gotta love michigan laws...

Aug 25, 2002 23:05

*randomness*
--A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
--There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town office.
--It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
--You may not swear in front of women and children. (Repealed)
--Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
--It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.

City Laws
Clawson
--There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.

Detroit
--Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.
--Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited.
--It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
--It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose. According to history and animal husbandry, it prevents them from "rooting" in the ground for their food.
--Security guards at Joe Louis Arena will confiscate any item they feel might be thrown onto the ice. Furthermore, any person seen throwing an octopus onto the ice at a Red Wings game will be taken to jail.

Grand Haven
--No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense.

Harper Woods
--It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets.

Kalamazoo
--It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.

Rochester
--All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of police.

Soo
--Smoking while in bed is illegal.

Wayland
--Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
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