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dj_laugs
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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Location: Lake Luzerne
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:58 am Post subject: Laws... they can be funny! Here some out New York |
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Dumb New York Laws
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M. |
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Haplo
Joined: 20 Jan 2005
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Location: Springfield, IL
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:45 am Post subject: |
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| What's even more exciting is finding out when these laws were created. Some of the dumbest laws, the ones we'd think are ancient, aren't that long ago... |
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chow
Joined: 22 Jan 2005
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Location: Cornfield County, Indiana
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Until 30 years ago, the offical speed limit on main street in my home town was: "No Faster than a Horse's Trot".
We found that out when someone went to fight a speeding ticket and they found that the speed limit signs were put up and the written records were never changed to reflect the new speeding limit.
They won! City lost. :lol:
How fast does a hourse trot? |
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