Silly american laws, whats the best one you have heard?
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there are entire books and websites that list ridiculous laws. my favorite is: it's illegal to hunt whales in Oklahoma. this would be a great law, except Oklahoma is an inland state and has absolutely NO oceans and therefore NO whales.
here's a website that list dumb laws. (and not just american laws either) http://www.dumblaws.com/
In Charleston, SC where I'm from; a husband can legally beat his wife with a six inch stick, on the courthouse steps, on Sundays.
the one about the executive branch not having to comply with reviews by the other two branches
Not being allowed to cross the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket. I think it's in Kentucky.
Here in Michigan theres a law that "A womans hair legally belongs to her husband" and as a follow up law "must receive permisson to cut her hair". I'm sure no one abides by that law, but I know its real.
you can do serious time for smoking weed yet its ok to carry a gun around and get drunk
I read on a website about one of the southern states where it is illegal for a child under the age of 5 to have more than 2 beers in a 24hour period. Gotta love those weird laws lol
Jones act
in virginia beach virginia its against the ******* law to ******* curse on or around that town. what the ****.
you cant have intercourse with a living fish, i think that was Kentucky as well, why do you need to put laws in that are common sense, its the differences between Brits and Americans isn't it!
Acworth GA once had a law requiring every household to own a rake. The stated reason for passing the law was to make fun of Kennesaw Ga for a law requiring every household to own a gun. Kennesaw never enforces its law, but it is reported to have a very low crime rate.
blue laws in massachusetts take the friggin cake!
the most 'blue' state in the nation still lives by laws that were put on the books in the 1600's...
Dont know any U.S. laws as Im in G.B.
The weirdest one in existence here (in my opinion) is that an "Englishman" can shoot and kill a "Welshman" with a longbow, but only on a Sunday.
In Memphis ( I think I remember that right), A woman cannot drive a car without a man walking in front of the car waveing a red flag.
In California, You cannot shoot a whale from the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) from your car.
Edit. I have also heard the S.C. Law. It is supposedly where the "rule of thumb" came from. The stick cannot be larger than the diameter of your thumb.
in Alabama, you can't wear a false moustache that makes someone laugh in church.
In Washington DC, they can't put a guy with an IQ of less than 50 in charge. But they've broken that one a few times.
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