Sometimes legislators in the United States get a little carried forth , as evidenced by these lightheaded Pentateuch that are still on the books .
1.In Fairbanks , Alaska , it is illegal to service inebriant to a Alces alces .
2.In Glendale , Arizona , it is illegal to drive a car in reverse , so about everyone in a shopping mall parking lot is break the law .
3.In San Francisco , California , it is illegal to wipe your automobile with used underwear . So , is it ok to use uncontaminating underclothes ?
4.In Quitman , Georgia , it ’s illegal to change the clothes on a storefront manikin unless the shade are down .
5.In South Bend , Indiana , it ’s illegal for monkeys to fume coffin nail . manifestly cigar are okay , but only if the monkey go outside .
6.In New Orleans , Louisiana , it ’s against the law of nature to rinse in populace .
7.In Boston , Massachusetts , it ’s illegal to take a bathroom unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so .
8.In Minnesota , cleaning woman may face 30 days in clink for impersonate Santa Claus .
9.In Hornytown , North Carolina , it ’s illegal to open a massage parlor .
10.In Fargo , North Dakota , it ’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on .
11.In Oxford , Ohio , it is illegal for a woman to discase in front of a humankind ’s picture . Is it legal if his eyes are close in the photo ?
12.In Oklahoma , people who make ugly faces at wienerwurst can be fined or jailed . Apparently , it ’s okay for bulldog to make ugly faces at people because they ca n’t help it .
13.In Marion , Oregon , ministers are prevent from use up garlic or onions before delivering a sermon .
14.In Morrisville , Pennsylvania , cleaning lady need a permit to don make-up .
15.In South Dakota , it ’s illegal to lie in down and come down asleep in a cheese factory .
16.At eatery in Memphis , Tennessee , all pie must be eaten on the premise , as it is illegal to take unfinished Proto-Indo European home .
17.In Utah , skirt have the correct - of - means on all highways .
18.In Seattle , Washington , woman who pose on work force ’s overlap on buses or trains without localize a pillow between them face an reflexive six - calendar month jail condition .
19.In Nicholas County , West Virginia , no clergy fellow member may tell jokes or humourous stories from the pulpit during church services .
20.In St. Croix , Wisconsin , woman are not allowed to wear down anything scarlet in public .
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:
Helen Davies , Marjorie Dorfman , Mary Fons , Deborah Hawkins , Martin Hintz , Linnea Lundgren , David Priess , Julia Clark Robinson , Paul Seaburn , Heidi Stevens , and Steve Theunissen
