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#6313 | | In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.
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#6314 | | In Tennessee, it is illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
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#6315 | | In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole a loaf of bread and gave it to you, you would only be tried for receiving, a crime punishable by forty lashes with the cat or the dog, whichever was handy. If you stole a dog and were caught, you were punished with twelve rabbit punches, although it was hard to find rabbits big enough or strong enough to punch you. -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac"
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#6316 | | In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
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#6317 | | In West Union, Ohio, No married man can go flying without his spouse along at any time, unless he has been married for more than 12 months.
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#6318 | | It has long been noticed that juries are pitiless for robbery and full of indulgence for infanticide. A question of interest, my dear Sir! The jury is afraid of being robbed and has passed the age when it could be a victim of infanticide. -- Edmond About
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#6319 | | It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.
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#6320 | | It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
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#6321 | | It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia.
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#6322 | | It is Mr. Mellon's credo that $200,000,000 can do no wrong. Our offense consists in doubting it. -- Justice Robert H. Jackson
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