Crazy Laws in the United States

This cities and states of the United States are riddled with outlandish laws. Some are so unbelievable, it's hard to imagine that they are fact. But, they are. Here are some of the funniest I could find.

I'm starting in West Virginia, where I'm from. In the city of Huntington, it is legal for a man to beat up his wife as long as he does it in a Sunday on the steps of the courthouse. Statewide, anyone who commits adultery will be fined a minimum of twenty dollars. Now, that would keep anyone faithful.

In Massachusetts, you can't drive around with a gorilla in the back of your car. Your child may smoke cigarettes if they want, they just can't buy them. You can't give beer to hospital patients and candy cannot have more than one percent of alcohol.

Kentucky has a law that states that you may not dye a duck blue and then sell it unless you have at least six more for sale at the same time. In Fort Thomas, Kentucky, it is illegal for a dog to molest a car. In Owensboro, it is illegal for a woman to buy a hat without her husband's permission.

A vehicle without a driver may not exceed sixty miles per hour in the state of California. In Baldwin Park, you are breaking the law if you ride a bike in a swimming pool. In Chico, you cannot bowl on the sidewalks.

You can be arrested if your child burps during church and you live in Nebraska. Without a state license, it is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm. Men in Omaha are not to be in public with a shaved chest. If you live in Lehigh, it is illegal for you to sell doughnut holes.

You won't make any money off your eyeballs in Texas. It's illegal to sell them there. And, for those planning to commit a crime in Texas... An anticrime law passed recently requires that all criminals must either give oral or written notice to their victim 24 hours ahead of time that lets them know the details of the crime they intend to commit.

In Illinois, you can be arrested for vagrancy if you are not carrying at least one dollar on you. In Chicago, you cannot fish if you are sitting on the neck of a giraffe. You cannot fly a kite within city limits. In Des Plaines, you may not have a wheelbarrow chained to a tree with a for-sale sign on it. In Evanston, it is illegal for you to change your clothes in an automobile even with curtains, except in case of fire.

There are many more absurd laws in this country. Some just make absolutely no sense. As much as I would like to believe that our lawmakers had a good reason for creating some of these laws, I have to wonder... What in the world were they thinking?