Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Dumb Laws at Michigan, Minnesota and Mississippi (USA) - REAL!!!

Michigan
A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.
A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
In Clawson, Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
In Detroit, couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
In Detroit, Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub.
In Rochester, Michigan, anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit inspected by a police officer.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
It is illegal to loiter in the city morgue in Detroit.
It's illegal in Michigan for a person under the age of 21 to give a gift of alcohol beverage to anyone, even to a person of legal age.
Permitting diners to take home an unfinished bottle of alcohol beverage, rather than consuming it all before leaving to prevent "waste," encourages moderation and discourages intoxication. However, this is prohibited in Michigan.
Smoking while in bed is illegal.
The use of the names of dead presidents to sell alcohol in Michigan is prohibited.
Under an 1889 law, the health officer of East Jordan, Mich., could send any nonresident with an infectious disease back to where he came from, as long as the person could travel. If not, the officer could rent a house for use as a pest house.
You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.

Minnesota
A Blue Earth, Minnesota, law declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the telephone unless monitored by a parent.
A Minnesota tax form is quite thorough. Some would say too thorough. It even asks for your date of death.
A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.
A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
All bathtubs must have feet.
All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts.
Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
Clawson: There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
Every man in Brainerd, Minnesota is required by law to grow a beard.
Grand Haven: No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.
Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
Harper Woods: It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets.
Hibbing: It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.
In Duluth, Minnesota it is illegal to allow animals to sleep in a bakery.
In Minnesota, it's illegal to tease skunks. (As if being sprayed weren't enough of a deterrent.)
It is illegal to sleep naked.
It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
It used to be legal in Minnesota to sell rolled candy on Sunday, and illegal to sell flat candy. The wafer people have gotten this one repealed.
Minneapolis: Red cars can not drive down Lake Street
Minnesota has repealed its so-called "Twinkie" law, under which a Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for dispensing $34 worth of Twinkies, Ho-Hos, cookies, Kool-Aid and coffee to some senior citizens.
Minnesotans are forbade from teasing skunks.
No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
Oral sex is prohibited.
Public intoxication is a crime in Pennsylvania but specifically not a crime in Minnesota.
Rochester: All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of police. Smoking while in bed is illegal.
St. Cloud: Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.
There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town office.
Virginia: You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.
Wayland: Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan. Kalamazoo: It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.

Mississippi
Adultery or Fornication (living together while not married or having sex with someone that is not your spouse) results in a fine of $500 and/or 6 months in prison.
Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging.
Columbus: The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.
Horses are not to be housed within 50 feet of any road.
In Brandon, Mississipi it is illegal to attempt to stop someone from walking down the sidewalk by parking a motorhome in their path.
In Temperance, MS, you can't walk a dog without dressing it in diapers.
In Oxford, Miss., it's illegal to "create unnecessary noises."
It is illegal for a male to be sexually aroused in public.
It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session.
Oxford: It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the square. Motor vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is not permitted as it might scare horses.
Tylertown: It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street.
Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
Unnatural intercourse, if both parties voluntarily participate, results in a maximum sentence of 10 years and $10,000.
Vagrancy is punishable by either 30 days in prison or a $201 fine.

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