Posted on 07/16/2022 7:14:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Ever borrowed some pine straw from a neighbor’s yard or stayed in a motel room with someone of the opposite sex to whom you weren't married? If so, take caution: In North Carolina, if they meet certain parameters, these acts could place you on the wrong side of the law.
While every region has its own unusual or unique laws, the Tar Heel state stands out for some of the strangest legislation to be found in the lower 48. So if you’re considering a drunken Bingo binge or find yourself coveting the neighbor's grease vat, you might want to think twice.
Here is a look at seven of the kookiest North Carolina laws still on the books.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
Stealing grease anywhere is a crime. Many companies reclaim used cooking oil for a reason: keeps it out of the sewer system and recycles it into numerous products. Yahoo is nothing more that a left wing hit site, a piece of crap.
The law against covering your face with a mask during demonstrations was likely a response to the KKK, but could also be used on Antifa, BLM or Jane’s Revenge.
So, the NC of a century ago recognized that the "settled science" of phrenology was right up there with palm reading, fortune telling, divination and other demonic activities.
Pinestraw, grease and dogs all very reasonable laws.
We sell pinestraw, treasure grease and don’t mess with my dog.
Ditto masks. Should have enforced that one.
Hotel rooms...eh...OK got us.
Bingo and alcohol...you do not want to cross drunken grannies with markers..trust me.
I know of laws over where you can leave your elephant.
Yahoo is one of the grease pits of the internet.
Definitely anti-Democratic-KKK legislation as it was in many other states roughly 100 years ago.
Fast forward to the present and we have the Democrats protecting their mask wearing Antifa/BLM goons.
In Texas, it is against the law to carry wirecutters in your glovebox
There are a lot of pine plantations in the eastern part of NC where pine straw is harvested. That would be the reasoning behind that particular law.
Every state, especially the older eastern ones, have strange laws on the books. A decade or so back Virginia set about cleaning up the laws, repealing some of the older/stranger ones.
Just like that you could ride your horse in town at faster than a canter. Though they did keep the one about riding a horse under the influence.
In Tennessee, it is still illegal to sell hollow logs, import skunks and carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket.
In the old, old days bear grease was used like money, very valuable.
The best use of grease EVER:
Wreck Tech Pajama Parade
The Wreck Tech Pajama Parade was inspired by a prank pulled by a group of mischievous Auburn cadets who, determined to show up the more well-known engineers from Georgia Tech, sneaked out of their dorms the night before the 1896 football game between Auburn and Tech and greased the railroad tracks leading into Auburn. According to the story, the train carrying the Georgia Tech team slid through town and didn’t stop until it was halfway to the neighboring town of Loachapoka, Alabama, The Georgia Tech team was forced to walk the five miles back to Auburn and, not surprisingly, was weary at the end of their journey, likely contributing to their subsequent 45–0 loss.
No wonder. Apparently, it was considered the Rogaine of the 18th and 19th centuries:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear%27s_grease
King of the North Pole.
Umm.... None of those listed are “kooky”.
Yahoo strikes out again.
Who would want to ride a drunk horse?
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