Believe it or not, it is illegal to pick flowers from trees and plants in the city parks in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Someone needs to tell the people in Iowa that the world is not dealing with a shortage of flowers. Until all the bees die out, I think they’re still a renewable resource.

Sometimes I try to imagine the meetings where weird laws like this are passed or even brought up. Some peon addresses the mayor at the beginning and says “Mayor Overreact, I noticed this morning that when you pick a flower off its stem, it dies shortly after.” “Well holy crap, man! We’ve got to stop everyone from picking flowers!”

That’s probably a little unrealistic, I’ll admit. His name probably would have been Overkill or something like that. Anyway, I believe most laws rise out of necessity to stop recurring problems so was there a flower thief on the loose stealing all the flowers or what? Whatever their reason was, I’m sure it must have been good because otherwise, this law is just ridiculous.

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1. Self-Mutilating Prisoners
2. Stop Sleeping!
3. Horses, Laws, and Bears, Oh My!
4. Inner City Whales
5. Oklahoma Is NOT Going to the Dogs