I went when I was really young. I think I mainly visited resorts and amusement parks.
Strange Laws
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That is excellent Jermofoot. Liked that one.
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Here in Kentucky, the word is that it was illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket. The reason being is that this was a method used in stealing horses - the horse would follow you wherever you roamed, thus you didn’t “technically” steal the horse.
An imaginative but somewhat perplexing law. Given that Kentucky supposedly has a subtropical climate, how long would an ice cream cone survive outdoors without melting (especially when tucked into a warm back pocket)?
Still, I suppose that horse-related laws are no laughing matter in Kentucky, which has a long equestrian tradition.
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ice cream cones and melting?? the Ice cream of course but the cone it self as well??
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@aequitas:
ice cream cones and melting?? the Ice cream of course but the cone it self as well??
Fair enough. Just because I’d personally find an empty ice-cream cone uninteresting doesn’t mean a horse would feel the same way. And it would avoid leaving a trail of melted ice cream on the ground, which the police (or lynching mob, if horse rustling is still handled that way) would follow to the perpetrator’s home.
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I thought more of a reply like ,ya because here in Kentucky or somewhere else they are made of choclate,or something :-D
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Snoring is prohibited in Massachusetts unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. It is also illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
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@CWO:
Here in Kentucky, the word is that it was illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket. The reason being is that this was a method used in stealing horses - the horse would follow you wherever you roamed, thus you didn’t “technically” steal the horse.
An imaginative but somewhat perplexing law. Given that Kentucky supposedly has a subtropical climate, how long would an ice cream cone survive outdoors without melting (especially when tucked into a warm back pocket)?
Still, I suppose that horse-related laws are no laughing matter in Kentucky, which has a long equestrian tradition.
At least in my waking years, there’s quite a swing in temperature: the state seems bipolar when it comes to weather. Typical horse racing times (fall, spring) can go either way, really. I wouldn’t put too much faith into an arbitrary line - you’d have to visit to see.
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There is an old law in Texas against carrying concealed wire cutters.
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An “unenforceable” ban on “willfully” annoying a person is set to get the axe in a Michigan city. The Grand Rapids City Commission is striking a section of city code that states “no person shall willfully annoy another person,” according to a Grand Rapids Press report. The city attorney says the 38-year-old section is “subject to a variety of interpretations” on what is deemed annoying, recommending that the language be abolished, Grand Rapids Press reported.
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In Athens, Greece, a driver’s lcense can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either “unbathed” or “poorly dressed”.
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In New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.
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It’s illegal to hunt wales in the state of Utah.
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@aequitas:
In Athens, Greece, a driver’s lcense can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either “unbathed” or “poorly dressed”.
Love this one. Does anyone still hold their licence?
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It’s illegal to hunt wales in the state of Utah.
Considering that Utah is a landlocked state, I’m baffled by that one. Is this along the lines of Arthur C. Clarke’s joke about the incompetent army general who should have been put in charge of the coastal defense of Wyoming?
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@CWO:
It’s illegal to hunt wales in the state of Utah.
Considering that Utah is a landlocked state, I’m baffled by that one. Is this along the lines of Arthur C. Clarke’s joke about the incompetent army general who should have been put in charge of the coastal defense of Wyoming?
Maybe they meant the Welsh, people of Wales.
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During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
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@aequitas:
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
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See this link…
http://abcnews.go.com/US/legal-annoying-grand-rapids-mich/story?id=22789259
…for the full details of the following laws:
Alabama: Illegal to wrestle a bear
Alabama: No card games on Sunday
Kentucky: Pets can’t molest cars
Tennessee: Illegal to take skunks across city limits
South Carolina: Illegal to catch fish with a yoyo
Florida: No pet elephants
Arkansas: No sounding horns outside sandwich shops at night
Tennessee: You must believe in God to run for public office
West Virginia: No taunting someone for not accepting a duel
New York: Illegal to put on puppet show from your window
New York: No dancing without a license
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@CWO:
South Carolina: Illegal to catch fish with a yoyo
New York: No dancing without a license
The South Carolina one makes somewhat sense, but the N.Y. one I’m kinda thinking about are the separated in classes? like A-class = good dancer
B-class = normal dancer
C-class = oh minor, he just waving arms arround… :-D
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