Weird State Laws

[dsteele 20]

In Wisconsin, the state I love, one common household substance was outlawed until the late fifties-early sixties.

 

What was the product?

 

1000 "Who's Line is it" points to the answerer . . .

 

Okay -- I'll give the answer.

 

 

Margarine.

 

Unc.

 

What does your state have?

 

 

[Eamonn 61]

Here in our great commonwealth of Pennsylvania it is illegal for a Minister to perform a marriage when either the bride or the groom is drunk. (Hic)

Eamonn.

[NWScouter 9]

In many states margarine came with a little dye packet. For it was illegal to sell margarine colored with yellow dye. It is naturally a ugly white color. You mixed it yourself.

The laws were to protect the price of butter.

[NWScouter 9]

Checked some web site on weird laws. Here are few interesting ones.

 

Illinois

 

It is illegal to speak English, the officially recognized language is "American."

 

Iowa

 

State law forbids any establishment from charging admission to see a one-armed piano player.

 

Kentucky

 

It is illegal for a woman to appear in a bathing suit on a highway unless she is a)escorted by at least two police officers, b)armed with a club, c)or lighter than 90 pounds or more than 200 pounds.

 

Maine

 

In Portland, it is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with feather dusters.

 

Maryland

 

Every person who has bowled since 1833 may be fined $2 for each offence.

 

Massachusetts

 

It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.

 

Texas

 

A recently passed anti-crime laws requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and explain to the nature of the crime about to be comitted.

 

 

[scoutldr 732]

Here are some doozies from Virginia:

 

It is legal to drive while talking on a cell phone.

 

It is legal to grow, manufacture and distribute substances known to directly and indirectly kill millions of people per year (tobacco).

 

It is not considered child endangerment to expose children to a known carcinogen, e.g., tobacco smoke, thus causing life-threatening asthma attacks, but if you buy them a beer, you go to jail.

 

Residents are allowed to keep anything they want in their yards, including 5 foot tall grass and a junked Greyhound Bus, as long as the inspector cannot see it from the street as he drives by. The fact that we have an infestation of mosquitoes (West Nile Virus), rats and snakes does not matter.

 

I could go on and on...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fat Old Guy 11]

"Here are some doozies from Virginia:"

 

Those are true of most states. Very few of the 50 states have outlawed talking on Cell phones whilst driving.

 

As for junk in your yard, that's usually a county or city issue.

 

 

[OldFart 10]

Here in Texas we are not aloud to shoot down UFOs. I guess we have had some ET encounters before.