Dumb Laws in United States
City Laws in United States
Alabama
It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
Women may not wear a ‘lewd dress’ in public.
No one may use a ‘funk ball’ within the city limits.
Bathing in city fountains is prohibited.
No person within the city may possess confetti.
It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk.
‘Spray String’ is banned.
Most locales do not have this problem, but Mobile found it necessary to ban bicycles from the interstate highways.
If one wishes to read palms in the city, they must first pay $10 for a permit.
No person may spit on the floor of a church.
If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.
It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area.
Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.
It is illegal to howl at ladies within the city limits.
It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.
It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
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