Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:54:51 -0400
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Subject:      NVC Strange and Stupid Laws in the United States
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  Minnesota:
--It is illegal to tease skunks.
--Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.

Michigan:
--A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.

--Under state law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."
--In Clawson, it is legal for a man to "sleep with his pigs, cows, horses,
goats, and chickens."

New York:
--In Saten Island, it is illegal for a father to call his son a faggot or
queer in an effort to curb girlie behavior.
--In NYC, "it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the
street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and
wiggling the extended fingers of that hand."

North Carolina:
--It is illegal to have sex in a Churchyard.
--It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double
beds.

Oklahoma:
--Whale hunting is strictly forbidden.
--People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Ohio:
--In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
--In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man's
picture.
--In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

Oregon:
--The town of Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.

Montana:
--In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached
to the wheels.
--It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.

Nebraska:
--If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may
be arrested.
--It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state
license.

Florida:
--Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday's will be jailed.

Georgia:
--In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
--In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.

Pennsylvania:
--"Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well
off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the
countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the
motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the
nearest bushes."

Rhode Island:
--Its illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

Tennessee:
--It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
--In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
--In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must
walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn
approaching pedestrians and motorists."

Texas:
--The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula
for making beer at home.
-It is illegal to milk another person's cow.

Utah:
--A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in
his presence.

Virginia:
--In Richmond, it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to
determine who buys a cup of coffee.
--In Lebanon, it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.

Vermont:
--It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
--It is illegal to whistle underwater.
--Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false
teeth.

Arkansas:
--A man can legally beat his wife, but no more than once a month.

California:
--In L.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as
it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider
strap.
--It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle,
unless the target is a whale.

Massachusetts:
--It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
--North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."
--In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Indiana:
--Monkey's are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Illinois:
--In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.
--According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially
recognized language is "American."
--In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet