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syn's blog: "Dumb Laws"

created on 05/14/2008  |  http://fubar.com/dumb-laws/b215637

Connecticut

• A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak. • A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces • Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn. • Bloomfield, Conn: It's against the law to eat in your car. • Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs. • Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. • Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions. • Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display. • Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands • In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence. • In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police. • In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street • In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. • In Hartford, Conn., it's illegal to plant a tree in the street. • In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday. • In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. • In Simsbury, Conn., it's illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump. • It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway. • It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades. • It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut. • New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire. • No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind. • Southington: Silly string is banned. • Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names. • The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited. • This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults." • Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious." • Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer. • You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands. • You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. • You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays. • You may not educate dogs.
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