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Wednesday 18 November 2009
18/11 : Dumb Tennessee Laws
Dumb Tennessee laws* You can’t shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
* Hollow logs may not be sold.
* It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
* “Crimes against nature” are prohibited.
* Ministers are to be dedicated to God and therefore are not eligible to hold a seat in either House of the Legislature.
* Any person who participates in a duel may not hold any public office in the state.
* Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging.
* No Christian parent may require their children to pick up trash from the highway on Easter day.
* Driving is not to be done while asleep.
* It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.
* The definition of “dumb animal” includes every living creature.
* Tattooing a minor is a misdemeanor.
* It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a beer.
* It is illegal to place tacks on a highway.
* Skunks may not be carried into the state.
* One may not throw bottles at a tree.
* It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
* You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles on a piece of property.
* Bar owners may not let patrons make loud, unusual noises.
* In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a “hitching post.
* By law, anyone who has been drinking is “sober” until he or she “cannot hold onto the ground.
* It is illegal to transport an ice cream cone in your pocket.
* No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk.
* Spitting on the sidewalk is prohibited.
* It’s illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.
* Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis.
* It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners
* No person may keep a cheetah as a pet.
* Throwing stones is prohibited as it might break a window.
* Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
* Anyone rollerblading may not tie his or herself to a moving vehicle on a highway.
* All persons riding scooters must ride in single file.
* No person may roller skate and listen to a personal cd player at the same time.
* To play pinball, one must be 18 years old.
* An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song “It Ain’t Goin’ To Rain No Mo’”
