5 Strangest Laws in Georgia

Janet Trieschman, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Sep 3, 2008 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Dumbness and stupidity can be found at the highest levels of our society. The law is not exempt from examples of stupidity. And it is found far and wide across our country in each and every state. All states have weird and dumb laws on the books. It is often more time consuming and costly to have them removed, so there they sit. They usually aren't acted upon but they are legal and binding and can be enacted upon if an officer of the law wanted to do so. Some are actually new and have been used recently. How strange are Georgia's weird laws? Here are the top five strangest laws in Georgia. These are listed here in descending order for your entertainment. It is hoped that you would not use them to enact a citizen's arrest! Talk about dumb and stupid!

Keep in mind if it is a law, there was a reason or a need for it to be written.

Georgia, the peach state, was named to honor King George II of England.

Number 5
From Athens-Clarke County
On Mondays, it is illegal for one to whistle very loud after 11:00 PM. But only on Mondays, the rest of the week it is fine, whistle as loud as you'd like!

Number 4
Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session. As with many politicians, they have made laws to take care of their own. Shame, shame.

Number 3
All sex toys are banned. Used in court as recently as 1968 to sentence someone, this law still exists.

Number 2
The term "sadomasochistic abuse" is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit. I was with them up until the comma, after that I just shake my head. So how often did this happen?

Number 1
It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office. So if you are going to use profanity, move your dead, then curse at them or in front of them. Or were they suggesting you stand them up or sit them down first to prepare them? - just not lying down.

And a few that we've seen in other states:
Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs. What is with this?

No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday. With the specification of Sunday added here.

My personal favorite and I can't understand why it is listed as dumb or stupid:
Signs are required to be written in English. Smart! I wish the entire country would follow.

Published by Janet Trieschman

Janet has had a number of articles and reviews published, as well as many exhibitions and honors to her record and has been listed in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who... View profile

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