Dumb Laws!

somebody · 12-09-2006

I don't know if hypography ever had this discussion but here is the site where you can find out all about the Laws that you must follow even if they sound stupid and dumb:

Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have blue laws, old laws, and just plain weird laws!

pick your best one and post it please:

Los Angeles, California:
"It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear."

Here is one that i found which should not be considered dumb:

Fresno, California:
"No one may annoy a lizard in a city park."

Racoon · 12-09-2006

cool Somebody.

Lao Tzu once said "the more laws you have, the more people will break them", or something like that..

Dumb Law: Pot illegalization.

(but thats been said many times here before.)
I miss Orby

Zythryn · 12-09-2006

Minnesota: It is illegal to drive any motor vehicle that is red in color (this is a very old one that was on the books in the 1990s, not sure if it still is).

Freddy · 12-10-2006

I remember several years ago a couple, both married to other people, were arrested for adultery, while doing the deed in the back seat of a vehicle on a dirt road. The cop knew both of them. The law still remains on the books.

The General Laws of Massachusetts

PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

TITLE I. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 272. CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

Chapter 272: Section 14. Adultery

Section 14. A married person who has sexual intercourse with a person not his spouse or an unmarried person who has sexual intercourse with a married person shall be guilty of adultery and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in jail for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Monomer · 12-10-2006

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Originally Posted by somebody

Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have blue laws, old laws, and just plain weird laws!

pick your best one and post it please:

There are way too many "best ones"!

I chose New York at random and found these:

Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing".

Have they actually read these?!?!?!

pgrmdave · 12-12-2006

I live in New Jersey, so it is illegal for me to pump my own gas - I have to let the attendant pump it.

Qfwfq · 12-19-2006

People have always been dumb, and...

who are laws made by?

In the early days of motorcarriages, many were terrified of the devillish new contraption. While horse drawn carriages were trotting around at smart paces and sometimes losing control and crashing, people were used to seeing them around. The Red Flag Act appeared in England, banning any motorcarriage from exceeding the speed of 4 mph, or 2 mph in urban places, and requiring them to always be preceded by a walking man holding a red coloured flag.

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Originally Posted by Monomer

Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

What is "it"?

The missing brazier?