Stupid Laws Part 1 - Alabama

[Shauny7488]

Here is part 1 of an ongoing series of threads id like to start about stupid laws.

State Wide Laws

Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
Incestuous marriages are legal.
It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
You may not drive barefooted.
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
You must have windshield wipers on your car.
You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
Masks may not be worn in public.
Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

City Laws

Anniston
You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.

Auburn
No person may spit on the floor of a church.
It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area.
Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.

Huntsville
If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.

Lee County
It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.

Mobile
Women may not wear a 'lewd dress' in public.
No one may use a 'funk ball' within the city limits.
Bathing in city fountains is prohibited.
No person within the city may possess confetti.
It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk.
'Spray String' is banned.
Most locales do not have this problem, but Mobile found it necessary to ban bicycles from the interstate highways.
If one wishes to read palms in the city, they must first pay $10 for a permit.
It is illegal to howl at ladies within the city limits.
It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.

Montgomery
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.

Well thats all for Part 1 of my Stupid Laws series. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we go to Alaska. Also, if you know any more stupid laws in Alabama, feel free to post them up. Enjoy

[Quentin Hex]

is this just alabama laws?

[Dihan]

A lot of these are just common sense and just scream "nanny state". Others are, when taking into account the social, historic and religious background of the region, make sense.

[Shauny7488]

is this just alabama laws?

Yep

[Nowhere Man]

Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.
Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.
If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer.
It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.
No person within the city may possess confetti.
It is illegal to spit orange peels on the sidewalk.
It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.
It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses.

These are all ridiculous no matter what background you take into account.

LOL! Nice post! Can't wait for the rest =D