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Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:24 pm
by isaiah40
A permit must be obtained to fire a missile. South Carolina

Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a tear gas canister. Washington

Before proceeding through the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehicle and fire three shot gun rounds into the air. Wichita Kansas

Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits. Columbus Georgia

Bombs, grenades, rockets, and other large caliber weapons are banned from city council meetings Billings Montana

Catapults may not be fired at buildings. Aspen Colorado

My favorite - Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine. Chico California

Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind. Kennesaw Georgia

It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but you just can’t detonate them. Utah

Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Kansas City Missouri

It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants. Natchez Missouri

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:47 pm
by Phatscotty
My opinion on it is that at some time in the past in these places, a person actually did the offense. And with gov't, as soon as something bad happens one time, they hurry up and make a law against it.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:19 pm
by tkr4lf
Phatscotty wrote:My opinion on it is that at some time in the past in these places, a person actually did the offense. And with gov't, as soon as something bad happens one time, they hurry up and make a law against it.

So somebody detonated a nuclear device in Chico, California?

HOLY SHIT...

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:34 pm
by HapSmo19
isaiah40 wrote:Before proceeding through the interesection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehicle and fire three shot gun rounds into the air. Wichita Kansas


Finally a reason to go to Wichita :D

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:57 am
by targetman377
Very complex, reasons for laws are, especially in small community. Way to much good, some time try to do. But end up looking dumb. Yes, hmmm.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:15 am
by comic boy
Talking of stupid laws , anybody read Leviticus or Dueteronomy recently :D

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:14 am
by isaiah40
There's one other I can't seem to track down. I don't know how true it is but I've heard in Canada it is illegal to commit suicide. Like what are they going to do to do, put you 6 feet under!? :lol:

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:16 pm
by The Bison King
isaiah40 wrote:A permit must be obtained to fire a missile. South Carolina

Anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a tear gas canister. Washington

Before proceeding through the intersection of Douglas and Broadway, a motorist is required to get out of their vehicle and fire three shot gun rounds into the air. Wichita Kansas

Blow guns are not allowed to be used within the city limits. Columbus Georgia

Bombs, grenades, rockets, and other large caliber weapons are banned from city council meetings Billings Montana

Catapults may not be fired at buildings. Aspen Colorado

My favorite - Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine. Chico California

Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind. Kennesaw Georgia

It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but you just can’t detonate them. Utah

Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Kansas City Missouri

It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants. Natchez Missouri

Well most of these seem pretty reasonable to me. We wouldn't want people setting off catapults in buildings right?

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:19 pm
by thegreekdog
isaiah40 wrote:There's one other I can't seem to track down. I don't know how true it is but I've heard in Canada it is illegal to commit suicide. Like what are they going to do to do, put you 6 feet under!? :lol:


It's illegal to commit suicide in most jurisdictions in the United States.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:32 pm
by Mr_Adams
In the 1930's the US government passed an edict that confiscated all privately owned precious metals. How's that for stupid?

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:37 pm
by Mr_Adams
But, seriously, here's a few from my great state of Arizona:


Hunting camels is prohibited.

Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.

Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

It is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine.

You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American. (in Globe)

No more than six girls may live in any house. (Maricopa)

It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license. (Mesa)

A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up. (Mohave, where I'm from)

No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house. (Prescott, where I will be going to school next semester)

It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling. (Tombstone)

And in my least favorite stat, New York:

Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.

It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.

The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.

In Ocean City, New York:

A law from the early 1900′s prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk.
Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.
People may not slurp their soup.
Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday.
Raw hamburger may not be sold.
It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town (but it says nothing about women).
It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.


Check the idiocy of YOUR state here.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:48 pm
by PLAYER57832
My favorite was that it was illegal to have a ice cream in your back pocket in one Maine town.

These are called "blue laws".. some made sense at one point, others.. one wonders about. Usually they stay on the books becuase its too costly/too much effort to rescind them.

On a serious note:
isaiah40 wrote:There's one other I can't seem to track down. I don't know how true it is but I've heard in Canada it is illegal to commit suicide. Like what are they going to do to do, put you 6 feet under!? :lol:

This allows police to aprehend someone attempting to, say jump off a bridge. The primary reason for it being illegal is not so much morality as just that these people tend to endanger others. Jumping off a bridge might seem innocuous, but is a hazard to navigation, etc.


On a lighter note, there is a team of volunteers that walk the Golden Gate Bridge to discourage potential suicides (in a far friendlier way than law enforcement). I found this out one day when I was "playing tourist" and stopped to watch the water movements. A nice man gently started asking me how I was doing and so forth. After a couple of questions, I caught on and broke into a smile. "Oh, I told him.. don't worry, I am not going to commit suicide, I am an oceanographer" Technically not true, but easier than going into a long, but truer explanation. (I am a fish biologist, though studying water & currents is a big part of that) Anyway, then he asked me if I was local. I has just accepted a job in another state, but I guess they like to recruit people who enjoy being on the bridge. (makes sense)

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:30 pm
by saxitoxin
Mr_Adams wrote:You may not have more than two dildos in a house.


Trust me, there's an easy loophole on this one; zoning in Arizona allows a "shed" to be connected to a main building, it just can't share a foundation. So, if you build a spare room - but offset it from the main foundation in your home - you can legally store two additional dildos. I had to go through a whole big thing with a real estate lawyer on this one back when I lived in El Mirage to make sure all my T's were crossed and I's were dotted.

Mr_Adams wrote:No more than six girls may live in any house.


That's why I moved out of Arizona, BTW.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:34 pm
by Mr_Adams
No more than 6 girls was to prevent brothels from opening up. Still, as you mentioned with the zoning, partitioned foundations solves this problem. My question is what happens if you and your wife have 6 daughters? I mean, large families aren't that uncommon around here...

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:45 pm
by PLAYER57832
Mr_Adams wrote:No more than 6 girls was to prevent brothels from opening up. Still, as you mentioned with the zoning, partitioned foundations solves this problem. My question is what happens if you and your wife have 6 daughters? I mean, large families aren't that uncommon around here...

Then you obviously have to sell one ;)

Seriously, doesn't the law specify women?

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:08 pm
by tkr4lf
On that website it said there was a law in Dallas, Tx that said you may not own a realistic dildo. f*ck yeah, Texas.

Oh, also, in San Antonio, it's illegal to urinate on the Alamo. (Thanks, Ozzie.)

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:28 am
by BigBallinStalin
saxitoxin wrote:
Mr_Adams wrote:You may not have more than two dildos in a house.


Trust me, there's an easy loophole on this one; zoning in Arizona allows a "shed" to be connected to a main building, it just can't share a foundation. So, if you build a spare room - but offset it from the main foundation in your home - you can legally store two additional dildos. I had to go through a whole big thing with a real estate lawyer on this one back when I lived in El Mirage to make sure all my T's were crossed and I's were dotted.

Mr_Adams wrote:No more than six girls may live in any house.


That's why I moved out of Arizona, BTW.


Did Arizona count a double-dildo as one dildo or as two dildos?

This question is extremely important in relation to the 6 girls per house rule.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:11 am
by natty dread
I heard Australia banned small tits in porn.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/28 ... n_censors/

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:29 pm
by Mr_Adams
"No multiple accounts"- Conquer Club

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:45 pm
by greenoaks
natty_dread wrote:I heard Australia banned small tits in porn.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/28 ... n_censors/

i'd not heard of that one but wouldn't it be commercial suicide to include them.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:13 pm
by Mr_Adams
up until the mid- 90's there was a law in Maricopa county, Arizona that stated that when a prisoner was released from prison they were to be given a saddle and enough gold to buy a horse. Don't know what happened to that law. some inmate probably heard about it and requested his gold... would have been repealed quite quickly after that, no?

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:19 pm
by isaiah40
I forget where, but there is a law that basically says the same thing.
A released prisoner is to be given a horse and a gun so he could leave town.


In Charlotte North Carolina, women must have their bodies covered by at least 16 yards of cloth at all times.

Ironically, Hornytown North Carolina has banned all massage parlors.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:36 pm
by sempaispellcheck
In Minnesota, it is illegal for a man to have sexual intercourse with a living fish.

The "crime" itself brings up some pretty disturbing images, but the potential loopholes are even worse.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:13 pm
by isaiah40
sempaispellcheck wrote:In Minnesota, it is illegal for a man to have sexual intercourse with a living fish.


Kinda along these lines, in a lot of states it is illegal to have sex in any position except the missionary position.

Re: Stupid Laws

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:14 pm
by natty dread
greenoaks wrote:
natty_dread wrote:I heard Australia banned small tits in porn.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/28 ... n_censors/

i'd not heard of that one but wouldn't it be commercial suicide to include them.


There are men who like small tits.

Besides, what are the small-breasted pron actors supposed to do now? Will the government of australia pay for their implants due to making it illegal for them to practice their job? Isn't this discrimination that they can't work in their chosen profession just because of the way they were born? It's like outlawing all red-haired women from working as school teachers.

Australia is a fucked up place.