Friday, October 10, 2014

Totally Random and Obscure Laws that Actually Exist

#1 Stay Away From your Boyfriend 
In the lovely state of West Virginia, "Unmarried couple who live together and “lewdly associate” with one another may face up to a year in prison". Fortunately it was repealed in 2010.

Imagine all of those unmarried rebels who lived together prior to 2010. Really on the edge type of characters. Hope they were all released from prison. 

#2 Leave the Cows Be
In good 'ol Mississippi, cattle rustling is punishable by hanging. Still? Maybe not. But the fact that this was ever a law is pretty outrageous.

There's likely a bunch of other old laws that were punishable by hanging. If this made the cut, imagine the rest. Oh dear.


 

#3 Yeah, Your Elephant Pays Too
Leave it to Florida to come up with this gem "If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle".

Don't try to get out of paying your fines, you elephant riding renegades. You pay your dues just like the rest of us.




#4 Garlic Breath Much?
Out in Oregon, ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon. While the sentiment is appreciated, perhaps this law overstates some personal boundaries?

Talk about separation of church and state, now the government is telling the church about personal hygiene.



#5 NOT A BED
In Pennsylvania, one must never sleep on a refrigerator. There should be another law which states that anyone who needed the previous law explained to them should be arrested.

Reasons to no sleep on a refrigerator, because refrigerator. Simple enough?


#6 No Lantern In Car, Please
In the great state of Alabama, "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." Those lantern-free cars are good to go.

Admittedly, no one should ever drive the opposite way on a one way street, or drive with a lantern in your car for that matter


#7 No Stopping Here Any Time
In Little Rock, Arkansas "no one may suddenly stop their car in front of a McDonald's". Apparently, Arkansas takes its fast food joints VERY seriously.

Hard to imagine what the precedent for this was. Perhaps some crazy outlaw once came to a complete stop a a busy thrive thru, sending the town into downward spiral. Can't let that happen again.

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