Just a few goodies.... true examples of legislative insanity from my home state of Pennsylvania. Laugh if will, but your state has some whoppers too.. I promise you.
The real point is... not that some moronic law maker had such a cranial/rectal inversion, but that the public put them in office and left them there long enough to dream this crap up!
The American public truly gets exactly what it deserves.
Real laws from Pennsylvania:
• Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land,
a hunting license is
required to hunt on your own land.
• Witchcraft was first legalized in the colony of Pennsylvania.
• You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth.
• You may not catch a fish with your hands.
• You may not sing in the bathtub.
• Morrisville: It is required that a woman have a permit to wear
cosmetics.
• Motorized vehicles are not to be sold on Sundays.
• Newtown: Every outlet or switch (which can be purchased for 59
cents) that is installed requires an electrical inspection fee of 1 dollar
and 33 cents.
• In the Mount Pocono region any group of 5 or more Native Americans
are to be considered a raiding party
and may be killed on the spot.
• In York, Pennsylvania, you can't sit down while watering your lawn with a hose.
• It sounds like the title of a rock album or something, but "Coasting on Beaver Street" is illegal in Edgeworth, Pa.
• It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon,
revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.
• It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because
that constitutes a brothel. However up to • 120 men can live together,
without breaking the law.
• It it illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
• In Bensalem, Pennsylvania it is illegal to race mufflerless go-karts after 6PM on Sunday.
• In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck
driver inside a toll booth. (???????)
• In Hazelton, Pennsylvania, there is a law on the books that prohibits
a person from sipping a
carbonated drink while lecturing students in a
school auditorium.
• Danville: All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all
fires.
• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish.
• Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.
And finally: In Lancaster city, the city plows snow off the streets and onto the sidewalks, and then fines homeowners for not clearing the snow from their sidewalks. Homeowners may not shovel snow from the sidewalk onto the street, as it's against the law.
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Is that a puppet in your pants or are you just happy to see me?. . .
In Indiana : If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
Darn, there goes half of my favorite activities.
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