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Weird U.S. Laws

In Alabama, it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

In Texas, it is illegal to curse in front of, or indecently expose oneself to, a corpse. (And you would do this why?...)

In Michigan, a man legally owns his wife's hair.

Kansas law prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

In Idaho, the law states all boxes of candy given as romantic gifts must weigh more than 50 pounds.

It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas. (There are wild fish in Kansas?)

In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school or place of worship. (What will they do? Send the animals to jail?)

In Washington state, it's against the law to sleep in an outhouse without the owner's permission.

Putting salt on a railroad track can be punishable by death in the state of Alabama.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow. (I would SO do that. Graffitti a cow...)

In Alabama, dominoes may not be played on Sunday.

In New York City, it's illegal to shake a dust mop out a window.

In Connorsville, Wisconsin a man is legally prohibited from shooting a gun while his female partner is having an orgasm. (Gee, this would really happen. Interrupt sex to fire a gun? Yeah right.)

In New York, it's against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

In Pueblo, Colorado, it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits. (Heaven forbid, a dandelion should grow in Pueblo. My uncle lives in Pueblo...)

In the state of Washington, it's illegal to catch a fish by throwing a rock at it. (Like I'm really going to throw a rock at a fish.)

It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota.

In Berkeley, California, you can't whistle for an escaped bird before 7:00 a.m. (That would happen in Berkeley.)

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take anything other than backwards steps while dancing.

In California, it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

In Florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. (And having relations with a whale is?)

San Francisco bans any "mechanical device that reproduces obscene language."

In Nogales, Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.

In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. (Oh yeah, there are certainly a lot of giraffes in Atlanta.)

In Logan County, Colorado, it's illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she's asleep.

There's a San Francisco law that states it's illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room.

In the state of Texas, it is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

A person is not eligible to become governor in Pennsylvania if they have participated in a duel.

It's against the law for a woman to drive in a house coat in California.

In Texas, it's illegal to milk another person's cow. (God forbid I should milk another person's cow...)

Clowfish change Gender during thier life cycle. When the female dies the largest male becomesa woman.

So if Finding Nemo was acurate after Coral died Marlon should have become a woman.

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