Strange Laws

While trying to decide what to write, I came across a website with random facts and thought I would share some of them with you. Supposedly these are all “strange laws”…


You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)

In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs (hotel/bar) must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse.

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.

Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards

In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.

In Michigan it's illegal to place a skunk inside your bosses desk.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.

During the time that the atomic bomb was being hatched by the United States at Alamogordo, New Mexico, applicants for routine jobs like janitors, were disqualified if they could read. Illiteracy was a job requirement. The reason: the authorities did not want their trash or other papers read.

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

In parts of Alaska, it's illegal to feed alcohol to a moose.

You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making "ugly faces" at dogs in Oklahoma.

I am not really sure if this is true or not, but it is funny to think so! Have a great weekend!