CALIFORNIA DUMB LAWS
* Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
* It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
* No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
* In the city of Belvedere, the City Council order reads:
“No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash.” .
TEXAS DUMB LAWS
* When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
* You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.
* It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don’t need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
* A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
FLORIDA DUMB LAWS
* If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
* You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays.
* It is considered an offense to shower naked.
* Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
WASHINGTON DUMB LAWS * All lollipops are banned.
* 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 then town.
* It is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.
* People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
NEW YORK DUMB LAWS
* A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
* The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
* A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
* It’s illegal to speak to a person while riding in an elevator and you must fold your hand while looking towards the foward opening door.
* Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
Ankara, Turkey – Under an ancient Turkish law, women can be fined up to a quarter of their salaries for appearing in public without having their heads covered with cloth. To sidestep the law, women in central Turkey’s Islamic strongholds have been buying and wearing wigs, in hospitals and state offices.
In Georgia it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
In Guam, There are men whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay the men for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
In Indonesia, The penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
In Liverpool, England, topless saleswomen are legal – but only in tropical fish stores. (Of course!!)
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband’s lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals, but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
In Cali, Columbia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (Are we to presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)
In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only “in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises.”
In Hazelton, Pennsylvania, there is a law on the books that prohibits a person from sipping a carbonated drink while lecturing students in a school auditorium.
In the US, before 1933 the dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less. In that year Congress made the dime legal tender for all transactions.
In Kentucky, every citizen is required by law to take a bath once a year.
In Paraguay, Dueling is legal only if both parties are registered blood donors.
In Tennessee, a law recently passed, making it legal to eat road kill.
In Maine, it is illegal for a Police Officer to tell a person to have a nice day after pulling that person over in a car and issuing them a ticket.
In Los Angeles, City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance limiting people to one gun purchase each month to prevent violent crimes.
In England, it is illegal to name a pet “Queen” or “Princess” without the Queen’s permission.
In US, the Code of Federal Regulations declares it illegal for US citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehichles.
In 1971 the Texas House of Representatives Passed a resolution commending the Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, for his efforts in the field of population control.
In Bangkok, Thailand, any man who rapes a dog is charged with animal cruelty.
In Thailand, the Population department has offered free vasectomies every year in honor of the King’s birthday since 1981.
In Puerto Rico, a legislator introduced a bill last April to legalize “Baby fairs” where mothers could sell surplus children for instant adoption to mainlanders.
In US, the Department of Motor Vehicles recently revoked this personalized license plate: 3M TA3, because when viewed in the rear view mirror it said: “EAT ME”. It took them 6 months to figure this out and take action upon it. In Massachusetts, according to an early law, the definition of the word “orgy” is four people in a room with their shoes off and their feet not touching the floor.
In ancient Rome, women could legally win the Olympics, but they were forbidden by law from entering the Coliseum where the games were played in.
In Florida, if you try to commit suicide and don’t succeed you are free. However, if you do succeed, it is a felony and you are going to jail.
In Pontiac, Michigan, is is illegal to drink soda in a bag of any kind.
In Japan, it is illegal to wear purple unless you are mourning the dead.
In California, it is illegal to give away rabbits for political purposes.
In California, it is illegal to orgasm before your partner does whomever it may be.
In Colorado, it is illegal to shoot a rabbit out of a second story window. But on the other hand, it is illegal to discharge a weapon in city limits.
In Tepatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico, it is illegal to be on a public street after 11pm without your spouse, unless you are working.
NOTE: This local ordinance became obsolete in December, 1963
An old law in Pittsburgh, states that it is illegal to push dirt under a rug there.
In Alabama, it is illegal not to have windshield wipers on your car. But you do not actually have to have a windshield.
In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant.
In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker’s stand, you can be fined $25.00. In Mississippi, an old law states that if you are riding in a vehicle with a member of the opposite sex, and you both have bare feet, you are legally married. (submitted by Machlei)
In a Kentucky University you cannot graduate from the university if you don’t know how to swim. In Texas, it is illegal to hang a white guy but it is legal to hang a black guy.

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