that is, left the house for a year or if there hasn't been sexual relations for a year (how do you prove that?). Another one of the four terrible things, an oft cited fault, is to assert that the spouse has treated the other spouse with physical or mental cruelty. This is usually the case in most deteriorating marriages, but for the court's purposes, yelling and screaming is not usually enough; pictures of bruises taken in the emergency room might suffice. Divorce will be easy if the spouse has been imprisoned for two or three years. Much more difficult is the last fault, adultery. This keeps a lot of private detectives in business, since lipstick on the collar is not proof. It also means that lawyers get paid to "prove" fault, or on the other side, to show how lame the opposing side's "fault" claim is. 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. City Laws Carmel Laws A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match. Greene Laws During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks. New York Laws Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business. You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building. It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing." Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers". Ocean City Laws It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town. It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle. Sag Harbor Laws It is illegal to disrobe in a wagon. Get the full text of this law. If one wishes to bathe in the city limits, they must be clothed in a "suitable bathing suit". Get the full text of this law. Staten Island Laws It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 New York Laws Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business. Why...why is no one even trying to abide by this law. The trouble is, of course, is that the ones that would abide by this law are the ones who shouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Walking with a ice cream cone in your pocket on Sunday? WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duey Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Walking with a ice cream cone in your pocket on Sunday? WTF! 271202[/snapback] Dude...if you've never done it, you wouldn't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britbillsfan Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Until about a decade ago it was still technically legal to murder a Welshman on a Sunday at a range of 100 yards with a longbow in parts of the UK (Gloucester or Hereford, I believe) - it was a specific law. It could have been any day of the week but I think it was only on a Sunday. Also you had to turn up for drill on a Sunday for Longbow use to be overseen by the local bishop. (Not unrelated.....) Trial by combat was only finally thrown out of the law books in the last decade in Scotland (when some thugs tried to use it the judge just said get stuffed, no way (but in judicial language)). Beastiality and Necrophilia were still legal up until about 5 years ago (no one had thought to make it illegal as there was difficulty in believing in such perversity). A lot of old laws hang around because nobody could be bothered to get rid of them - I am sure there are plenty of other weird ones out there - they only come up for notice when someone finally gets round to getting rid of them. What is the big deal abput going topless anyway???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 looking at a couple virginia laws Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary. If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations You may not have oral or anal sex. (Repealed) gonna be a crowded state prison Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited. i know someone who got busted for this Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween. gonna be a crowded juvenile hall Dayton Laws A person of color may not be oustide or within the city limits after 7 pm maybe we can get them push this back to 8pm and catch them up to 1955 Norfolk LawsA man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere well spank my ass and call me a felon! Stafford County Laws It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm. Virginia Beach Laws It is illegal to use profanity on Atlantic Avenue or the boardwalk. It is also unlawful to drive by the same place within 30 minutes on Atlantic Avenue. they actually try to enforce the profanity thing. they have like a niceness patrol out around the strip sometimes. bunch of kids/teenagers in Tshirts looking for people swearing or being rude. saw someone get accosted by them coming out of Peabodys And the 30 minute thing is absurd, if you've ever tried to find a parking place there you understand Waynesboro Laws It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag. (Repealed) an interesting method to combat women drivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doyle Hargraves Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Norfolk VA has some oudated laws. It is illegal to have a bathtub in your house---This was originally an anti-prostitution law It is also illegal for a Black man (They use a different word than "Black Man" to be n the street after dark without a note from his master It is also illegal to bring a horse into a church Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 A co-worker told me that you can get arrested as a vagrant in the City of Richmond for having less than $13 in one's pocket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txbillsjunkie Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 And from Hell Paso, Texas... Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Okay Darin, explain this one from the Alaska section.... It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. Because that was going to be what I did on my summer vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I've seen similar sites before. My favorite Minnesota law is this one: "A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head." and the corollary: "Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head." http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=184®ion=23 So apparantly you can't cross state lines with a duck on your head, but it's ok to go to Iowa with a chicken on your head, you just can't cross from MN to WI with said chicken. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 I like this one from Hawaii.... Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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