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Strange Laws

In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.

It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia.

It is against the law to fish from horseback in Utah.

In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.

No one may catch fish with his bare hands in Kansas.

It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.

In Bexley, Ohio, Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.

In Cupertino, California, it is illegal to count backwards audibly in hexadecimal.

In Ottumwa, Iowa, "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."
908 posted on 02/23/2003 2:10:58 PM PST by lodwick (Plan as if you'll live forever, live as though today's the last. No regrets.)
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909 posted on 02/23/2003 2:15:41 PM PST by lodwick (Plan as if you'll live forever, live as though today's the last. No regrets.)
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Only in Wilbur, WA does the sheriff have run a beauty contest to determine equinine pulchritudity.Who's got the prettiest horse face? ;-)Do Joan Rivers or Ann Coulter qualify???
913 posted on 02/23/2003 6:06:13 PM PST by habs4ever
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