Weird, Off-The-Wall, and Unusual Laws

As everyone knows, there are some pretty outdated laws still on the books. Laws that sometime have no rhyme or reason for being there, much less being a law but they are there and can be enforced. I like to read about some of the unusual, off-the-wall and just plain weird laws that someone just felt like had to be a “law”. Whether they were ever enforced or not is something that we will never know. I live in Indiana and that is why I have looked some of them up. Anybody else that would like to check into their state and look at some of their states weird laws may do so at: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/ At this site they also off a lot of other “dumb” stuff like dumb criminals, dumb lawsuits, dumb inventions, to name a few. A web site you might want to check out and see about any state so have fun.

Now let me share with my readers some of Indiana’s weird, off-the-wall and unusual laws.

• It is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
• Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.
• Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans
• Waitresses may not carry drinks into a restaurant or bar.
• Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide.
• If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices.
• Anyone 14 or older who profanely curses, damns or swears by the name of God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be fined one to three dollars for each offense, with a maximum fine of ten dollars per day.
• Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March.
• It is illegal to sell cars on Sunday.
• A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17.
• It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
• It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
• Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.
• One man may not back into a parking spot because it prevents police officers from seeing the license plate.
• Smoking in the state legislature building is banned, except when the legislature is in session.
• Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
• Pedestrians crossing the highway at night are prohibited from wearing tail lights.
• No one may catch a fish with his bare hands.
• Men are prohibited from standing in a bar.
• You are not allowed to carry a cocktail from the bar to a table.
• Drinks on the house are illegal.
• Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.
• You are required to pour your drink into a glass.
• "Spiteful Gossip" and "talking behind a person's back" are illegal.
• State government officials who engage in private duels can be dismissed from their post
• All males 18 to 50 years old must work six days a year on public roads.
• In Elkhart it is illegal for barbers to threaten to cut off kid's ears.
• In Indianapolis, hopefully, residents of the city have speedometers on their horses, for they can not ride them in excess of ten miles per hour.