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Offline roy1

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Strange Laws in Alabama
« on: July 11, 2011, 04:59:14 PM »



Strange Laws in Alabama...


It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.


 
You may not drive barefooted.


It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.


It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.


Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.



Putting salt on a railraod track may be punishable by death.


Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.


Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.


It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.


Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.


Incestous marriages are legal.


It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.




You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.


Anniston
You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.


Jasper
  *   It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.


Mobile
It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.


 *  It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.


Montgomery
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses. (Repealed)










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Re: Strange Laws in Alabama
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 05:07:24 PM »
OK, I can understand some rational reason for most of them. This one puzzles me:

You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.  ;D
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Re: Strange Laws in Alabama
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 05:14:46 PM »
Then I did a check on New York Laws:

In New York The law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way".

In New York Any man who consistently flirts will be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

In New York A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

In New York It is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.

In New York It is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.

In New York Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 PM.

In New York While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.

In New York A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

In New York New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.

In New York The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

In New York It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

In New York A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.

In Brooklyn New York You may not allow your Donkey to sleep in the bathtub.

In Carmel New York A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.

In Carmel New York You may not eat ice cream while standing on sidewalk waiting for a bus.

In Greene New York During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.

In New York New York Women can ride the city subways topless.

In New York New York It is illegal to do a puppet show in a window.

In New York New York You cannot honk your horn and if you do you have to pay a $350 fine.

In New York New York It's illegal to shake a dust mop out a window.

In New York New York Urinating on birds in Central Park is illegal.

In New York New York You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.

In New York New York Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

In New York New York It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing".

In New York New York Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers".

In Ocean City New York It is illegal to eat in the street in residential neighborhoods, and the only beverage you can drink on the beach is water in a clear plastic bottle.

In Ocean City New York Men may not look like they've had breast enhancements.

In Ocean City New York A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk.

In Ocean City New York Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.

In Ocean City New York People may not slurp their soup.

In Ocean City New York Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday.

In Ocean City New York Raw hamburger may not be sold.

In Ocean City New York It is illegal for men to go topless in the center of town.

In Sag Harbor New York It is illegal to disrobe in a wagon.

In Sag Harbor New York If one wishes to bathe in the city limits, they must be clothed in a "suitable bathing suit".

In Staten Island New York When watering your lawn with a hose you must only hold it with your hands.
Dedicated to Sgt. Howard Bruckner 1950 - 1969. KIA LONG KHANH.

But we were boys, and boys will be boys, and so they will. To us, everything was dangerous, but what of that? Had we not been made to live forever?