Dumb Laws – G
By Jab0
Dumb Laws by Letter State — A C D F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W
Georgia
- It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
- You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by “fighting” words.
- Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
- Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
- Signs are required to be written in English.
- No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
- Acworth — All citizens must own a rake.
- Atlanta — Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
- One man may not be on another man’s back.
- Columbus — Can’t cut off a chicken’s head on Sunday.
- It is illegal to carry a chicken by it’s feet down Broadway on Sunday.
- Gainesville — Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
- Jonesboro — It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy”
- Kennesaw — Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.
- Marietta — Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
- St. Mary’s — No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
- Quitman — It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
- Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.