Legislature experiments

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Since I am a quasi American citizen for four months now, I am more and more getting used to the American Way of life every day:
I don’t get out off my car if it’s not an emergency, I am able to spell the word “hamburger” backwards blindfolded and I even know how the salesperson in the grocery store is doing everyday.

But there are some customs and rules which still sound a little bit weird to me. The following laws are in no way Halloween jokes. Instead it seems, that some of your fellow citizens behave in a really odd way….


Persons may not be drunk on trains.

It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.

Cars may not be sold on Sunday

A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

There is a 3 cent bounty for each starling and 10 cent bounty for each crow killed in any village, township, or city in the state.

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.

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.

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

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.

It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets.

It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend.

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

Smoking while in bed is illegal.

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

Linda