Dumb laws

[Anchor Moy]

Every country and state seems to have these funny out-dated laws, but it's so easy to laugh at a place like Alabama, where bear-wrestling is illegal, but incest is ok... also, forbidden : "You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time." Not that I would do that, but what about constitutional rights ?

From the amazing state of Alabama, USA:

Dumb Laws in Alabama

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.

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 at any time.
Masks may not be worn in public.
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.
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 to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

Thank you Alabama.

[Username Taken]

You obviously have too much time on your hands. But, that's ok. Keep 'em coming.

Salt on a railroad track? Punishable by death?

[Anchor Moy]

You obviously have too much time on your hands. But, that's ok. Keep 'em coming.

Salt on a railroad track? Punishable by death?

I do. It's Sunday and i've been drinking wine

Let's try Arkansas laws : http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/arkansas
Less quantity, but the quality is not bad.

It’s strictly prohibited to pronounce “Arkansas” incorrectly.

A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise.

A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

Oral sex is considered to be sodomy.

Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs.

Never mind the alligators. Particularly like the oral sex law, which show that biology is not a compulsory subject for those who make the laws.

[GonzoBobH]

sod·om·y
ˈsädəmē/
noun
noun: sodomy
sexual intercourse involving anal or oral copulation.

Origin

Middle English: from medieval Latin sodomia, from late Latin peccatum Sodomiticum ‘sin of Sodom’ (after Gen. 19:5, which implies that the men of Sodom practiced homosexual rape) (see Sodom).

I always thought that oral sex was sodomy.

[Anchor Moy]

sod·om·y
ˈsädəmē/
noun
noun: sodomy
sexual intercourse involving anal or oral copulation.

Origin

Middle English: from medieval Latin sodomia, from late Latin peccatum Sodomiticum ‘sin of Sodom’ (after Gen. 19:5, which implies that the men of Sodom practiced homosexual rape) (see Sodom).

I always thought that oral sex was sodomy.

I think this is a problem between the US and the UK/European definition of sodomy. Oral sex seems to have a special place in US laws that don't exist in Europe.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/diction ... ish/sodomy
In case the kids are reading over your shoulder:

Spoiler:

the sexual act of putting the penis into another person's anus

Also:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defin ... ish/sodomy
And if both the Cambridge and the Oxford dictionaries agree on this, then it is so. (In UK English at least.)

[Username Taken]

Hooray for proper English!

[StroppyChops]

Hooray for proper English!

It's gooder.

[Username Taken]

Hooray for proper English!

It's gooder.

Well that's proper, innit?

[StroppyChops]

Hooray for proper English!

It's gooder.

Well that's proper, innit?

To'ally.

[Anchor Moy]

Utah next. Not as conservative as I would have thought - just plain weird mostly.
I hope that someone is taking the piss here. What's this fixation with whales ?
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/utah

It is a felony to persistently tread on the cracks between paving stones on the sidewalk of a state highway.
It’s legal for restaurants to serve wine with meals, but only if you ask for the wine list.
It is considered an offense to hunt whales.
No one may have sex in the back of an ambulance if it is responding to an emergency call.
It is against the law to fish from horseback.
Alcohol may not be sold during an emergency.

City Laws in Utah
Monroe
Daylight must be visible between partners on a dance floor.
Ogden
Only animal services officials and policemen may molest animals