1) I'm starting a new job today and am rather excited and a little nervous...
2) I have a new favorite state law. In Louisiana it is illegal to tie an alligator to a fire hydrant. Good to know that one...
3) Ok I've done a bit more digging and there are tons of these stupid laws, but I'll still call that one my favorite (even though it may not be anymore, ex. in Michigan a wife isn't allowed to get her hair cut without her husband's permission) for the sake of brevity.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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I thought you were joking about the Michigan law about the wife's hair, but it's true! I've found some other good Michigan laws...
• Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
• In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
• It is illegal to sleep in a bathtub.
• It is illegal to loiter in the city morgue in Detroit.
• It is illegal for diners to take home an unfinished bottle of alcohol beverage.
• Smoking while in bed is illegal.
• The use of the names of dead presidents to sell alcohol is prohibited.
• Under an 1889 law, the health officer of East Jordan, Michigan could send any nonresident with an infectious disease back to where he/she came from, as long as the person could travel. If not, the officer could rent a house for use as a pest house.
I won't even go into some South Carolina Laws. For example, it is okay for a man to beat his wife, but only if it is on the courthouse steps and only on Sunday.
For what it's worth they still have blasphemy laws on the books over here but you can only blaspheme against the church of England anything else is fair game. Its good to know that silly archaic laws aren't the prerogative of just the US... though we have worlds more silly law since most laws in the US are established by state.
Those are great, eric!
And, josh, don't forget the laws up in this part of the country where it's still legal in some villages to shoot at a Scot but only within the city walls after the sun sets and with a bow and arrow...
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