In Alabama, it is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in one's back pocket.
In Alaska, it is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. Now why the hell should one desire to to that?
In Arizona, it is illegal to refuse someone a glass of water.
In Arizona, it is illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub.
In Arkansas, it is legal for a man to beat his wife no more than once per month.
In Arkansas, it is illegal to keep an alligator in one's bathtub.
In California, it is illegal for animals to mate publicly within 1,500' (460m) of a tavern, school, or church.
In Colorado, it is illegal to mutilate a rock in a state park.
In Connecticut, if a pickle does not bounce, then it is not officially a pickle.
In Delaware, it is illegal to change one's clothes in one's vehicle.
In Florida, it is illegal for un-married women to parachute on Sundays.
In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while wearing a swimsuit.
In Florida, it is illegal for a man to wear a strapless gown in public.
In Florida, it is illegal to skateboard without a license.
In Florida, it is illegal to fart in public after 18:00. Like you have any control over when you fart!
In Florida, it is illegal to shower naked. Umm....
In Florida, it is illegal to break more than three dishes per day.
In Georgia, it is illegal to use profanity in front of a corpse.
In Hawaii, it is illegal to not own a boat.
In Idaho, it is illegal to ride a merry-go-round on Sunday.
In Idaho, it is illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy that weighs less than 50 lbs. (25kg).
In Illinois, it is illegal to carry less than $1 (£0.65, €0.75) on one's person.
In Indiana, hotel bed sheets must be exactly 99x81" (250x205cm).
In Indiana, it is illegal to play cards.
In Indiana, it is illegal to take a bath between October and March. Ooooh... ssss-melly!
In Indiana, it is illegal for a person 18 or older to be in the same car as a barefoot person younger than 16.
In Iowa, it is illegal to kiss someone for longer than 5 min. at a time. Yes... umm... who actually times them?
In Kansas, pedestrians crossing a highway at night must wear tail lights.
In Kansas, if two trains meet on the same track, neither may proceed until the other has passed.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to sell less than six blue-painted ducklings at a time.
In Louisiana, theft of crawfish is a crime in and of itself.
In Louisiana, it is illegal to gargle in public.
In Louisiana, it is illegal to break a promise.
In Louisiana, it is illegal to intentionally harm oneself. *coughs* Kat *coughs* Yeeeeees? ;)
In Maine, it is illegal to attend church without a shotgun. WHAT THE HELL???
In Maine, it is illegal to step out of an airplane mid-flight. Raise your hand if you've ever done this!
In Maine, it is illegal to leave one's Christmas decorations up after 14 January.
In Maryland, it is illegal to wear a sleeveless shirt in a public park.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal for a man to attend church without a rifle.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without taking a bath.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal for a gorilla to be in the backseat of a car.
In Michigan, it is illegal for a woman to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on one's head. Why the hell would you have a duck on your head anyway?
In Minnesota, it is illegal to sleep naked.
In Minnesota, it is illegal to enter Wisconsin with a chicken on one’s head. What is it with Minnesota and it being illegal to have birds on your head when crossing set state lines? It's not like it's the "in thing".
In Mississippi, it is illegal to have more than one illegitimate child.
In Mississippi, it is illegal to explain polygamy.
In Mississippi, it is illegal to swear in public.
In Mississippi, it is illegal to live with someone who is not one’s spouse.
In Missouri, it is illegal for a man between the ages of 21 and 50 to be single.
In Montana, it is illegal to have a sheep in one’s truck without a chaperone.
In Montana, it is a felony for a woman to open her husband’s mail.
In Montana, it is illegal for a married woman to fish alone on Sundays.
In Montana, it is illegal for an un-married woman to fish alone at all.
In Montana, it is legal to shoot at a group of seven or more Indians.
In Nebraska, it is illegal for a person with gonorrhea to marry.
In Nebraska, it is illegal for one’s child to burp during church.
In Nebraska, it is illegal to go whale fishing. (Nebraska is landlocked.)
In Nebraska, it is illegal for a bar owner to sell beer without brewing a kettle of soup at the same time.
In Nebraska, it is illegal for a woman to give her daughter a perm without a license.
In Nevada, it is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
In New Hampshire, it is illegal to pick up seaweed on a beach.
In New Hampshire, it is illegal to look upward while using the toilet on a Sunday. Why?
In New Jersey, it is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing murder. But murder is not illegal, of course!
In New Jersey, it is illegal to pass a car, bike, skater, or skateboarder without honking one’s horn.
In New Jersey, it is illegal to pump one’s own gas (petrol).
In New Jersey, it is illegal for a man to knit during fishing season. Give me the name of a man that knits anyway!
In New Jersey, it is illegal to frown at a police officer.
In New Jersey, it is illegal to apply for a custom license plate if one has been convicted of DWI.
In New Jersey, it is illegal to slurp one’s soup.
In New Mexico, it is illegal for an idiot to vote.
In New Mexico, it is illegal for a woman not to shave. Shave what?
In New York, adultery is illegal.
In New York, it is legal for women to be topless in public. Sweet! :P
In New York, it is illegal to flirt.
In New York, jumping off a building is punishable by death. Of course, if you jump off a building, you're guaranteed to survive... you probably weren't TRYING to kill yourself...
In New York, when riding an elevator (lift) one must keep one’s hands folded, look at the door, and not speak to anyone.
In New York, it is illegal to wear slippers after 22:00.
In North Carolina, it is illegal to have a lottery ticket on one’s person.
In North Carolina, it is illegal to be a professional fortune-teller (amateur is okay).
In North Carolina, it is illegal to sing off-key.
In North Carolina, if a man and a woman go to a hotel and register as a married couple, they are legally married. So they aren't beforehand?
In North Dakota, it is illegal to sleep with one’s shoes on.
In North Dakota, it is legal to shoot a mounted Indian from a covered wagon.
In Ohio, it is illegal for women to wear patent leather shoes in public.
In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk.
In Ohio, it is illegal for more than five women to live in one house.
In Oklahoma, it is illegal for women to do their own hair without a license.
In Oklahoma, it is illegal to bite someone else’s hamburger.
In Oklahoma, it is illegal to spit on a sidewalk.
In Oregon, it is illegal to eat ice cream on a Sunday.
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to hide dirt or dust under a rug.
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to sing while taking a bath.
In Rhode Island, any marriage in which either spouse is an idiot or lunatic is null and void.
In South Carolina, it is illegal to get a tattoo.
In South Carolina, it is illegal to keep a horse in one’s bathtub. WHAT IS IT ABOUT LAWS AGAINST KEEPING ANIMALS IN BATHTUBS?!?!!!
In South Carolina, it is illegal to fire a missile without a permit.
In South Carolina, it is legal to beat one’s wife on the courthouse steps on a Sunday.
In South Carolina, one must be 18 to play pinball.
In South Dakota, it is illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory.
In Tennessee, it is illegal to share one’s Netflix password. Of course, EVERYBODY does that!
In Tennessee, it is illegal to sell a hollow log.
In Tennessee, it is illegal to catch fish with a lasso.
In Tennessee, it is illegal to marry inter-racially.
In Texas, no atheist can hold public office. (
In Texas, it is illegal to sell one’s eye.
In Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
In Texas, it is illegal to milk someone else’s cow.
In Texas, it is illegal to commit a crime without warning the victim at least 24 hrs. beforehand. Oh, so it's not COMMITTING A CRIME that's illegal, it's NOT WARNING THE VICTIM BEFOREHAND!
In Texas, it is illegal to engage in homosexual behaviour.
In Texas, the entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned.
In Utah, it is illegal not to drink milk. Even if you're allergic? Milk could make my daddy very ill.
In Utah, it is illegal to detonate a nuclear weapon.
In Utah, it is illegal for a restaurant to sell wine to a customer unless he asks to see the wine list.
In Utah, a man is liable for any crime committed by his wife in his presence.
In Vermont, it is illegal for a woman to wear false teeth without written permission from her husband.
In Vermont, it is illegal to be an atheist.
In Virginia, it is illegal to work on Sunday. Almost all industries are excepted.
In Virginia, it is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween. So how else do you celebrate it?
In Virginia, it is illegal to tickle a woman.
In Washington, it is illegal to use x-rays to fit shoes.
In Washington, it is illegal to possess a lollipop.
In Washington, it is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.
In West Virginia, it is illegal to make fun of someone for denying a challenge.
In West Virginia, it is illegal to snooze on a train.
In West Virginia, it is illegal to swear in public.
In West Virginia, it is illegal to whistle underwater. I congratulate you if you have ever sucseeded in doing this!
In Wisconsin, butter substitutes are illegal.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to serve apple pie without cheese.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to make cheese without a license. Limburger cheese requires a special license.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to kiss on a train.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to cut a woman’s hair.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to wave a burning torch.
In Wyoming, it is illegal for a woman to drink within 5’ (1.5m) of a bar.
In Wyoming, it is illegal to photograph a rabbit between January and April without a permit.
THE MOST STUPID LAW OF ALL: In Illinois, it is illegal to speak English!
First of all, how did you know that fuchsia is my favourite colour? (It really is. :D)
ReplyDeleteSecond, I just remembered that New York doesn't even have the death penalty. ;P