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    Default Stupid Laws!

    These are all laws in illinois!

    The English language is not to be spoken.
    You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
    You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
    You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
    It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
    In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.
    Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
    Kites may not be flown within the city limits.
    It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.
    Spitting is forbidden.
    It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
    One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
    Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.
    Cars may not be driven through the town.
    Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
    A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
    It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    Bowling is forbidden.
    It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
    It is unlawful for "negroes" to be within county boundries from sundown to sunrise.
    It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
    There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
    It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
    Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.
    A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow. Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
    Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kriland's streets.
    Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited.
    There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
    You may not own a handgun
    It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
    No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
    Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
    Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
    Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
    It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, or any other domesticated animals.

    ^^ :rofl:

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    Stupid laws are pretty funny.

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    Here are a few from my home state Tennessee!

    You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
    Hollow logs may not be sold.
    More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
    It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
    "Crimes against nature" are prohibited.
    Ministers are to be dedicated to God and therefore are not eligible to hold a seat in either House of the Legislature.
    Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in the state.
    Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
    Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.
    No Christian parent may require their children to pick up trash from the highway on Easter day.
    Driving is not to be done while asleep.
    It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.
    The definition of "dumb animal" includes every living creature.
    Interracial marriages are illegal.
    Tattooing a minor is a misdemeanor.
    It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.
    It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.
    Skunks may not be carried into the state.

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    How is it possible to eavedrop on yourself. It must apply to split personalities . WOW I hope most of the illinois laws don't still apply!

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    Lmao

    How strange...

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    Quote Originally Posted by unpure View Post
    These are all laws in illinois!

    The English language is not to be spoken.
    You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
    You must contact the police before entering the city in an automobile.
    You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
    It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
    In the Pullman area, it is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb.
    Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
    Kites may not be flown within the city limits.
    It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.
    Spitting is forbidden.
    It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
    One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
    Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.
    Cars may not be driven through the town.
    Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
    A man with a moustache may not kiss a woman.
    It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
    Bowling is forbidden.
    It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
    It is unlawful for "negroes" to be within county boundries from sundown to sunrise.
    It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
    There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
    It is against the law to use a slingshot unless your are a law enforcement officer.
    Town fathers, reflecting the pet peeve of hearing their town's name mispronounced 'Jolly-ETTE' when all local folk know it's pronounced 'Joe-lee-ETTE', made pronouncing it Jolly-ette a misdemeanor, punishable by a $5 fine.
    A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow. Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
    Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kriland's streets.
    Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited.
    There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
    You may not own a handgun
    It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
    No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
    Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
    Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
    Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
    It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, or any other domesticated animals.

    ^^ :rofl:
    lol there are some strange laws there


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    stupid laws always seem to amaze me.

    why would anyone do them in the first place.

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    unpure most of that $#@! you said was just that "$#@!", you have made up most of those laws.

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    ive seen a book of facts, and there are some stupid laws like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by unpure View Post
    Bowling is forbidden.
    I want to kill the person that made that one. I have been bowling since I was in kindergarten and it is my favorite sport.

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