“That humpback owes us money!” This next law is not only weird, but also physically impossible to break. Apparently, it is illegal to shoot any animal from your car in Tennessee, unless it’s a whale. Now I don’t think that’s a euphemism for an overweight person, but whales also don’t live in Tennessee being that [...]

Campaigning for any election can certainly be a battle, but it can all be for naught if you’ve been in a real battle. In Kentucky, you can not run for governor if you’ve been involved with a duel. In fact, it’s so serious the issue has been included in the oath of office which states, [...]

Voting is inherently American. We’ve literally been doing it longer than we’ve been a country. Sure, not all of us have always been able to do it, but we slowly came around to dropping those barriers. But that doesn’t mean that you have all day to vote, especially not in Alabama. According to official voting [...]

Swiping music files has caused consternation in the recording industry Their interests are represented in the U.S. by Recording lndustry Association of America (RIAA) and they have come up with a desperate solution to the problem. They are using their draconian to sue anybody found in possession of illicit music files, They have spread their [...]

In the Alabama Criminal Code, there is one section that is sure to raise a couple of questions. Questions like, “Can a law be that specific?” and “Huh, are dominoes dangerous when mixed with billards outside of carefully controlled environments?” I speak, of course, of section 34-6-12 which goes as follows: “In counties having populations [...]

In Missouri, the law is quite clear – you can have yellow butter or white margarine, but yellow margarine is just not welcome. Today the idea seems quite insane, but when the law was originally created, around 1895, it was actually pretty common. Missouri law makers were trying to protect the products of state dairy [...]

Who knew the fine people of Wells, Maine were so particular about their graveyards? Wells has a law that states “Advertisements May not be placed in Cemeteries”  100-4 PROHIBITED ACTS (amended 11-2-93).  Here is the full ext of the law: A.  The following acts are violations of this chapter: (1) [Amended 4-7-2001] The willful disfigurement, [...]

Just so everyone knows, mooning is the practice of showing your butt or bottom by pulling down your pants and giving onlookers a nice view of said bottom. Now we know. While this is certainly not my type of humor, many people find this is a very laughter inducing situation and it seems the college [...]

Some laws are just laws.  Don’t kill people.  Don’t steal cars.  Or police cars.  Don’t deface property.  Don’t not pay your taxes.  But, with the Halloween season fast approaching, I thought it would be fun to find some laws that are specifically related to Halloween. Some are kind of boring, like in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware [...]

Just in case you were planning one, it is illegal to cause a catastrophe in Utah.  Just in case you don’t believe me, here is the full text of the law, courtesy of dumblaws.com. 76-6-105 Causing a catastrophe.  (1) Any person who by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of a building, release of a poison [...]