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Governing a big country is a tough job, and you are bound to be hated by half of the population you’re ruling. Now, bear in mind that the person on top is also responsible for the laws upon which the whole democratic system is based.
And laws are passed after voting in Congress, sometimes a public vote, and then an affirmation by the president. With these dumb laws that we have compiled below, we’re not sure where common sense got lost.
Did you know that there’s a crazy law in Juneau, Alaska, prohibiting you from bringing your pet flamingo into a barbershop? Or that in Tennessee, you might be prosecuted for sharing your Netflix password? And if you’re from Indiana, are you banned from catching a fish with your bare hands? It sure would be interesting to know why these weirdest laws in the U.S. became laws in the first place.
Though most of these laws sound incredibly dumb now, once they’ve had, or still have, a real pretense. For example, the New York law against people wearing masks in public places is to prevent a mass crime or a riot, since you don't know the assailant’s identity undercover.
And the Arizona one, about camel shooting prohibitions, stems from the United States Camel Corps, an army experiment to use these animals for military forces. So there, as improbable as these laws might seem, they do have comprehensive explanations. Scroll down below for our list of weird rules in the U.S. and share if you know more of these!
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#1
Barber Shop Flamingo Fiasco
Final score:
19points
Celia McDaniel 9 years ago
I'm pretty sure that's not Alaska, but I may have learned it wrong. ;)
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#2
Quirky Rules You Didn\'t Know
Final score:
18points
Bethanie Bain 3 years ago
COME ON PEOPLE NEED THERE ROAD ROAD RAGE AT 12:00 AT NIGHT DESTROY THE SANDWICH SHOP!
Henry Mimnagh 4 years ago
Me: THERE IT IS, HONK, HONK. My friend: I can't. Me: WHY, AT IT HONK. My friend: cause it is illegal.
hcaballero57 4 years ago
Its a life sentence with 10 yrs in Solitary Confinement
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#3
Quirky Laws You Didn’t Know
Final score:
18points
ALESSI HADIDIAN 5 years ago
ok i just read it again and i realized it said arizona. now i completely agree
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AndrésSalazar 10 years ago
It's actually a really good law for a state with s****y laws. In a desert, it works.
Bethanie Bain 3 years ago
BRO walk up to random person door "can I get a glass of water" PERSON: "NO" 10 seconds later *knock* PERSON: "YES" police: Mam your under arrest" Person " WHAT?!!!"
Kevin Braid 6 years ago
i lived in AZ, this is likely the sanest law here, it gets mad crazy hot in Arizona.
#4
Password Police Territory
Final score:
17points
Gigi Carnegie 9 years ago
ME: HEY, MOM! whats the Netflix password!? MUM: Umm, sorry, I am not entitled to give you that information, darling. That's called breaking the law. ME: *stands in awe*
Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
That is stupid I mean ya it would be dumb to share it(unless its your spouse or something) but, it's not anyone else's business if you share it.
Bethanie Bain 3 years ago
TENNESSEE I WAS GANNA LIVE THERE BUT NOW I CANT HARE IT WITH FAMILY?
kurtis bubier 3 years ago
Yeah, thats right. When I broke this law I was in a different state
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#5
Strange Laws You Didn’t Know
Final score:
16points
SapphireDolphin10 9 years ago
What are you going to tell the dog if they do. Me: it's against the law! Stop doggy! Dog: ?
Autumn Kelly 5 years ago
Cop: dog you are under arrest for breaking law 29114 dog: woof Cop: are you back talking
kurtis bubier 3 years ago
I always wondered why Kentucky had so many dog jails. I got it now! 😂
#6
One’s Company
Final score:
15points
kurtis bubier 3 years ago (edited)
I think everyone who drinks has broken this law if you have a good bartender. Gimmie another beer and shot please...
#7
Bare Hands No-Go
Final score:
14points
Amira Quick 5 years ago
Well then I guess I disobeyed the law because I live in Indiana and I caught a fish with my bare hands
#8
Curds and Consequences
Final score:
14points
Iva Kazalova 8 years ago
My guess is someone fell into a melting hot cheese tank after dozing off and the family sued the factory
Max Wolfe 6 years ago
That makes me remember the scene in the W***y Wonka and the Chocolate Factory where Agustus Gloop falls into the river of chocolate and basically contaminates the entire friggin river of chocolate and would probably make millions of people sick. That could also be a possible scenario.
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CONNOR CASEY 3 years ago
i consider my house a cheese factory... i sleep there every night... im a fugitive!
Sophia Gordon 5 years ago
your touring a cheese factory when all of a sudden your tired you go sleep on a piece of cheese.... yawn! you wake up and your in cuffs
#9
Only in Alabama
Final score:
12points
Brittney Hay 9 years ago
I'm from Alabama and it's also illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket... Just FYI
hcaballero57 4 years ago
Just out of curiosity what happens if you're wrestling a bear with a ice cream cone in your back pocket?
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Veto F. Roley 6 years ago
Actually, this law is needed. There were travelling showmen who would go throughout the nation, region, or state with wrestling bears. They would have their bears wrestle. And, for the price of a dollar or two, they would allow humans to get into the ring with their muzzled bears and "wrestle" the bear. If they could stay in the ring for a few minutes with the bear, they would get a large payoff -- $10 or $20 or some other sum. The law was only passed in the last few decades and the Legislature expressly passed the law to shut down one of these travelling sideshows. The reason the state shut him down was because he was allegedly abusing his bear. And, bear wrestling was not just confined to Alabama. In the 1920s, a young Arkansas boy by the name of Paul Bryant wrestled a bear whose muzzle came off. He was forever called "Bear" afterwards. Later he had a little success as head coach of the University of Alabama football team.
Colin Daniel 9 years ago
I'm confused. Does this mean it's illegal to wrestle a bear or that it's illegal for bears to wrestle each other?
#10
Not Your Kids For Sale
Final score:
11points
10 years ago
Ok this one makes some sense... but the fact that it is a law is disturbing... were people actually selling their kids at one point? (I'm sorry if that was a stupid question, I'm only fifteen)
EmberStorm 10 years ago
Well, at some point in every country's history, due to starvation and stuff, it would have been acceptable to sell your offspring, one less mouth to feed and money to buy more food. "No kids is good kids - no kidding!" Wow, maybe they also had cheesy marketing slogans back then too.
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AngelaEames 10 years ago
Call me ~crazy~ but I believe that selling your children is illegal in every state.
Gigi Carnegie 9 years ago
ME: *sighs* Well, I guess I'm stuck with you guys.................. forever.
Gigi Carnegie 9 years ago
Well, kids, you're off the hook. But we're moving to another country...
#11
Legal Loopholes in Booze Deals
Final score:
8points
PeteLaberge 10 years ago
That is illegal in a lot of places. But usually is under the purview of local liquor authorities ....
Dominic Zappia 6 years ago (edited)
Thats a thing? Wow. I wish it wasn't illegal. I also wish I was 21...
#12
Strange Pet Laws
Final score:
7points
KileyDriscoll 10 years ago
Aw too bad I wouldn't be able to have a pet rat named Splinter if I lived there XD
#13
Parks or Paperwork?
Final score:
6points
Timothy Nguyen 6 years ago
Is this for religious reasons? As in to discourage doing anything on Sunday than going to church?
#14
Group Rules, Clearly Stated
Final score:
6points
bdick 10 years ago
this law probably don't apply on Halloween. Also, I won't go to new york. whats he point if you cant gathera hundred people with guy fake masks?
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Student Nathan Jumba 5 years ago
It's corona time to bad for new york that explain why they have so many coronavirus cases
Colin Cerchiaro 4 years ago
first they made masks illegal; now they are making it illegal not to. what are they going to tell new yorkers during coronavirus
#15
Pinball Banned Here
Final score:
5points
Alterna Thunderfox 2 years ago
Sure, they cannot POSSIBLY charge you for playing foosball (that's what table football is called where I'm from, in the Southeastern United States).
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Veto F. Roley 6 years ago
Probably an anti-gambling law. Players would gamble on who could score the most on a game and there were pinball hustlers in many bars where a pinball machine or two were set up,
ALEXANDER PEREZ 6 years ago
Uh...Why is this even a law. It’s not like people buy pinballs anymore.
#16
Rules Only When Asked
Final score:
5points
StephanieReyes 10 years ago
So as long as the officer doesn't ask you to stop it's not illegal?
Joe Morley 6 years ago
wait so i can call cops dickheads and if they dont say stop its not legal? da hell
Niall Mac Iomera 7 years ago
So it legal if you taunt them past the point of them asking you to stop?
#17
Highway Rules, Horse Edition
Final score:
4points
SKYLAR MONTGOMERY 5 years ago
so u are basically saying u cant have a horse because that is what they are used for
Pinkie Cutie Anime Lover 6 years ago
WHO RIDES A HORSE *looks at Tv and sees a horse race* other then them
#18
Fishing with a Twist
Final score:
4points
BeckyWhitehall 10 years ago
You are doing something wrong if you are using a firearm hahaha :')
CONNOR CASEY 3 years ago
no gun-fishies? awww. oh, well, go to caveman times and use a spear...
Henry Mimnagh 4 years ago
That just made me furious If that is so I did not want to have to do this but I guess I have :( . Where is my atomic bomb I need it right now.:O :O :O :O :O :O 👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿👿
#19
Whistling Off Limits
Final score:
1point
That Fat Mouse 7 years ago
I'm guessing it is some sort of whistle made of a type of dried bean, such as a runner bean.
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Lisa Iren Tjäder 5 years ago
Is my brain correct in connecting Bean Whistle with whatever the step dad in the Santa Clause(Tim Allen) movie got as his gift from Santa in the end?
#20
State Law Plot Twist
Final score:
0points
Andreia Reminiec 7 years ago
every movie that i ever saw at the drive in was a lousy one
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Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
So if it can't be rated how do you know whether to bring your kids or something or do they mean on a 1-5 stars thing or something.
Dominic Zappia 6 years ago
Wait, there's ratings for movies: PG; PG-13; R; UNRATED __________ Ratings for games: EC; E; E10+; T; M; AO; TooMuch _____ WHERE IS MOVIE: 'A' COMING FROM
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10 years ago
These laws are very absurd and don't actually provide any real use (unless to make me laugh). :)
Jason Marin 3 years ago (edited)
In Gainesville, Georgia it's illegal to eat fried chicken except with your hands.
Šimon Špaček 8 years ago
In Czech republic was quite crazy law. In case a cyclist caused accident where somebody was hurt he/she could got a year in prison and fine up to 50000 CZK (nearly 2000 USD). Even when the only harmed person was himself/herself. Yes, you could get $1000 fine for falling from your bicycle...
Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
A friend told me that some other country it is illegal to rob a bank with a bullet proof vest XD
10 years ago
These laws are very absurd and don't actually provide any real use (unless to make me laugh). :)
Jason Marin 3 years ago (edited)
In Gainesville, Georgia it's illegal to eat fried chicken except with your hands.
Šimon Špaček 8 years ago
In Czech republic was quite crazy law. In case a cyclist caused accident where somebody was hurt he/she could got a year in prison and fine up to 50000 CZK (nearly 2000 USD). Even when the only harmed person was himself/herself. Yes, you could get $1000 fine for falling from your bicycle...
Samuel Jay Brown 9 years ago
A friend told me that some other country it is illegal to rob a bank with a bullet proof vest XD
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