A Few More on the Books...

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A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:49 am

I must warn visitors and immigrants to this country to check out all local laws in your destinations before venturing across our borders. God help you if you crash land in the wrong area.

It is illegal to build, maintain, or use a nuclear weapon within Chico, California, city limits. Enacted in the 1980s as an anti-nuclear statement, it carries a $500 fine. Successful use of a nuclear weapon can result in arrest and prosecution immediately after the town's and your annihilation by... well... hmn. Maybe this is like the old (Louisiana?) anti-suicide law whereupon the body of the one successful in committing the crime was dragged through the streets; in this case, your non-existant body will be dragged through the lost streets to pay your fine to What Once Was.

It seems that, in 1948, two pickle canning schemers tried to sell pickles 'unfit for human consumption'. In response, Connecticut’s Food and Drug Commissioner proclaimed that a real pickle 'should bounce' when dropped from a height of one foot, thereby the state regulation that a pickle that doesn't bounce cannot be sold. Be sure to look for the quality control sticker revealing who bounced each pickle in the jar to verify certification.

For chicken eaters in Gainesville, Georgia ('the poultry capital of the world'), 'finger-lickin’ good' is mandatory. The law was added to the city code in 1961 as a publicity stunt but it's now illegal to eat fried chicken with anything other than your fingers. A tourist was apprehended for such a chicken-eating violation in 2009. Evidently the tourist had no fingers and met their demise face first.



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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby yancovitch » Fri Jul 14, 2017 11:31 pm

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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby Anthindelahunt » Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:29 am

Where in hell do you find these facts.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:27 am

Anthindelahunt wrote:Where in hell do you find these facts...
I tend to collect strange and humorous info; by the time I post them here they may be out of date but there are state laws that are considered defunct but still on the books or remained for a long while before removal (in these parts, during the early days of the automobile in a horse dominant mode of travel, to prevent startling horses there was a law for automobile drivers during storm [!] or after dusk to have someone proceed on foot in front of the vehicle -- effectively, horses had the right of way; as the automobile became more numerous in the horse era, there was a law requiring motorists to stop before entering an intersection after sunset, have someone walk into the intersection with a lit lantern and hold the lantern up toward each of the adjoining directions before proceeding; if you think intersections currently propose a problem, consider having everyone comply with that law now).


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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby Anthindelahunt » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:58 pm

These days,the lantern guy would get
wiped out from four different ways.Then
robbed.Shot.The remains would then be
arrested by the cops and charged,for having
the wrong coloured lenses in his lantern.

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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:11 am

I suppose I can make mention here concerning NH's New England neighbors:

To prove his masculinity before marriage, a law was invoked for a prospective groom in the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to hunt and kill either six blackbirds or three crows. Painting or dying the feathers of abundant and nearly tame town pigeons black will not suffice.

There is a long list of cemetery regulations in Wells, Maine. One forbids posting advertisements on another person’s tombstone. However, there has never been a registered complaint by any cemetery residents -- and they probably wouldn't respond to the ads, anyway.

Vermont passed a law stating there will never be a law prohibiting clotheslines. If you're a rather tall person, remember this when running through a Vermonter's back yard on a sunny day.
Also, unless she can steal or otherwise obtain real ones and can't do without, a wife must obtain written permission from her husband to use false teeth.



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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:52 am

On the subject of our NH neighbors, I've posted elsewhere that my mother's paternal side are Maniacs -- er, Mainers -- and Maine is the only one that has only one state, NH, that borders it (Hawaii is surrounded water and Alaska is neighbored by Canada). Of all the states, Maine has the only single-sylable name. Not to pull the tongue out of the tongue-in-cheek "I'm a Maniac and proud of it!," they've put themselves a bit up a tree since they list their state flower as the 'pinecone'... which is not a blooming flower!


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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:10 am

Its not only New Englanders who have strange laws....>>>>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... today.html

We Old Englanders also have a few of our own.... :doh: ...!

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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:46 pm

Fozzer wrote:It's not only New Englanders who have strange laws... We Old Englanders also have a few of our own...
Ahah... so we New Englanders are just carrying on from you old Englanders...


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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby Fozzer » Sat Jul 22, 2017 2:28 pm

H wrote:
Fozzer wrote:It's not only New Englanders who have strange laws... We Old Englanders also have a few of our own...
Ahah... so we New Englanders are just carrying on from you old Englanders...


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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby H » Tue Aug 22, 2017 11:15 am

We can't help ourselves -- we've more to add:

Alabama: it’s illegal to incite laughter by wearing a fake mustache in church.
____At least some of the red is hidden when they're laughing at the real one.

Georgia: it’s illegal to allow chickens to cross a road.
____No one's hitting the brakes -- there's a highway full of feathers and roadkill.

Minnesota: it is forbidden to tease skunks.
____Why? You'll stop the teasing because the skunk is sure to raise a stink about it.

New Jersey: it's illegal to make a slurping noise while eating soup.
____How about a gurgling sound? Can you use a straw?

South Carolina: horses cannot enter a hotel without pants.
____Dogs can pant all they want.

Tennessee: it’s illegal to catch fish with lassos.
____If you find a fish that has a lasso, it's sure to tie things up...

Virginia: it’s illegal for children to trick-or-treat on Halloween.
____After all, they've got at least 364 other days.


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Re: A Few More on the Books...

Postby Anthindelahunt » Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:42 pm

Still laughing.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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