Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Do you always obey the law?

There are quite a few old, outdated or unusual laws that are still on the books in various states. Here are some of them...

Alaska-You can't wake up a sleeping bear to take its picture.

Florida- Unmarried women may not parachute on Sundays

Hawaii - No placing coins in your ears

Idaho - You can't fish from the back of a camel

Oklahoma-Whaling is illegal (This is a weird law because there aren't any oceans, let alone any whales in Oklahoma)

California - No riding bicycles in swimming pools

Kentucky - you can't carry an ice cream cone in your pocket

Ohio - You can't eat a donut and walk backward on a city street

Tennessee - you must be 18 to play pinball

Louisiana - You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

There are a lot of places that have laws that say hotels need hitching posts and water buckets out front.

Luckily not all the laws are enforced.
I often wonder what made people make some of these laws like the one in Idaho.

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