These laws were fond on www.dumblaws.com New York as a slew of laws that are fun to read. In fact I shared some with a group of friends in New York. They loved reading them.
New Mexico:
1. Idiots may not vote. Full text of the law.
They need a spotter just like the weight lifters.
2. State officials ordered 400 words of “sexually explicit material” to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
“The sexual punning begins in ll. 25-35 and continues throughout the play. The love of Romeo and Juliet, although idealized, is rooted in passionate sexuality. The Victorian ideal of “pure,” non-sexual romantic love has not yet evolved. In this play there are crude allusions to sex and exalted ones, but the erotic is never very far under the surface.” — http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/love-in-the-arts/romeo.html
Carrizozo:
3. It’s forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
We are talking about legs, right?
Deming:
4. Persons may not spit on the steps of the opera house.Full text of the law.
No loogi’s. Plus, loogi’s are digesting.
5. Hunting is prohibited in Mountain View Cemetery.Full text of the law.
You could end up desecrating a headstone.
Las Cruces:
6. You may not carry a lunch-box down Main Street.
Why?
New York:
7. Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
I wouldn’t recommend this.
8. You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
That would be hard not to do in NYC. There is no point in making this a law.
9. It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing “body hugging clothing”.
Goodbye hipster clothing. Oh, wait they let them do that anyway.
10. Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.
Line’s from Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1 between Abraham and Sampson:
Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
Sampson: I do bite my thumb, sir.
Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
Sampson(to Gregory): Is the law of our side if I say ay?
Gregory: No.
Sampson: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.
11. A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.
I guess it constitutes as sexual harassment.
12. It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.
They could have a mental disorder or something in their head that could get worse if you do this. So, I don’t find the law too stupid. People do it anyway.
13. The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Duh!
14. New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.
Can we say “What Happens In Vegas” starring Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz? They re both from New York and originally agreed to divorce. Unfortunately this law wasn’t in there favor. They had to rough it out for a few months.
15. A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
What is it with these ice creams in peoples pockets laws?
16. While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
How rude! We can’t be social.
