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Using dumblaws.com, look for your state or if you're not from the United States, your country and post the dumb laws that made you laugh... Make sure to include where you live.

 

Here's some for Texas

"It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel."

 

"The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home."

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For washington state:

The harassing of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other undiscovered subspecies is a felony punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.

 

X-rays may not be used to fit shoes.

 

It is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.

 

You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.

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Can we have a competition to see who has the dumbest?

 

North Carolina (I need to take the best ones before anyone else does)

 

Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.

 

While having sex, you must stay in the missionary position and have the shades pulled.

 

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.

 

Bingo games may not last over 5 hours unless it is held at a fair.

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More dumb Texan laws incoming.

 

When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

 

Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos.

 

Galveston, Texas: Landing an airplane on the beach is illegal.

 

Harker Heights, Texas: Drivers of city vehicles must respect all traffic rules just like the rest of us.

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I think you missed the point... Standing on the sidewalk... As in not crossing, just standing there

 

If they had put "wishes to cross the road", then it would be very subjective. If a pedestrian is standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross, the driver should (and must on Oregon) yield to that pedestrian.

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Hawai'i laws:
 
1. In Hawai'i you will be fined for riding in the back of a passenger car without a seatbelt, however you can ride in the bed of a pickup truck with no safety equipment. 
 
(Right now, it's $102 if you get a seatbelt ticket, but yeah I've seen my high school classmates ride in their friend's pickups without buckling up, or really guys on the H-1 freeway. I think there was supposed to be legislation on this, or already did.)
 
2. You may only have one alcoholic drink in front of you at a time.

 

(You're not supposed to driving while you're drunk anyway, so makes no sense. Unless you keep it closed and get drunk at home.)

3. Billboards are outlawed.

 

(Well, we don't really have a ton of space to put said billboards anyway; even with the new rail project for my island. Then again, advertisements are currently banned outside the buses. And the mayor wonders why we don't have enough money to fund the +$8 billion rail project; lost sources of revenue [but there are understandable reasons])

 

4. All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.

 

(This one is legitimately stupid; where the hell am I going to find space at the marina (or space at home if I can't find it) or get the time for a boating license. Or does this permit non-gasoline powered boats too?)

 

5. Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.

 

(I literally have no idea why this exists.)

 

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Last two are dumb; 2 is somewhere and the others are probably fine. 

 

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/hawaii

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LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow Experienced

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In Minnesota:

 

"A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head."

 

And

 

"Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head."

 

...Now I have to wonder if these are related.

Keep your damn chickens out of my state, assface

 

"State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese."

Why is this dumb? What kind of sinning bastard wouldn't slather cheese on everything you can?

 

"The state definition of rape stated that it was a man having sex with a woman he knows not to be his wife."

Well that's good to know.

 

"While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker’s license."

The joke about Wisconsin being serious about cheese isn't a joke, guys.

 

"Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has."

Ohey Yui look at that.
 
"Margarine may not be substituted for butter in restaurants unless it is requested by the customer."

"Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons."

"As people used to smuggle it in from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned."
funk your butter substitute.
"At one time, margarine was illegal."

And it still should be, devil-food

 

"Livestock have the right-of-way on public roads."

You're damn right we do

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Singapore:

 

"It is illegal to come within 50 meters of a pedestrian crossing marker on any street."

Feels out of context. Sounds like a driving rule of thumb. Hardly enforced if ever.

 

"It is illegal to pee in an elevator."

When you've experienced the smell that will never go away, you can understand why we're fining people for things like that.

 

"As it is considered pornographic, you may not walk around your home nude."

I feel the one who would press charges in such a case would be tried for voyeurism.

 

"The sale of gum is prohibited."

Most infamous law, mainly to stop wads of gum that are everywhere and not properly disposed. Or worse, holding down buttons. You can purchase elsewhere, transport it here, and chew it without repercussions as long as you dispose it properly.

 

"Homosexuals are not allowed to live in the country."

Similarly infamous and a controversy magnet, due to conservative cultures.

 

"If you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying, “I am a litterer." "

Or in more formal terms, "Corrective Work Order". Hardly seen this being acted on lately.

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Let's see what we've got for Arizona, shall we?

 

"Hunting camels is prohibited."

 

"There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus." (The only cacti that could feasibly be cut down around here is the saguaro, which is endangered, so this one sorta makes sense.)

 

"Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony."

 

"Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs."

 

"It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water."

 

"No more than six girls may live in any one house." (Maricopa County)

 

"Women may not wear pants." (Tucson) ( ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )

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I practically know and understand all of the laws cited for Sweden, except this one:

"If you release pigs into a acornwood (or a beechnutwood) mutually owned by you and at least one more, and exceeded your quota of allowed pigs, you will have to pay a fine for each each pig to the other owners and to restore any damages caused by the extra pigs."

 

On another note, Google Translate ahoy!

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