Stupid Laws
Have you ever taken a look at the laws and statutes for your state or
country? The dense tangle of legalese probably sounds like nonsense.
The Internet has seen its fair share of "stupid law" lists. Most of
the laws cited are fake, and so are the following
randomly generated laws... but, in the United States at least, you never know.
- It's a Class A felony for a fireman to drive a car while on duty in Fort Jakindale County, New Jersey.
- In San Burnauk County, Connecticut, it's illegal to wear green pants in the afternoon.
- It's forbidden to scare a sleeping llama except when the President is giving a speech on national television under the New Mexico State Constitution.
- In Barbara Pass, Indiana, it's a crime to give alcohol to any elephant before dawn.
- It's prohibited in La Gumbranch, Maryland for a school teacher to operate a fax machine while on duty.
- In Ohio, it's a Class A misdemeanor for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy costing less than $36 or weighing less than 37 pounds.
- It's prohibited in North Goldvillefield, Missouri to drive a car and play poker simultaneously near a church.
- It's a crime for a thunderstorm to hit during a parade under the North Dakota State Constitution.
- It's a violation of the law to make faces at a turkey according to Alabama law.
- It's prohibited in Gockley-Saniter, Vermont for a person to wear a cowboy hat unless they own more than four cows.
- In Van City County, Alabama, it's forbidden to refer to an elderly person as a "geezer" without permission.
- It's a violation of the law to sell fleas at a flea market according to Indiana law.
- In Gillclererfield County, California, it's punishable by a $5,000 fine to catch a fly ball at a baseball game without offering to give it back to the team.
- It's punishable by a $6,000 fine in Melody Bridge, Utah to steal a road sign unless you have a good reason.
- In Maryland, it's a misdemeanor to sell a touch-tone phone to a police officer.
- In Berry County, Tennessee, it's unlawful to build a time machine except during an emergency.
- In West Virginia, it's a Class B felony to serve gasoline as a beverage.
- In Andy Ridge County, South Carolina, it's forbidden for a man to flirt with a restaurant waitress unless he is a police officer.
- In Texas, it's a felony to panhandle without a $3,000 permit.
- It's a felony to hit a webmaster over the head with a cardboard box in New Bend County, North Carolina.
- According to Maryland law, it's prohibited to refer to a New York Times columnist as a "major league asshole" with no exceptions.
- It's a violation of the law to build a time machine without the express written permission of the appropriate governing body according to Vermont law.
- It's illegal to purchase a electric can opener made in Andorra in San Swamp, Florida.
- It's forbidden in Van Jerico, New Jersey to wear "puke green" shoes during a thunderstorm.
- It's against the law in Willowdale, Montana to use a vibrating bed without first reading the manual.
NONSENSE
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