Please only pick the *ONE* law from your city, state or country that you consider the most ridiculous. That way, people from the same state can still participate.

http://www.dumblaws.com

Idaho state law: It is illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds. Now go ahead and post yours.


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Have a good one,
Freelancer

Hmm the one from the site id as follows:

New Jersey: You may not slurp your soup.

I have an odd one for my specific town: a minor cannot by eggs or spray paint after sundown, or thereabouts. it not really funny, its stupid. they act like were all a bunch of hoodlums. Anyway, back to the funny stuff.

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"Some people play tennis. I erode the human soul"
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"I'm a Cannabal-Vegitarian. I will BBQ an employee if there is no veggie option"
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Wisconsin:

-State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese

-It is illegal to kiss on a train.

Sheboygan (Where I used to live)
-Only police officers may shoot birds in the city.
-No person may water his lawn in such a way as to annoy his or her neighbor.

Brookfield (Where I live now)
-Tattooing is illegal unless it is done for medical purposes.

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gree gree.

Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void. -SECTION 11-40-1
It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
Cap guns are illegal.
Get the full text of this law.
Ropes may not be strung across a highway.
Get the full text of this law.
No one may bite off another’s leg.

Rhode Island.

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I’m not going to die, I’m going to see if I was ever alive. - Spike

It's not your right to decide whether they live or die. They deserve a chance! - Vash

Oh ho, that's an easy one.

This is CANADA. CANADA for gosh sakes! EVERYTHING is illigal!


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<Glyde> but.. you can't pick pickled peppers, even if a pickled pepper picker could pick pickled peppers!

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They call those dumb laws? What a stupid site, methinks.

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When bread becomes toast, it can never go back to being bread again.

Connecticut: You may not educate dogs.

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Australia laws: Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

Which ties in neatly with:

Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.

except for hockey

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Do you have stairs in your house?

what he said.
btw : you live in brookfield now? me, you, and buck should see a movie or something.

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"Honey, you got real ugly."

Flexor, looking over those international laws, most of them are pretty ordinary. Just mostly stuff that Americans would find odd, such as the French thing, (and I noticed Australia had something about not being able to walk on the right side of a footpath).

However, the American ones are gold.

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

That would be cool...where do you guys live?

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gree gree.

For the city of Cleveland:

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-Sleek

Atlanta, 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.

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Do you have stairs in your house?

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All lollipops are banned.

Washington is so friendly.

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"It's OK for us to randomly attack people!"
-BV

Yup....settlers like their retarded laws. Where I used to live, Kansas (Wichita, although I didn't live there)

Before proceeding through the interesection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehice and fire three shot gun rounds into the air

Where I live now, Alabama

Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

Yah...

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There is no signature

New York


Well then, call me a felon.




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Lat rocks my box with sox

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. So if she has her socks and shoes on it's ok...

Liquor stores may not sell milk or cold soft drinks

Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights

Evansville While driving on Main Street you may not have your lights on.

Laws I have broken:
Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March

It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.

No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.

Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.

Terre Haute: No one may spit on the sidewalk.

South Bend:It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette.

I just hope the cops don't catch me...

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wang is within all

Country: USA
State: New Mexico
City: Las Cruces
Law: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.

I'm glad I don't live in Las Cruces.

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You're entering a world of pain.

In Utah it is illegal to hunt whales. Now, think about that for a moment.

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Checksum: I thought about it, I guess I'm striving for my own personal ideals. I'll just project those ideals onto Jesus and say "I'm trying to be like Jesus" so that I won't have to listen to you banter endlessly about me worshipping a false god or some such.

The Last True Evil: Ironically, that's very Christian of you.

yeah i'll think about that after i stop laughing

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wang is within all

You cannot host porn on Australia servers. Not even the prudish Americans are that silly.

Montana has a slew of them!

These two, however, take the cake!

1- It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than missionary style.

2- Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them.

Crap! Looks like I'm getting time! Does moving to VA make me exempt?

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I am Darth Slaw.
The Dark Lord of the Sith,
And part of the Nightfire mod team

Australia has some strange ones...

Carry out unauthorised rain making operations - that is the 'seeding or nucleating of clouds by artificial means from a manned aircraft'. (Rain making Control Act 1967)

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Corrupting the kiddies since '97

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Mwahaha, from Nashville.

"Males may not be sexually aroused in public."

Eh, that actually serves an objective purpose though... not like "No hunting whales in Utah" and "No tieing giraffes to street lamps in Georgia"

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Do you have stairs in your house?

THESE ARE HILARIOUS!

NEVADA
It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway. <---That explains why I never see camels.

It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property.

Elko
Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask. <----Umm... okay...

Eureka
Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women. <----Riiiiiight.

Reno
It is illegal to lie down on the sidewalk.

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"The Oracle told me I would die with my boots on. I've worn tennis shoes ever since." - Axis

[This message has been edited by Axis (edited February 23, 2004).]

Dumb laws from the county in which I live, Yamhill:

It is illegal to predict the future.

No one may allow their cellar door to remain open.

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"Church, women are like Voltron, the more you can hook up, the better it gets!"
-Tucker
Red vs Blue

Ph34r t3h Cute Ones

I live in Sussex and I think buck is in Delafield.

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"Honey, you got real ugly."

No ferrets.

What BS is that?

California (Wow, this state has some good ones):

Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.

Children may not wear a halloween mask unless they get a special permit from the sheriff.

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.

Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.

Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.

Toads may not be licked.

It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.

It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.

It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.

No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.

Muhahaha.

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The Matrix: Unplugged

I'm a C4D b****!

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wang is within all

Bartlesville, Oklahoma:
It is illegal to cause "annoying vibrations" in the city limits.

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WOOSH.
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The closest I could get was Baltimore, MD:





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Alberta:

If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

California:

It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Nothing for Berkeley, so I'll jump across the Bay to San Francisco:

# Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.
# It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.
# 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.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.


BUMUQUERHAHAHAHA

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"Run Away!"

Texas:

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

I can go buy that easily.

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I can't think of anything to put here right now.

What purpose? You'd be naive to think it reduces the amount of porn on the net. All it does is reduce tax income from our IT industry.

Basically, our governement shot themselves in the groin!