Don't let your donkey sleep in a bathtub
Posted
in Adam in the Afternoon
at 11:34AM on 06/22/2010
Have you ever broken a silly law? And outdated law that might be still on the book? I found these strange laws and ordnances from thisoldhouse.com. The "Laws You Didn't Know You Were Breaking", or wacky ordinances that are still on the books around the country:
* You can't snore with the windows open in Massachusetts.
* Forget about using a dish towel in the state of Oregon or in Minneapolis. Letting china air-dry is the only allowable way.
* In Florida, you're in trouble if you shatter more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
* If you get your kicks tossing plates, don't try it from any window above the ground floor of a house or apartment in Freeport, Illinois.
* In Kansas, you can't stack plates more than eight high.
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, doesn't legislate what you can do with your rug outdoors, but indoors, it's a crime to sweep dirt under it.
* California requires "housewives" to boil their dust rags or risk jail time.
* Clotheslines are a great way to conserve energy -- unless it's winter in Los Angeles, when women aren't allowed to dry their unmentionables in public.
* Donkeys may not sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, New York.
* Don't try giving the twins a bath in Los Angeles, where it's illegal to wash two babies at once.
* You're one toe over the line if you dip it into the bathtub before 10 p.m. in Piqua, Ohio.
* Lawmakers in the state of Virginia and in Canton, Ohio, must not want their citizens to bathe: Indoor tubs are against the law.
* You can be cited for "dozing or snoozing" in the tub in Detroit.
* You may not sleep in, or on top of, a refrigerator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* You can't sleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.
* You can't snore with the windows open in Massachusetts.
* Forget about using a dish towel in the state of Oregon or in Minneapolis. Letting china air-dry is the only allowable way.
* In Florida, you're in trouble if you shatter more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.
* If you get your kicks tossing plates, don't try it from any window above the ground floor of a house or apartment in Freeport, Illinois.
* In Kansas, you can't stack plates more than eight high.
* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, doesn't legislate what you can do with your rug outdoors, but indoors, it's a crime to sweep dirt under it.
* California requires "housewives" to boil their dust rags or risk jail time.
* Clotheslines are a great way to conserve energy -- unless it's winter in Los Angeles, when women aren't allowed to dry their unmentionables in public.
* Donkeys may not sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, New York.
* Don't try giving the twins a bath in Los Angeles, where it's illegal to wash two babies at once.
* You're one toe over the line if you dip it into the bathtub before 10 p.m. in Piqua, Ohio.
* Lawmakers in the state of Virginia and in Canton, Ohio, must not want their citizens to bathe: Indoor tubs are against the law.
* You can be cited for "dozing or snoozing" in the tub in Detroit.
* You may not sleep in, or on top of, a refrigerator in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* You can't sleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.
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