I’m Under Arrest for What? Fifty Bizarre U.S. Laws


New Jersey
It’s against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.

New Mexico
Females may not appear unshaven in public.

New York
While riding in an elevator, you must talk to no one, fold your hands, and look toward the door.

North Carolina
It’s against the law to sing off-key.

North Dakota
It’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.

Ohio
You must honk the horn whenever you pass another car, according to the state’s driver’s education manual.

Oklahoma
It’s forbidden to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger.

Oregon
State law requires dishes to be drip-dried.

Pennsylvania
It’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

Rhode Island
You may not bite off another person’s leg.

South Carolina
If a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, he is required by law to keep his promise.

South Dakota
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.

Tennessee
Selling hollow logs is strictly forbidden.

Texas
You may not shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

Utah
It is illegal not to drink milk.

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02.23.2012
D Langhorne
I have to add another comment, I kept reading earlier comments and came across one from Jeze Beth, who says among other things " Who cares if they're even true?". I care, yes this article is whimsy, but what if this author submitted another article on a more serious topic and did no fact checking, she could be making egregious errors. This author has written 127 other articles on this site, given her treatment of this article I would say her entire body of work is now suspect. There is an assumption when you write an article that factually at least it is accurate, Reporters have lost their jobs and carreers over things like this as well they should because it erodes trust.
02.23.2012
D Langhorne
i checked 2 of these, The Indiana "law" and the Ohio "rule". With regard to Ohio, I checked the Ohio drivers education manual and there is no mention of what is posted here. With the indiana one, it was a bill that was submitted, but it did not pass so it is in fact not a law and never was, there is a wikipedia article on that in fact. So, you should get your facts straight before you print untruths, which you have. A little bit of journalistic integrity would be nice. I can only assume all of these are suspect.
01.31.2012
Jeremy Micheals
Most of these laws are known as "Blue Laws". Laws that are on the books but not enforced and hard, and if not impossible to enforce. Most have been amended or overturned by other laws.
01.21.2012
Jake Blanton
I don't believe any of them... If you can't cite the statute, then all you are doing is relaying hearsay or spreading "male bovine excrement"...
01.19.2012
rar113
Iowa is missing. Very insulting! <g>
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