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Most ridiculous law where you live

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RudyGarmisch
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I wanna hear some crazy ones, if you say weed I'mma slap yous.

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/

OREGON:

Drivers must yield to pedestrians who are standing on the sidewalk. (????)

One may not test their physical endurance while driving a car on a highway. (Applies to road head?)

Drivers may not pump their own gas. (RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE)



Best ones from your state, province or country, gogogogo.
Apr 28 2011 4:53AM
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Mike-O
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Not a law per se, but here in Finland, if someone attacks you or comes into your house with the intention of robbing/beating/killing you, it's better to somehow try to run away than to retaliate at all.

Meaning, we do not have a very open self-defense law. Defend yourself just a bit too roughly and you gotta pay the assailant for damages + probably end up on parole or possible even doing some time.
Apr 28 2011 5:00AM
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soulskier
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in Michigan apparently a husband has legal custody of his wife's hair, never heard of anything coming from it but supposedly it's still on the books
Apr 28 2011 5:07AM
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bgould
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illegal to masturbate on a plane...thanks a lot bin laden

http://www.skrause.org/humor/stupidlaws.shtml

In Florida, any form of sexual contact other than missionary position is a misdomeanor. (This is still a law. There have been several cases of people being brought up on these charges in the past 5 years alone. If the police enter a home with a warrent for some other crime and catch the 'culprits' in action, they can, and are, brought up on those charges.)

check that website above out. not sure how many of them are verified but there are some fucking stupid laws on the site
Apr 28 2011 5:18AM
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Static
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Fuckin colorado,
Grocery stores can't sell decent beer or liquor.

Medical marijuana dispensarys can't sell good designer drugs.

Car dealerships can't sell motorcycles on Sundays.

Apr 28 2011 5:38AM
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Golden.
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Klamath River, OR. It’s illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a snakes head off with your cane.
Apr 28 2011 5:41AM
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Toasty.
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we can buy beer at 16 but cant drive till 18. da fuck germany
Apr 28 2011 5:50AM
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Bar_Down
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wtf, why not?
Apr 28 2011 5:55AM
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Toasty.
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it creates jobs that homeless people can do so they can get them off the street
Apr 28 2011 5:56AM
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soulskier
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they want you to build up a tolerance before you hit the roads
Apr 28 2011 5:56AM
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paige.
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According to that we aren't allowed to throw snowballs or light off firecrackers without the authorization of the mayor/city council here in Calgary.
Whoops.
Apr 28 2011 6:11AM
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CheeseGnome
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In Norway we have to pay a license to own a TV, or any other device that can recieve TV-signals for that matter.
Apr 28 2011 6:17AM
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toominator
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It's legal to urinate in the street as long as you have your hand on your horses rear and aim where the horse would be peeing
Apr 28 2011 6:20AM
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Mike-O
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Samme her.
Apr 28 2011 6:24AM
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BIGben*
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I don't live there but NY : In a daycamp, you have to have a permit to play dodge ball...
Apr 28 2011 7:14AM
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steep
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This isn't a law, just stupid cops: me and 2 of friends were walking on the sidewalk, and one of my friends was walking like a foot on this houses grass and 2 minutes later, 3 cops come flying up, one with a tazer out, telling us to stop where we are and don't say anything. bullshit.
Apr 28 2011 7:22AM
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Dan.P
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Surely some of these are bullshit. It says that in Australia it is mandatory that taxis have a bale of hay in the boot.
Apr 28 2011 7:32AM
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steezology101
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I live in Australia and last year hitchhiking was made illegal. Which is fucked. Its also considered drunk driving if your riding a bike under the influence. Also fucked. The whole government is pretty fucked in the head.
Apr 28 2011 7:39AM
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shea.
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that is not true for sure.
Apr 28 2011 7:40AM
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VT_scratch
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not ridiculous, but funny when you're living on both the east and west coast.

in vermont, and maybe some other new england states? it's ILLEGAL to leave your chairlift bar up. out west, that's unheard of. so I ski a whole season at whistler not having to close the bar once, then I head back to vermont for christmas break hop on the lift, forget to put my bar down and all the employees just started bitching at me so hard to lower the bar haha. they probably thought I was tryin to be some muhfuggin bad ass
Apr 28 2011 7:42AM
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ORDEAL
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Minnesota:

- It is illegal to sleep naked

- Oral sex is illegal




Well, call me a criminal
Apr 28 2011 7:59AM
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tspanagel
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in Ohio when passing a car on the highway u are to honk your horn excesivley

Also in Ohio you can beat you wife with anything less than the width of your pinky

Both of these are still laws

Apr 28 2011 8:00AM
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yelsel
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New York:

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”.
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.

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.
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 PM.
Apr 28 2011 8:05AM
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StevenR
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New Hampshire:

You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.

You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt.

You may not run machinery on Sundays.

On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
Apr 28 2011 8:33AM
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1337
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wait so you can't get out of your car and just get gas? wtf?
Apr 28 2011 8:36AM
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TijmenDal
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It's fucking awesome.
Would you wanna wait till you're 21 till you can go clubbing? When I was 14 I already got drunk in the pub. Love it.
I'm 20 now and still don't have my drivers license - why would I need?
Apr 28 2011 8:41AM
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Jaggy_Snake
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In the city I live near, you can legally herd geese or sheep (can't remember which one) through the main street without fear of arrest...
Apr 28 2011 8:43AM
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TechnoPotamus
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New Jersey:

It is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder.

You cannot pump your own gas.

It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.

You may not slurp your soup.
Apr 28 2011 8:53AM
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Bar_Down
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all these "laws" you guys are posting are so stupid. like none of them are actual things you would get a ticket for
Apr 28 2011 8:56AM
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TechnoPotamus
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website says they are. some are surely bs, but some are real.


either way, in NJ and OR it definitely is illegal to pump your own gas and you most definitely would get in trouble for doing it
Apr 28 2011 8:59AM
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Mike-O
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Finland:

"Taxi drivers must pay royalties if they play songs from the radio to customers."



Yeah, that's been valid for almost ten years, haha.

The Finnish Composers' Copyright Society is so fucking fucked fuckedy-fuckybrain. At the turn of 2011, the prices for memory storage (USB sticks, hard drives) almost tripled in some cases. WHY, you ask? Because it's possible to store illegally downloaded content (songs) to these drives.

Fuck this country.
Apr 28 2011 9:05AM
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moonofendor
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What about the no whale fishing on sundays, and no getting fish drunk.

also, we can't be arrested on sunday's or the 4th of july

oh and in the city i'm at it's illegal to throw snakes at people.
Apr 28 2011 9:39AM
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MANDER
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Canada

Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

It’s illegal to climb trees.

The city is classified as a no-pee zone.

Never knew that... Ive broken all three several times. :O Street cred?
Apr 28 2011 9:42AM
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Bumblesteeze
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Ottawa:
It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

Makes no sense; I have feeling that it's just an urban legend.
Apr 28 2011 9:42AM
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bakedpow
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Ya you have to wait in your car for an attendant to do that shit for ya.
Apr 28 2011 9:43AM
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malonius_funk
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here's a law from virginia for the city of dayton:

A person of color may not be oustide or within the city limits after 7 pm.

what does that even mean??
Apr 28 2011 9:45AM
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Mike-O
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No, most of these "laws" are quite authentic as of what I've heard, just quite old and irrelevant to this day (as in most are obsolete).

No source, but I did read these same laws years ago, and that site stated that these laws were thrown together after real court cases or occurences (i.e. "You can't have a donkey and an elephant on the street at the same time") and then just threw "It's gotta be illegal" on there and it was made state mandate.

Apr 28 2011 9:47AM
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DUKES
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oh no florida get ready to be blown away

The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.

One may not commit any “unnatural acts” with another person.

Unmarried couples may not commit “lewd acts” and live together in the same residence.

Corrupting the public morals is defined as a nuisance, and is declared a misdemeanor offense.

Doors of all public buildings must open outwards.

It is illegal to sell your children.

Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.

It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.

You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.

It is considered an offense to shower naked.

You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.

Oral sex is illegal.

You may not kiss your wife’s breasts.

Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.

beat that

Apr 28 2011 9:52AM
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pomme-de-terre
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i always joke around and say there are no laws where i live, but like, its kinda true. im in upstate new york in the middle of fuckall NOWHERE. like i dont have neighbors and ive never seen a police officer near my house before, besides some DEC guys occasionally.
Apr 28 2011 9:55AM
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Mike-O
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What do you mean? I thought New York was in Manhattan?
Apr 28 2011 9:57AM
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TylerMacDonald
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It means colored people (black people) can't stay out after 7pm.
Apr 28 2011 9:57AM
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maximiliaan
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same here! why would you get it if you can lose it? :D
Apr 28 2011 9:59AM
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cultrara
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prove it
Apr 28 2011 9:59AM
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StevenR
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This is off topic, but once I was getting gas at a gas station in NJ, and while my tank was being filled I was behind a dude in a red Ferrari F430. So I was just chillin, and then I see the guys arm stick out the window to call over the attendant (the dude had what I'm pretty sure was a rolex on, some very sick, very expensive looking silver watch), and he just handed the attendant a $100 bill and drove off. Straight baller status.
Apr 28 2011 10:00AM
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bakedpow
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Washington state

No person may walk about in public if he or she has the common cold.

A law to reduce crime states: “It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.

It is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.
Apr 28 2011 10:09AM
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Lemuel
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Well apparently I'm not allowed to be nude in public. Dah. Fuck.
Apr 28 2011 10:12AM
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Mike-O
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OMG SUCH BULSHAIT

Read my post.
Apr 28 2011 10:15AM
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StevenR
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Pretty sure they actually are, they are just from a long time ago and are obviously not enforced anymore. At least the tavern one. If its not true its been extremely well perpetuated, I have heard of it a bunch of times.
Apr 28 2011 10:16AM
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Anorak
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NEVADA


It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.


It’s still “legal” to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property

^Thats fucking badass



Sex toys are outlawed. In reno only.
Apr 28 2011 10:25AM
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3-6-steeze
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In Halifax, People are not allowed to chop wood on the sidewalk
Apr 28 2011 10:26AM
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arneson
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you are not allowed to cliff jump at all... or you get a 160 dollar citation

Apr 28 2011 10:26AM
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