Nash's blog: "DUMB LAWS"

10. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing 9. A recently passed anticrime 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. 8. It is unlawful for a person to consume an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon a public roadway, if the person is observed doing so by a peace officer. 7. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home. 6. When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. 5. It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers. 4. You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times 3. It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. 2. It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday. 1. It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing. (This one must be important because it's on there twice!)

10. A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll. 9. A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket. 8. It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun. 7. A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match 6. During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks 5. Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers". 4. Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business. 3. You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand. 2. A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline. 1. The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

10. Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. 9. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. 8. It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. 7. Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways 6. Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool. 5. You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows. 4. Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine. 3. It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String". 2. Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor) 1. Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.

10. It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots 9. It is illegal to wear your boots to bed 8. Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state. 7. It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle. 6. Whaling is illegal. 5. Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog. 4. Molesting an automobile is illegal. 3. It is unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window. 2. No one may walk backwards downtown while eating a hamburger 1. Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.