In Whatever Happened to Justice?, Richard Maybury recommends a book entitled The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and Other Bonehead Legislation. In this book, journalist Dick Hyman cites 600 examples of absurd laws in America. Here are just a few...
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.
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In South Carolina, you are breaking the law if your trousers have hip pockets.
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In Vermont, it is against the law to whistle under water.
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A Texas law says that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
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The Arkansas legislature once enacted a law forbidding the Arkansas river to rise higher than the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
In Massachusetts, it is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.
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In South Carolina, you are breaking the law if your trousers have hip pockets.
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In Vermont, it is against the law to whistle under water.
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A Texas law says that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
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The Arkansas legislature once enacted a law forbidding the Arkansas river to rise higher than the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
... yes, you did read that correctly. No, I didn't make it up.
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Persevero,
wow, Corey those are some ridiculous regulations. What is this country coming to?
ReplyDeleteOkay, Scribe, are you sure you didn't make
ReplyDeletethese up?? I believe you, but they are complete nonsense.
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memaw