some funny laws I found

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  1. bowtieboy

    bowtieboy Bobtail Member

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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]North Carolina Laws
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]It's against the law to sing off key.
    Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]If a man and a woman who aren't married go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then, according to state law, they are legally married.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]All couples staying overnight in a hotel must have a room with double beds that are at least two feet apart. Making love in the space between the beds is strictly forbidden.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Oral sex is considered a crime against nature.[/FONT]
     
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  3. bowtieboy

    bowtieboy Bobtail Member

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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Tennessee Laws
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Hollow logs may not be sold.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud B###h that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]"Crimes against nature" are prohibited.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Driving is not to be done while asleep.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Lenoir City - When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Knoxville - In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a "hitching post."
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Nashville - Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Oneida - An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'."[/FONT]
     
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Georgia Laws
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting" words.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Atlanta - One man may not be on another man's back.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Gainesville - Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Jonesboro - It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
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    [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Kennesaw - Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.[/FONT]
     
  5. 07-379Pete

    07-379Pete Crusty Commando-Pete

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    And I thought this was going to see something from the FMCSA:biggrin_25523:
     
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    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    I guess Stevie Nicks won't be doing any shows there then......:biggrin_2559:
     
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    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.


    Dang...then I better get my ### outta there!
     
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    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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


    ....but I really like that one, especially the way we're headed as a society!
     
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    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    Not quite the FMCSA, but still a federal offense:


    A United States federal law makes it illegal to issue a fake Weather Bureau forecast.

    Sounds like a whole lot of meteorolgists are in a heap o' trouble!
     
  10. GuysLady

    GuysLady Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    LOL!

    In Hanford CA, it is illegal to keep a child from playing in a mud puddle!:biggrin_2559:
     
  11. Lilbit

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    It should be! Childhood just isn't the same without playing in mud puddles!
     
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