Georgia has a law prohibiting people from
saying "Oh boy" in public.
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The Georgia town of Conyers ventures to curb speech by prohibiting utterances of
the phrase "Two fried eggs and a fritter for a quarter."
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In Atlanta it's against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or a street
lamp.
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In Hawaii it is against the law for you to insert pennies in your ear.
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It is illegal in Idaho for a man to give his sweetheart a box of chocolates
weighing less than 50 pounds.
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In Illinois, animals can be sent to jail. A monkey served five days in a Chicago
jail for shoplifting. Similarly, in South Bend, Indiana, a monkey was convicted of the
crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 plus the cost of the
trial.
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Women in Joliet, Illinois, can be arrested for trying on more than six dresses in
one store.
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In fire-sensitive Chicago, it is against the law to eat in an establishment that
is on fire.
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Winnetka, Illinois theater managers can kick out any patron who has
"odoriferous feet."
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An ordinance in Lawrence, Kansas, forbids anyone to carry bees in his hat while
on the city streets.
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In McLough, Kansas, it's illegal to wash your false teeth in a public drinking
fountain.
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We're not sure what led to this one: In Natoma, Kansas, it's against the law to
practice knife throwing at men wearing striped suits.
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In Owensboro, Kentucky, it is illegal for a woman to buy a new hat without her
husband trying it on first.
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It's against the law to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket in Lexington,
Kentucky.
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In Portland, Maine, it's illegal to tickle a girl under the chin with a feather
duster.
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You can't kill a squirrel with a gun in a courtroom in Canton, Mississippi. And
in Hazelhurst you'll get in trouble if you carry fish down the street. Finally, in
Meridian the law forbids you to roll a safe down the street on its wheels.
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Any city in Missouri can levy a tax to support a band, as long as the mayor plays
piccolo and each band member can eat peas with a knife.
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In Quemado, New Mexico, a newspaper can be fined if it misspells a person's name
in print.
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It's against the law to walk down the street while reading in New York City.
Meanwhile, in Greene, New York, it's illegal to eat peanuts and walk backward down the
street while a concert is on.
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You can't use elephants to plow cotton fields in North Carolina.
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It's against the law in Oklahoma to get a fish drunk.
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In Seattle, goldfish can ride the city buses in bowls only if they keep still |