Crazy Laws and Other Humorous Thoughts
Source of Recipe
Aunt Saunny
Crazy Laws Most of these are certainly outdated. But it's funny to
think they ever were laws.
In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her
husband's permission.
In New York, it is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head
for fun.
In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle in
Connecticut, it must bounce.
To keep any of the incarcerated beasts from picking up bad habits, the
town of Manville, NJ decreed that it is illegal to feed whiskey or
offer cigarettes to animals at the local zoo.
If you sell hollow logs in Tennessee, you are breaking the law.
Compulsive gamblers stay out of Richmond, VA: it is even illegal to
flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for the coffee.
Don't bother the butterflies in Pacific Grove, CA unless you have an
extra $500 for the offense.
The same is true for bullfrogs and cottontails in Hayden, AZ. where
disturbing them in the city limits is against the law.
Have it your way, but don't share it in OK. This state forbids a person
from taking a bite out of another person's hamburger.
Need a radio on Sunday? In Spokane, WA, you can buy one on the Sabbath,
but forget about purchasing a television!
In the state of New York, you need a license to use a clothesline
outdoors.
If any retirees from the circus are thinking about settling down and
farming in NC, they are forwarned right here and now that it is against
the law in this state to use elephants to plow cotton fields!
It is illegal to take more than 2 baths a month within Boston confines.
In Calgary there is a by-law that is still on the books that requires
businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses.
In the England it is illegal to sell most goods on a Sunday, (this law
is mostly ignored), it is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also
legal to sell it at any price and to give free gifts with it, such as
anything else one might want to buy on a Sunday!
Communion Little Johnny was in church when the wine and wafers were
passed out. His mother leaned over and told him that he was not old enough
to partake in the Communion.
When the basket was passed around she leaned over once again to tell
him to drop his money in, but Little Johhny held his dollar firmly in his
hand, stating...
"If I can't eat, I won't pay!"
Baptism A father is in church with three of his young children,
including his five year old daughter.
As was customary, he sat in the very front row so that the children
could properly witness the service.
During this particular service, the minister was performing the baptism
of a tiny infant. The little five year old girl was taken by this,
observing that he was saying something and pouring water over the infant's
head.
With a quizzical look on her face, the little girl turned to her father
and asked, "Daddy, why is he brainwashing that baby?"
Quick Quotes "Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much
better if the salt accompanies a large margarita." --Maxine
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An American history teacher, lecturing the class on the Puritans,
asked: "What sort of people were punished in the stocks?"
To which a small voice from the back of the room responded: "The small
investor."
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"You're too good for him." -Sign over mirror in Women's restroom, Ed
Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA.
"No wonder you always go home alone." -Sign over mirror in Men's
restroom, Ed Debevic's, Beverly Hills, CA.
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