In Pennsylvania it's illegal to have more than 16 women live in the same house.
I wanted to kick things off with an example of a dumb law from my own
home state. I'm not sure if the specifics reported are right, or if it's
still the case (as opposed to an old law). But I do remember the topic
coming up periodically when I was in college. It was a concern for
sororities where groups of "sisters" would share a sorority house.
It's reported that doing so is illegal. Again, I'm not sure if this is legit or current. But the idea doesn't really surprise me. I know where I live Halloween trick-or-treating is very different than it was when I was a kid. They've put strict limits on the time kids can go out, and I seem to remember them deciding trick-or-treating should be a different day at some point — maybe if Halloween was on a school night. So no, if this is true, it wouldn't really surprise me. Just for curiosity's sake, have you seen changes in trick-or-treating since you were a kid too? Or do I just live in a dud of a town?
Way to go Fairbanks, Alaska! (They cleaned up filthy moose $ex on city streets!)
This is one of those reported laws that's so incredibly stupid I can't help but hope it's true (because that makes it all the funnier). As if animals give a moose's behind what our laws say. If it works, maybe my local officials can write a law that would stop those damned birds from crapping on my car.Well, I guess if you can't get him on the other charges.
Well, if that's the case I'm glad I don't live in Sweden. I just painted my place this spring, and am planning to do some more paint touch-ups soon. While this sounds like a pretty stupid law, I could maybe understand it if it's outdated and became law out of concerns over lead-based paint or something.
Why not just ban flirting altogether? Outdated, still on the books — I don't know. But this is one where I can't even begin to understand the logic if it's true ... not even in a historical context. You?
While we're talking about Singapore, tourists take note: it's also illegal to pee in an elevator.
In Canada, it's reported that it's illegal for clear and non-dark sodas to be caffeinated.
The hilarity of this dumb law is in its specificity. Sometimes when you read about stupid laws, they're actually just taking general laws and twisting them to sound silly (like a ban on large animals such as big dogs on a beach being twisted to say you can't take a polar bear to the beach). But this one isn't one of those. The law specifically mentions shoe fittings, and you can see the actual text of the law in the source for this one. I could completely understand a law banning any non-medical use of x-ray equipment because of the radiation involved. But to specifically call out shoe fittings? What were they thinking? I just can't imagine so many people in Washington State trying to do this that they felt it necessary to make it illegal.
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