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Texas: It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. Curiously, it doesn't specify that you need a windshield, but you must
have the wipers.

It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while
standing.

No one other than a "registered pharmacist" may sell condoms
or other kinds of contraceptives "on the streets or other public
places.

It is illegal for a person to shoot a buffalo from the second story
of their hotel. Apparently, it is okay from the first story.

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a
tavern, school, or place of worship. Unfortunately, it has been
difficult to explain this law to the potential offenders.

Sunshine is guaranteed to all residents.
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving
vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Rhode Island: This state still prohibits unmarried people from
having sex under any circumstances. However, if caught,
the lovers are both fined only $10.00

It's a misdemeanor to keep more than 11 inoperable vehicles
in front of a house.

Pennsylvania: You may not sing in the bathtub. The good news is that this statute does not specifically ban singing in the shower.

No one is allowed to sleep on a refrigerator.

Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

Ministers are forbidden from perfuse.

A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her
husband's permission.

Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a
handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a
felony.

You may not swear in front of women and children in the
state of Michigan.

Smoking while in bed is illegal.

Indiana: A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for
statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her
socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.

Drinks on the house are illegal.
You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table.
-The waiter or waitress has to do it.

It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public. The big
question is, "How do they plan to check?''

No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.

It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

Florida: A special law prohibits unmarried women from
parachuting on Sunday.

Connecticut: This state still retains an old law forbidding any
kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults."

North Carolina: If a man and a woman who aren't married
go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then,
according to state law, they are legally married.

It is against the law to roller blade on a state highway.

Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.

Fights between cats and dogs are prohibited.

It is illegal to have sex in a churchyard.

A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons
is physically impotent.

Alabama: It's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste
woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a
promise of marriage."
 
It is illegal to worry a squirl in Ohio
Also illegal to go to church without a six-shooter on your hip
 
North Carolina: If a man and a woman who aren't married
go to a hotel/motel and register themselves as married then,
according to state law, they are legally married.


I wonder if this is how WeirdAl got married?
 
These are funny. However, it scares me some state and city officials thought these laws were needed.
 
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