jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011

DUMB LAWS IN AMERICA

These are some example of dumb laws in America:
-Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
Incestuous marriages are legal
-It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
-It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
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.
 
-Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.


 
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

 -Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
-Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
-It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
-You must have windshield wipers on your car.

You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket
-Masks may not be worn in public.
-Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.



-It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

If an animal control officer is in uniform, it means to the public that he is an animal control officer. 
-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.
-It is illegal to howl at ladies within the city limits.
-It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.

If you want to know why these laws exist you can visit this page:
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/alabama?page=0

                                                                   By Carlos Bayo,Belén García  and  Jesús Gallego.

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