USA: Absurd Laws

[Dixie]

I am going to post a list of different absurd laws in the USA. Let's start with New Mexico:

- Idiots can't vote, but they can run for president.

- Civil servants requested that 400 words were "cut" from Romeo and Juliet for being "explicit sexual material".

- It is forbidden to spit in the opera stairs.

- Hunting is forbidden in the Mountain View cemetery.

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[Dixie]

North Carolina

- Carrying a lottery ticket can be fined with $2000.

- If a man and a woman who are not married register in a hotel as a married couple, according to the state laws, they are officially married from that moment.

- It is illegal to have sex in the church yard.

- Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.

- Nobody can visit their lovers at night.


Source: curiositats.cat

[Dixie]

New York

- Citizens cannot greet each other with a finger on their nose and moving the rest.

- It is illegal to throw a ball to someone's head for fun.

- Nobody can carry an ice-cream in their pockets on Sunday.

- During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards.

- You can only water garden plants if you hold the hose on your hands.

- Minors can't pick up cigarette butts from the floor.

- You can't boil spaghetti one by one.

[Dixie]

Missouri

- Single men aged 21-50 must pay a dollar every year.

- It is not illegal to accelerate.

- Minors cannot buy guns, but they can buy shotguns.

- To scare a child is against the law.

- It is illegal to provide elephants with beer or other toxic products.

- It is forbidden to dance in the town of Purdy.

- Four women cannot rent an apartment together.

[Dixie]

North Dakota

- It is illegal to shoot to an Indian on a horse from a covered vehicle.

- You can end up in jail if you wear a hat while dancing.

- It is illegal to go to bed with your shoes on.

[Dixie]

New Jersey

- It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder.

- It is against the law to frown to a policeman.

- You cannot sip soup.

- Boats can't be parked on the grass.

- It is illegal to sell ice-creams after 6pm, unless you've got permission from your doctor.

[Dixie]

New Hampshire

- You cannot move your feet, your head or any other part of your body following the rhythm of music in a bar, pub or café.

- It is illegal to pick up the seaweeds scattered along the beach.

- You cannot sell the clothes you're wearing to pay a debt.

[Dixie]

Nevada

- It is still legal to suffocate somebody for shooting your dog in your property.

- Benches cannot be placed in the middle of the street.

- It is not allowed to ride a camel in the highway.

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[Dixie]

Nebraska

- It is illegal to sneeze or burp in church.

- Men are not allowed to shave their chests.

- It is illegal for bar owners to serve beer if they are not cooking soup at the same time.

[Dixie]

Montana

- Pretending to abuse of an animal in front a minor is not allowed.

- Married women cannot go fishing on their own on Sundays. Single women can never go fishing alone.

- Seven or more indians are considered a batallion, and it is legal to shoot them.