Crazy State Laws
A women cannot marry the same man four times
A. Pennsylvania
B. Kentucky
C. South Carolina
B. Kentucky
According to Woman's Day, a law in Kentucky forbids a woman from marrying the same man more than three times. Hopefully, third time really is the charm!
Let's pee in the corner
Let's pee in the spotlight
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
(REM by Losing My Religion)
Tracy graduated from high school with the name Tracy Nicole Masters
What was her actual birth name before it was changed?
Tracy Nicole Mastrodicasa
Kicking your cat all over the place
Kicking your can all over the place
(Queen, We Will Rock You)
It's Illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7am
A. New Jersey
B. Oregon
C. California
C. California
According to California.com, the city of Berkeley, CA prohibits anyone from whistling for their lost canary before the wee hours of 7 a.m. Here's to hoping we don't lose our canaries!
It's illegal to consume alcohol beverages while playing Bingo.
A. North Carolina
B. Virginia
C. Ohio
A. North Carolina
The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind
The answers my friend, are blowing in the wind
(Bob Dylan)
Tracy's Gramma Gertrude (Gerda) Kautz came to America by boat from Germany when she was only 5 years old. What did she and her mother do one night on the ship when everyone was sleeping?
They threw the smelly socks that the men had been hanging up at night overboard! She was never to speak of it until they were safely on American soil.
You can call me green bean
You can call me Queen Bee
(Royals by Lorde)
It's Illegal for a donkey to sleep in a bathtub
A. Arizona
B. Nevada
C. Texas
A. Arizona
In the 1920's, a local dam broke, flooding a rancher's home. The rancher's donkey had become accustomed to sleeping in the bathtub, which filled with water and whisked him miles away. After working to rescue the animal, the town passed a law that prohibits donkeys from sleeping in the bathtub
Illegal to pick up seaweed off the beach at night.
A. Rhode Island
B. Maine
C. New Jersey
C. New Jersey
Rumored that in colonial times seaweed was used for fertilizer and was a hot commodity.
Go Go Jason Waterfalls
Don't go chasing waterfalls
(Waterfalls by TLC)
My father's sister had an emergency one time and as a result his mother had to
A. Apply a tourniquet
B. Give her mouth to mouth resuscitation
C. Push her eye back into the socket
C. Push her eye back into the socket after a head injury. The doctor said she did what was needed and all was well....
Then I saw her face, now I'm gonna leave her
Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer
(I'm a Believer by The Monkees)
It's illegal to keep a couch on your porch
A. Alaska
B. Colorado
C. Pennsylvania
B. Colorado
Boulder busted the University of Colorado for burning couches, causing a law to go into effect that keeps couches and porches mutually exclusive. This law is currently active — but the verdict is still out as to whether it actually prevented any couch bonfires.
A pickle must be able to bounce if being sold.
A. New York
B. Connecticut
C. Delaware
B. Connecticut -- In 1948, two men were arrested for selling pickles that were "unfit for human consumption." Discussing ways to check for good pickles, officials declared that a pickle is legitimate only if it bounces. The pickles in question did not bounce — so the two men were arrested and fined, and the pickles were destroyed!
Hold me closer, Tony Danza
Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer
(Tiny Dancer by Elton John)
My Great Maternal Grandfather once met some strangers at the corner store. They had wanted to hunt but had no place to stay so he offered his large farmhouse. They paid generously for the "B&B" like accommodations. They were actually
A. Rum Runners
B. Mobsters
C. Aliens
B. Mobsters who brought their own beer and their Tommy guns.
They did come again, the second time bringing their own Italian food.
I'm gonna take my horse to a hotel room
I'm gonna take my horse to an old town road
(Old Town Road by Lil Nas X)
It's illegal to drive blind-folded
A. Alabama
B. Kentucky
C. Washington
A. Alabama
Legal Parking Fees for animals must be paid
A. Florida
B. Kentucky
C. Indiana
A. Florida
Legal fees have to be paid for animal parking — including elephants, camels and horses. According to Country Living, this law took effect in the 1920s, when the Ringling Bros. Circus moved its winter show operations to Florida
I've got shoes, they're made of plywood
I've got chills, they're multiplying
(Olivia Newton John & John Travolta)
One stormy night in the 1980's Tracy was traveling home from an overnight in Oswego when her friend's car broke down just outside Tupper Lake. Fortunately they could see a house in view. They knocked on the door to ask if they could use a phone to call for help. Who opened the door?
A. An old woman who fed them cookies until help arrived and Tracy still sends her Christmas cards.
B. An Elvis Presley Impersonator
C. A teenage boy who said we could come in only if we promised not to let his parents know he was having a party.
D. A man with long hair, wearing a red robe that told us to use the phone in the bathroom because it had the best reception.
D. !!!!!!!
You make the best homemade stew around
You make the best of what's still around
(When the world is running down, You make the best of what's still around by Sting)
It's illegal to attach a vending machine to a utility pole.
A. Utah
B. South Dakota
C. Washington
C. Washington
Strange as it sounds, it's unlawful in the Evergreen State to commit this act without permission of the utility involved. The logic is that it's a hazard to the lives of electrical workers.