Crazylaws

Why?

 

It seems to me that we already have an
overabundance of laws on our books at this time without
making more. We should just issue a moratorium on law making
for some period, say ten years or so. That should be enough
for a starter.

 

For your continued amusement and
entertainment I have researched some of the current laws on
the books in our great state of Texas. Don’t laugh when you
read these, since most of the other states have ones that
are equally as dumb or dumber.

 

Lets start off with one for
Austin…..you can’t carry wire cutters in your pocket. Must
be a holdover from the frontier days when fence cutting was
a big deal.

 

In Houston, you cannot buy beer after
midnight on Sunday, but you buy beer on Monday. I suppose
they have a different calendar over there, I always thought
after midnight Sunday was Monday.

 

Don’t swallow more than three gulps of
beer at a time in Lefors, Texas….it’s illegal.

 

It’s legal for a blind person to go
hunting as long as they have someone with them who isn’t
blind. Sounds reasonable to me.

 

In Jasper dogs must be on a lease at
all times…..I guess this means in the house as well, don’t
you?

 

This one sounds kind of hokey….says
that it is legal to commit a homicide as long as you tell
the person when and how you are going to kill them. I’m not
sure I believe that one.

 

You can’t drive without windshield
wipers, but you can drive without a windshield.

 

Corpus Christi won’t let you raise
alligators in your home. Guess they’re afraid of you
flushing them down the toilet.

 

You cannot shoot a buffalo from the
window of any second story hotel. I think that means
downtown Dallas as well.

 

If you attend church, you must be
recognizable; you cannot wear a disguise under any
circumstances. How did that one get on the books?

 

Here is the last one for Texas…..you
will go to jail for milking someone else’s cow.

I was about to give up and think I
live in the craziest of States when I scrolled down to
Utah…..try these on for size.

You can have a nuclear weapon; you
just can’t detonate one in Utah. Isn’t this nice to know?

 

You are not allowed to hunt whales in
Utah under any circumstances. Shouldn’t be much of a problem
there.

 

And you can’t fish from while riding a
horse. This might be a problem.

 

Birds have the right of way on all
Utah highways.

 

Folks in Monroe, Utah cannot dance
without having a certain amount of space between them.

 

Provo fines you $50 for throwing
snowballs. They aren’t any fun.

 

Here’s a good one, you can marry your
cousin if both of you are over fifty years of age.

OK, so that’s enough for our part of
the country, how about something up north?

They aren’t so sane either. In
Massachusetts, you cannot eat more than three sandwiches at
a wake. Cuts down on costs.

In Boston, you aren’t allowed to take
a bath unless you are under doctor’s orders to do so.

These make sense to me:

You cannot frighten a pigeon.

You cannot put tomatoes in clam
chowder.

You cannot go to bed without taking a
full bath. I bet this isn’t in Boston.

Diapers cannot be delivered on Sunday.

Children may smoke but cannot buy
cigarettes.

Defacing a milk carton will result in
a fine of $10.

These don’t:

In North Andover, you cannot use a
space gun.

Peeping into the window of a parked
car is illegal.

In Southbridge, you will go to jail
for reading a newspaper on the street after 8pm.

Don’t eat peanuts in any court room if
you don’t want to get arrested.

You cannot take a live lion to the
movies. Nothing said about a dead one.

I have to stop here. I am losing my
sense of humor. I suppose that must be illegal in some
state. Don’t laugh; it might be illegal to do so wherever
you are.