Governement's Bureaucratic Half-Witted Laws

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seem useless. In California community leaders
passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try to stop a child
from playfully jumping over puddles of water. The fine for such a crime is
fifty dollars and up to ten days in jail. Once again a government decided it
didn't have enough power and thought that it might as well impose a new law to
show its "immense" power over the people.
In Connecticut you can be stopped be the police for bike riding over
sixty-five miles an hour. You can also be arrested for walking across a
street on your hands. These laws will probably not be enforced due to the
fact that the odds of biking over sixty-five miles an hour or walking across a
street on one's hands seems unlikely.
Florida may be one of the most creative legal suppressors in the
Unites States. One law reads "Women may be fined up to 150 dollars if they
fall asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner." Another law states
that if an elephant is tied to a parking ...

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suppressive law states that
mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches. Another law makes
snoring a crime unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. If
one wants to wear a goatee a special five dollar permit must be purchased to
wear a goatee in public. In New York a fine of twenty five dollars can be
imposed on any citizen that flirts.
Some laws and ordinances seem to be "jokes". One instance that a law
seems humorous is it is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank
teller with a water pistol in Louisiana. In the state of Indiana it is
illegal for anyone to bathe during winter. Yet another almost comical law
states that it is illegal for any ...

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