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Out-of-date Laws
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:43 pm
by Illuminati
Inspired by this story on CNN (
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/23/dancin ... index.html ), you can not dance in a bar in New York City! So post up any out-dated laws you have heard of... here is one I heard in college.
There are no sorority houses in Kirksville, MO because there is an old law that states that no more than X (I can't remember the exact number) number of girls can live in the same house because it would then be classified as a whorehouse!
Re: Out-of-date Laws
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:52 pm
by dicecca112
Illuminati wrote:Inspired by this story on CNN (
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/23/dancin ... index.html ), you can not dance in a bar in New York City! So post up any out-dated laws you have heard of... here is one I heard in college.
There are no sorority houses in Kirksville, MO because there is an old law that states that no more than X (I can't remember the exact number) number of girls can live in the same house because it would then be classified as a whorehouse!
Same law is in MA. But you can get a waiver and its really never enforced.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:13 pm
by cyberneticimplant
There is a lot of laws like this apparently. It just takes too much time and effort to re-write them.
Over here it is illegal to drive a bicycle on the sidewalk. Although, I think they have this law in case somebody wants to sue the city.
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:54 pm
by sbohdan
lots of stupid laws:
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/inspirati ... laws.shtml
but the most idiotic of them all to me is the sodomy laws in some states, that prohibit oral sex even in case of a married couple... if you are unlucky enough, to be in such a state and get a hard headed, conservative judge - you could get years in prison for having oral sex with your wife... if they find out
