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Dumb Laws

Thinking of wearing a false moustache in a church? Don't do it in Alabama. It's illegal. Want to jump off a building in New York? Make sure it's a high one. The penalty for doing so is death. These are just a couple of the thousands of "Dumb Laws" compiled here at this amusing website. Search from among the fifty U.S. states and 20 foreign countries to see what archaic decrees still linger in the books, seldom to be enforced. Laws are submitted by netizens, so we have only their word on the accuracy of the entries. But really, who could make up stuff like Missouri's prohibition against the "installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws"?

Tue, 07 Dec 1999 03:31:21 -0800