Strange Laws
Believe it or not, these laws are real.
In Macomb, Illinois, it's illegal for a car to impersonate a wolf.
In Rumford, Maine, it's against the law to bite your landlord.
An ordinance in San Francisco bans picking up used confetti to throw again.
In Atlanta,Georgia, it's against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire.
In International Falls, Minnesota, it's against the law for a cat to chase a dog up a telephone pole.
It's illegal to catch fish while on horseback in Washington, DC.
It's illegal to take a lion to the theater in Maryland.
It's against the law to drive more than 2,000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard.
Brawley, California, passed a resolution banning snow within the city limits.
In Tennessee, it's illegal to drive a car while your're asleep.
Anyone found underneath a sidewalk in Florida is guilty of disorderly conduct.
It's illegal in New Jersey to slurp your soup.
A Texas law states that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, each must come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
It's illegal in Hartford, Connecticut, to kiss your wife on a Sunday.
It's against the law in Kentucky to remarry the same man four times.
In Marshalltown, Iowa, it's illegal for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.
In Tennessee, it's against the law to shoot game other than whales from a moving car.
It's illegal in Fairbanks, Alaska, for two moose to have sex on city sidewalks.
Source U.J's B.R.
In Macomb, Illinois, it's illegal for a car to impersonate a wolf.
In Rumford, Maine, it's against the law to bite your landlord.
An ordinance in San Francisco bans picking up used confetti to throw again.
In Atlanta,Georgia, it's against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire.
In International Falls, Minnesota, it's against the law for a cat to chase a dog up a telephone pole.
It's illegal to catch fish while on horseback in Washington, DC.
It's illegal to take a lion to the theater in Maryland.
It's against the law to drive more than 2,000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard.
Brawley, California, passed a resolution banning snow within the city limits.
In Tennessee, it's illegal to drive a car while your're asleep.
Anyone found underneath a sidewalk in Florida is guilty of disorderly conduct.
It's illegal in New Jersey to slurp your soup.
A Texas law states that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, each must come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
It's illegal in Hartford, Connecticut, to kiss your wife on a Sunday.
It's against the law in Kentucky to remarry the same man four times.
In Marshalltown, Iowa, it's illegal for a horse to eat a fire hydrant.
In Tennessee, it's against the law to shoot game other than whales from a moving car.
It's illegal in Fairbanks, Alaska, for two moose to have sex on city sidewalks.
Source U.J's B.R.
posted by Hannibal | 9:55 AM
2 Comments:
Ils sont fous ces américains
"Ils sont fous ces américains".
Euh... oui et non...
Tous les Etats possèdent dans leur législation des choses étranges. Evidemment quand il s'agit de mesures récentes, on peut s'interroger sur les motivations de ceux qui les ont instaurées. Mais il s'agit aussi fréquemment de mesures de droit archaïques qui n'ont jamais été abolies mais qui ne sont plus nécessairement appliquées ; dans ce cas elles reflètent plus les conceptions anciennes et un mode de pensée dépassé.
A mon avis, on est tous fous par rapport aux autres du moment qu'on peut retrouver une seule loi de ce genre dans nos pays respectifs.
Concernant les mesures liées aux animaux, on est précisément dans une conception relativement ancienne ; interdire aux animaux de faire certaines choses revient à les considérer comme des êtres responsables sur le plan pénal ; et, au moins jusqu'au XVIIIe s. dans certains pays européens, on n'hésitait pas à condamner des animaux en justice. C'est une autre époque...
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