Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 08:20:17 -0600 Subject: strange but true laws ----- Begin Included Message ----- Some laws still on the books... o In Washington State: It's illegal to pretend your parents are rich. o In Oklahoma: It's a criminal offense to give liquor to a fish. o Chicago can toss you into jail for eating in a place that's on fire. o Peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California. o It's illegal for a gal to ask a guy for a date in Dyersburg, Tennesse. o A kiss in Halethorpe, Maryland can't last longer than one second. o A woman can't drive in Memphis, Tennessee unless a man is running in front waving a red flag to warn other drivers. o Funeral directors can be arrested for using profane language in the presence of a dead person in Nevada. o It's illegal to blindfold cows on the highway in Arkansas. o In South Dakota, it is illegal to take a woman across the state line with her shoes off. o Also in South Dakota, it is legal to shoot an Indian crossing water from West to East.. ----- End Included Message ----- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 19:29:55 -0800 Subject: Is any of this true? To: VALHALLA@listserv.rice.edu In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.) In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror. Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??) The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. ------------------------------ >from the spy magazine of june '95, some of the strangest laws in the states: Texas - A recently passed antcrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed... - In lefors, it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing... - In san antonio, it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.... Florida - Unmarried women who parachute on sundays may be jailed.... - In saratoga, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit... Nevada - It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway... - In eureka, men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women... California - In L.A. a man can legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap..... - It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.... Michigan - A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.... Arkansas - A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month... - Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of little rock may result in a 30-day jail term.... Utah - Birds have the right of way on all highways... - A husband is responsible for every criminal act commited by his wife while she is in his presence... Baltimore - In halethrope, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second... - It is illegal to mistreat oysters.... - In baltimore it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.... New York - In nyc it is illegal for a man to turn around and look "at a woman in that way", and violators are forced to wear horse blinders... Tennessee - It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish... - In dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date... - In memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists".... Colorado - In Logan county, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.... Rhode Island - In province it is illegal to sell toothpaste ands toothbrush to the same] customer on a sunday.... - In neewport, it is illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset.... Oklahoma - Whale hunting is strictly forbidden throughout the entire state... - In tulsa, kisses lasing more than three minutes are forbidden... Massachusetts - In salem, even married couples are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in rented rooms... - In Boston it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.... - In 1659, the state outlawed christmas...