Bizarre Laws (Part II)

evawhite on March 27th, 2008

As I told you in my last post, I would be telling you all about strange and weird existing American laws, so here goes:

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is illegal to take a lion to the movies. I don’t think I have seen too many lions sitting outside movie halls waiting for their owners to finish their movie, have you?

In Oxford, Ohio, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face. Hmm I think the feminists might have something to say about this one, and the bearded lady too.

In the grand city of Ottumwa, Iowa, it is illegal for any man, within the corporate city limits, to wink at any female with whom he is “unacquainted.” I wonder if the lawmakers took a leaf out of the Saudi Arabian law books.

Wyoming prohibits fat people (defined as 100 pounds overweight) from swinging on swings or using other playground or park equipment. Not very politically correct!
Single women in California are prohibited from entering a place of business where men can be observed standing before mirrors, exhibiting themselves in a semi-naked state while lifting weights. LOL! No unisex gyms then.

Some Appalachia towns have ordinances requiring a person to take a bath the night before coming into town, and to carry on their person a signed statement by two reliable witnesses. People must really not be bathing very much if the law required them to do so!

Here’s a really funny one about pets: pets are prohibited from “snarling” or “growling” at police, mail, or pizza delivery persons. At Anglo-American common law, the offending pet would be dressed up like a human and publicly executed. Any animal rights activists listening?

There is a whole bunch of weird ones from Louisiana: If you bite someone with natural teeth, that is assault, but if you do that while wearing dentures, that is aggravated assault. This is the first time I heard of dentures being a weapon. Then you can’t gargle in public or catch lizards at night. If a couple is shopping for a bed you can’t test it out by having sex on it. I suppose some people need to have it spelt out! It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot the teller with a water gun- I wonder what is worse the robbery or adding insult to injury by indicating that you fooled the teller into thinking you had a real gun! For some reason you are also not allowed to wear an alligator costume. This one totally escapes me!

And there are some really great laws pertaining to alcohol consumption: You can’t use the word “refreshing” to portray alcohol; apparently you can call it energizing or bracing or whatever! In Ohio, the law states that it is illegal to get a fish drunk and in Fairbanks, Alaska, it is against the law to give a moose any kind of alcohol. It beats me why anyone would want to! Pennsylvania law prohibits a man from buying alcohol without a note of permission from his wife. No need for his to join the Alcoholics Anonymous then!

Hope you enjoyed those bizarre laws as much as I enjoyed compiling them for you.

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