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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4772594" data-attributes="member: 64209"><p>Sorta Forked from a bunch of other threads (is pirating good apart from the bad) and (Why DON'T you pirate) to name a couple.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not saying pirating is good, but I did want to shake up people's ideas of "it's wrong to do <span style="color: darkorange">it</span> BECAUSE <span style="color: darkorange">it</span> is illegal" (where <span style="color: darkorange">it</span> could be anything, not just pirating.)</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>Do you (did you):</u></span></strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>The Serious Ones (laws you probably were aware of):</strong></p><p></p><p>1. Speed?</p><p>2. Drink underage?</p><p>3. Smoke cigarettes underage?</p><p>4. Jaywalk?</p><p>5. Use a chemical (like a cleaner) in a manner not prescribed by use? (Including using at a higher dilution strength than recommended for its use)</p><p>6. Fail to mention every single last cent of income on your taxes?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>The Fun Ones (dependent on where you live):</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>Alabama:</strong> </p> <p style="text-align: left">Play Dominoes on Sunday.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Arizona:</strong> </p> <p style="text-align: left">Tuscon: Wear pants (if female).</p> <p style="text-align: left">Globe: Play cards in the street with a Native American.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Glendale: Back up your car.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Nogales: Wear suspenders.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Arkansas:</strong> </p> <p style="text-align: left">(If male) beat your wife more than once per month.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Little Rock: Flirt. (penalty 30 days in jail).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>California:</strong> </p> <p style="text-align: left">Drive wearing a housecoat (if female).</p> <p style="text-align: left">Long Beach: curse on a mini golf course.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Los Angeles: cry on the witness stand.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Colorado</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Pueblo: allow a dandelion to grow.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Connecticut</strong>: </p> <p style="text-align: left">Hartford: educate a dog.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Hartford: (male) kiss your wife on Sunday.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Dispose of used razor blades.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Delaware</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Lewes: Wear pants that are "form fitting" at the waist.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Florida</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Miami: a man may not wear any strapless gown</p> <p style="text-align: left">Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed</p> <p style="text-align: left">Sarsota: sing in a bathing suit</p> <p style="text-align: left">Women falling asleep under a hair dryer</p> <p style="text-align: left">Skateboard without a license</p> <p style="text-align: left">Have sex in any position but the missionary position.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Georgia</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Change the clothes on a storefront mannequin with the shades up.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Hawaii</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Idaho</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 lbs.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Illinois</strong>: </p> <p style="text-align: left">Chicago: go out in public if you are an "unsightly or disgusting object"</p> <p style="text-align: left">That is, if you are disfigured, maimed, mutilated, etc.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Chicago: fish in one's pajamas</p> <p style="text-align: left">Speak "English". The only official language is "American."</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Indiana</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Gary: attend the theater within 4 hours of eating garlic</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Iowa</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Charging admission to any event to a one armed piano player.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Kansas</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Restaurants may NOT sell cherry pie al a mode on Sundays.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Lang: ride a mule on Main St in August (unless it's has a straw hat on)</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Kentucky</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">(Women) appear on a highway in a bathing suit by self unless she is</p> <p style="text-align: left">accompanied by police or weighs <90 lbs or >200 lbs.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Remarry the same man 4 times.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Louisiana</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">New Orleans: Fire trucks must stop at all red lights.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Gargle in public</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Maine</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Portland: (men) tickle a woman under the chin with a feather duster</p> <p style="text-align: left">Waterville: blow one's nose in public</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Maryland</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Baltimore: wash a dirty sink (no matter how dirty it gets)</p> <p style="text-align: left">Bowl: ($2 fine for each offense)</p> <p style="text-align: left">Halethorpe: kiss for more than 1 second</p> <p style="text-align: left">Mistreat oysters</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Massachusets:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Salem: married couples may not sleep in the nude in a rented room</p> <p style="text-align: left">Wear a goatee without a license</p> <p style="text-align: left">Boston: take a bath unless ordered by a physician to do so</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Michigan</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Detroit: "Ogle" a woman from a moving car</p> <p style="text-align: left">Swear in front of women or children</p> <p style="text-align: left">Commit adultery (it is a felony)</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Minnesota</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">(Women only): impersonate Santa Claus (30 days in jail)</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Missouri</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Saco: (women) wear a hat that might frighten the timid</p> <p style="text-align: left">St. Louis: a firefighter may only rescue fully dressed women (NOT </p> <p style="text-align: left">a woman wearing a nightgown)</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Montana</strong>: </p> <p style="text-align: left">It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Show movies that depict acts of felonious crime. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Nebraska</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Sell beer in a bar unless also brewing soup simultaneously.</p> <p style="text-align: left">A mother may not give her daughter a perm without a license</p> <p style="text-align: left">Waterloo: barbers may not eat onions from 7am to 7pm</p> <p style="text-align: left">Omaha: if a child burps in church his parents may be arrested</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Nevada</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Eureka: (men) if you have a mustache, you must not kiss a woman</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>New Jersey:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Frown at a police officer</p> <p style="text-align: left">Slurp soup</p> <p style="text-align: left">Pass another vehicle without audibly letting them know you are passing</p> <p style="text-align: left">you must beep or shout.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>New York:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Flirting</p> <p style="text-align: left">Hang clothes on a clothesline without a license</p> <p style="text-align: left">Jump off a building (penalty is death)</p> <p style="text-align: left">NYC: (women) be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing"</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>North Carolina:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Ashville: sneeze while on the city streets</p> <p style="text-align: left">State law mandates that all couples staying in rooms for one night</p> <p style="text-align: left">must be kept in a room with double beds, at least 2 ft apart.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>North Dakota:</strong> </p> <p style="text-align: left">Serve beer and pretzles at the same time.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Lie down or fall asleep with your shoes on.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Fargo: wear a hat while dancing.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Ohio:</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left">Cleveland: Women may not wear patent leather shoes </p> <p style="text-align: left">Columbus: sell cornflakes on Sunday</p> <p style="text-align: left">Oxford: Women may not disrobe in front of a man's picture</p> <p style="text-align: left">Youngstown: Run out of gas.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Oaklahoma</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Make ugly faces at a dog.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Oregon</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Bathe without wearing clothes that cover the body from neck to knee</p> <p style="text-align: left">Pennsylvania:</p> <p style="text-align: left">If horses are coming down the road, you must pull over, turn off your</p> <p style="text-align: left">car, and cover it with a blanket that blends into the countryside.</p> <p style="text-align: left">IF the horses are skittish, you must disassemble your car and hide</p> <p style="text-align: left">it under the bushes.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Rhode Island</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Sell both toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same person on Sunday</p> <p style="text-align: left">Newport: smoke a pipe after sunset</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Texas</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Milk another person's cow.</p> <p style="text-align: left">An anticrime law requires criminals to notify victims 24 hrs in advance.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Vermont</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Deny the existence of God.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Whistle underwater.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Washington</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Seattle: Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without a</p> <p style="text-align: left">pillow between them face an automatic 6 month jail term</p> <p style="text-align: left">Seattle: carry a concealed weapon <em>longer than 6 feet.</em></p> <p style="text-align: left">Pretend that one's parents are rich.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Snooze on a train.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Wisconsin</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Cut a woman's hair.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Kiss on a train.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>Wyoming</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Women may not stand within 5 feet of a bar while drinking.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>(The fun ones taken from these sites, as I am not a lawyer<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.azzit.de/humor/30.html" target="_blank">Weird American Laws</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.dumblaws.com/" target="_blank">Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws!</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.lawguru.com/weird/part01.html" target="_blank">Lawguru.com - Weird Dumb Strange Humorous Funny Laws Part I</a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong>There are more at the sites (if your state is missing, for example). I encourage you to check out silly laws and post which ones you have broken.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 4772594, member: 64209"] Sorta Forked from a bunch of other threads (is pirating good apart from the bad) and (Why DON'T you pirate) to name a couple. I'm not saying pirating is good, but I did want to shake up people's ideas of "it's wrong to do [COLOR=darkorange]it[/COLOR] BECAUSE [COLOR=darkorange]it[/COLOR] is illegal" (where [COLOR=darkorange]it[/COLOR] could be anything, not just pirating.) [CENTER][B][SIZE=3][U]Do you (did you):[/U][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B]The Serious Ones (laws you probably were aware of):[/B][/CENTER] 1. Speed? 2. Drink underage? 3. Smoke cigarettes underage? 4. Jaywalk? 5. Use a chemical (like a cleaner) in a manner not prescribed by use? (Including using at a higher dilution strength than recommended for its use) 6. Fail to mention every single last cent of income on your taxes? [CENTER][B]The Fun Ones (dependent on where you live):[/B][/CENTER] [LEFT][B]Alabama:[/B] Play Dominoes on Sunday.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Arizona:[/B] Tuscon: Wear pants (if female). Globe: Play cards in the street with a Native American. Glendale: Back up your car. Nogales: Wear suspenders.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Arkansas:[/B] (If male) beat your wife more than once per month. Little Rock: Flirt. (penalty 30 days in jail).[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]California:[/B] Drive wearing a housecoat (if female). Long Beach: curse on a mini golf course. Los Angeles: cry on the witness stand.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Colorado[/B]: Pueblo: allow a dandelion to grow.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Connecticut[/B]: Hartford: educate a dog. Hartford: (male) kiss your wife on Sunday. Dispose of used razor blades.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Delaware[/B]: Lewes: Wear pants that are "form fitting" at the waist.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Florida[/B]: Miami: a man may not wear any strapless gown Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed Sarsota: sing in a bathing suit Women falling asleep under a hair dryer Skateboard without a license Have sex in any position but the missionary position.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Georgia[/B]: Change the clothes on a storefront mannequin with the shades up.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Hawaii[/B]: Appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Idaho[/B]: Boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 lbs.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Illinois[/B]: Chicago: go out in public if you are an "unsightly or disgusting object" That is, if you are disfigured, maimed, mutilated, etc. Chicago: fish in one's pajamas Speak "English". The only official language is "American."[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Indiana[/B]: Gary: attend the theater within 4 hours of eating garlic[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Iowa[/B]: Charging admission to any event to a one armed piano player.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Kansas[/B]: Restaurants may NOT sell cherry pie al a mode on Sundays. Lang: ride a mule on Main St in August (unless it's has a straw hat on)[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Kentucky[/B]: (Women) appear on a highway in a bathing suit by self unless she is accompanied by police or weighs <90 lbs or >200 lbs. Remarry the same man 4 times.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Louisiana[/B]: New Orleans: Fire trucks must stop at all red lights. Gargle in public[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Maine[/B]: Portland: (men) tickle a woman under the chin with a feather duster Waterville: blow one's nose in public[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Maryland[/B]: Baltimore: wash a dirty sink (no matter how dirty it gets) Bowl: ($2 fine for each offense) Halethorpe: kiss for more than 1 second Mistreat oysters[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Massachusets:[/B] Salem: married couples may not sleep in the nude in a rented room Wear a goatee without a license Boston: take a bath unless ordered by a physician to do so[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Michigan[/B]: Detroit: "Ogle" a woman from a moving car Swear in front of women or children Commit adultery (it is a felony)[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Minnesota[/B]: (Women only): impersonate Santa Claus (30 days in jail)[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Missouri[/B]: Saco: (women) wear a hat that might frighten the timid St. Louis: a firefighter may only rescue fully dressed women (NOT a woman wearing a nightgown)[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Montana[/B]: It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail. Show movies that depict acts of felonious crime. [/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Nebraska[/B]: Sell beer in a bar unless also brewing soup simultaneously. A mother may not give her daughter a perm without a license Waterloo: barbers may not eat onions from 7am to 7pm Omaha: if a child burps in church his parents may be arrested[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Nevada[/B]: Eureka: (men) if you have a mustache, you must not kiss a woman[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]New Jersey:[/B] Frown at a police officer Slurp soup Pass another vehicle without audibly letting them know you are passing you must beep or shout.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]New York:[/B] Flirting Hang clothes on a clothesline without a license Jump off a building (penalty is death) NYC: (women) be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing" [B]North Carolina:[/B] Ashville: sneeze while on the city streets State law mandates that all couples staying in rooms for one night must be kept in a room with double beds, at least 2 ft apart.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]North Dakota:[/B] Serve beer and pretzles at the same time. Lie down or fall asleep with your shoes on. Fargo: wear a hat while dancing.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Ohio:[/B] Cleveland: Women may not wear patent leather shoes Columbus: sell cornflakes on Sunday Oxford: Women may not disrobe in front of a man's picture Youngstown: Run out of gas.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Oaklahoma[/B]: Make ugly faces at a dog.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Oregon[/B]: Bathe without wearing clothes that cover the body from neck to knee Pennsylvania: If horses are coming down the road, you must pull over, turn off your car, and cover it with a blanket that blends into the countryside. IF the horses are skittish, you must disassemble your car and hide it under the bushes.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Rhode Island[/B]: Sell both toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same person on Sunday Newport: smoke a pipe after sunset[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Texas[/B]: Take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. Milk another person's cow. An anticrime law requires criminals to notify victims 24 hrs in advance.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Vermont[/B]: Deny the existence of God. Whistle underwater.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Washington[/B]: Seattle: Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without a pillow between them face an automatic 6 month jail term Seattle: carry a concealed weapon [I]longer than 6 feet.[/I] Pretend that one's parents are rich.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]West[/B] [B]Virginia[/B]: Snooze on a train.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Wisconsin[/B]: Cut a woman's hair. Kiss on a train.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B]Wyoming[/B]: Women may not stand within 5 feet of a bar while drinking.[/LEFT] [LEFT][B](The fun ones taken from these sites, as I am not a lawyer:)[/B] [URL="http://www.azzit.de/humor/30.html"]Weird American Laws[/URL] [URL="http://www.dumblaws.com/"]Dumb Laws, Stupid Laws: We have weird laws, strange laws, and just plain crazy laws![/URL] [URL="http://www.lawguru.com/weird/part01.html"]Lawguru.com - Weird Dumb Strange Humorous Funny Laws Part I[/URL][/LEFT] [LEFT][B]There are more at the sites (if your state is missing, for example). I encourage you to check out silly laws and post which ones you have broken.[/B][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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