Dumb Laws – T

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Dumb Laws by Letter State — A C D F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W

Tennessee | Texas

Tennessee

  • You can’t shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.
  • Hollow logs may not be sold.
  • Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud bitch that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.
  • More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.
  • It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
  • “Crimes against nature” are prohibited.
  • Giving and receiving oral sex is still prohibited by law.
  • Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.
  • Driving is not to be done while asleep.
  • The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.
  • It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.
  • Dyersburg — It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
  • Fayette County — You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles on a piece of property.
  • Lenoir City — When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
  • Lexington — No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk.
  • Spitting on the sidewalk is prohibited.
  • Knoxville — In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a “hitching post.”
  • Memphis — 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’s illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.
  • Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis.
  • It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.
  • Nashville — Males may not be sexually aroused in public.
  • Oneida — An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song “It Ain’t Goin’ To Rain No Mo’.”

Texas

  • No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.
  • It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
  • Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden.
  • If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them.
  • Spearfish — If three or more Indians are walking down the street together, they can be considered a war party and fired upon.
  • When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
  • A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
  • It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
  • You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.
  • It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don’t need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
  • It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
  • It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.
  • A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
  • It is unlawful for a person to consume an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon a public roadway, if the person is observed doing so by a peace officer.
  • The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
  • Abilene — It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing.
  • Austin — Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.
  • Beaumont — Collegiate football is banned at Lamar University.
  • Borger — It is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind.
  • Clarendon — It is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.
  • Dallas — It’s illegal to possess realistic dildos.
  • El Paso — Churches, hotels, halls of assembly, stores, markets, banking rooms, railroad depots, and saloons are required to provide spittoons “of a kind and number to efficiently contain expectorations into them.”
  • Houston — Beer may not be purchased after midnight on a Sunday, but it may be purchased on Monday.
  • It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.
  • Galveston — It is illegal to drive a motor car down Broadway before noon on Sundays.
  • Jasper — Dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of 100 dollars.
  • LeFors — It is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer while standing.
  • Lubbock County — It is illegal to drive within an arm’s length of alcohol – including alcohol in someone else’s blood stream.
  • Mesquite — It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
  • Port Arthur — Obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.
  • Richardson — It is now illegal to place a “for sale” sign on a car if it visible from the street.
  • It is illegal to do “U Turns”.
  • San Antonio — It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.
  • It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo.
  • Temple — No one may ride a horse and buggy through the town square.
  • You can ride your horse in the saloon.
  • Cattle thieves may be hanged on the spot.
  • Texarkana — Owners of horses may not ride them at night without tail lights.