USA – how to obey the laws

As travellers, we all try to be law abiding. I think that there is sufficient media coverage that we are aware of most of these. However, there are many strange laws in the USA and also in many other countries. They do still exist, and have never been repealed. Get an overzealous police person and you might just find yourself in trouble for these.
Let’s look at the strange laws in the USA that you need to be aware of:

• In Zion, Illinois, it is illegal to offer cigars to your pets

• In St. Louis, Missouri, it is illegal for firefighters to rescue women who are still in their nightdresses

• In Ames, Iowa, it is illegal for men to have three sips of beer while they are in bed with their wives

• In Conorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to fire a gun while his wife is having an orgasm
So that is what that noise was!

• In Tremonton, Utah, it is illegal for a woman to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance.

• In Oblong, Illinois, it is illegal to make love while fishing or hunting on your wedding day

• In Florida, it is illegal to have sex with a porcupine

• In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle

• In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk

In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station

• In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed

• In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth

• In Alexandria, Minnesota, it is illegal for a man who has garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath to have sex with his wife

• In Eureka, Nevada, it is illegal for men with moustaches to kiss women

• In Logan County, Colorado, it is illegal to kiss a woman while she is asleep

• In Providence, Rhode Island, it is illegal for shop owners to sell toothpaste and toothbrushes to the same customer on a Sunday

• In Maryland, it is illegal for radio stations to play Randy Newman’s song ‘Short people’

• In Iowa, it is illegal for horses to eat fire hydrants

• In Massachusetts, it is illegal for mourners to eat no more than three sandwiches at a wake

• In Minnesota, USA, it is still against the law to hang male and female underwear together on the same washing line

Well, I hope this has helped you out. Many countries have strange laws but I hope you can use this new found knowledge to have a safe and legal travel.

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