I went when I was really young. I think I mainly visited resorts and amusement parks.
Strange Laws
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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 -
@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?
Sort of like giving up circumcision for lent.
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