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Jokes for the week of 6/5/2002

Dumb State Laws Michigan to New Jersey

Dumb Michigan Laws

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 in the state of Michigan. 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.

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. Alligators may not be tied to fire hydrants. 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.

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.

Minnesota Jokes

Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes ... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes

Dumb Minnesota Laws

A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head. It is illegal to sleep naked. All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts. Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head. All bathtubs must have feet.

Hibbing

It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.

Minneapolis

Red cars can not drive down Lake Street

St. Cloud

Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.

Virginia

You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.

Dumb Minnesota Laws

A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head. It is illegal to sleep naked. All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts. Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head. All bathtubs must have feet.

Hibbing

It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat.

Minneapolis

Red cars can not drive down Lake Street

St. Cloud

Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays.

Virginia

You're not allowed to park your elephant on Main Street.

Dumb Mississippi Laws

Cattle rustling is punishable by hanging. Horses are not to be housed within 50 feet of any road. Vagrancy is punishable by either 30 days in prison or a $201 fine. -Sec. 97-35-37

Columbus

The fine for waving a gun in public is higher than actually shooting it.

Oxford

It is illegal to drive around the town square more than 100 times in a single session. One may not spit on the sidewalks on the square. Motor vehicles on the square are prohibited. Horn honking is not permitted as it might scare horses. Tylertown It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street.

Dumb Missouri Laws

It is not illegal to speed. (Repealed)

Buckner

In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.

Excelsior Springs

Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.

Kansas City

Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.

Marceline

Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.

Marquette

It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).

Mole

Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.

Natchez

It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.

Purdy

Dancing is strictly prohibited.

St. Louis

It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty.

University City

Four women may not rent an apartment together.

Dumb Montana Laws

Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them. (Repealed) In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all. It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime. It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail. It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.

Excelsior Springs

Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.

Helena

No item may be thrown across a street.

Salisbury

Pop bottles are not to be thrown on the ground.

Whitehall

It is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.

Dumb Nebraska Laws

If a child burps during church, his parent may be arrested. It is Illegal to go whale fishing. It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup. It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

Lehigh

Doughnut holes may not be sold

Omaha

Sneezing or burping is illegal during a church service. A man is not allowed to run around with a shaved chest.

Waterloo

Barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M.

Dumb Nevada Laws

It's still "legal" to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property. It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

Clark County

An ordinance makes bringing a concealable fire arm into the county illegal unless it is registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In order to register a handgun, however, it must be brought in to the police station. Furthermore, you may not register a gun on the weekends, but the police may prosecute you at that time.

Elko

Everyone walking the streets is required to wear a mask.

Eureka

Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

Nyala

A man is forbidden from buying drinks for more than three people other than himself at any one period during the day

Dumb New Hampshire Laws

You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe. You cannot sell the clothes you are wearing to pay off a gambling debt. It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name. It is illegal to pick seaweed up off of the beach. Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its feces. You may not run machinery on Sundays. On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.

White Mountain Nat. Forest

If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ''maintaining the national forest without a permit''.

Dumb New Jersey Laws

You cannot pump your own gas. All gas stations are full service and full service only. [Reader Comments on this Law.] On a highway you can not park under a bridge. It is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. It is against the law to "frown" at a police officer. If you have been convicted of driving while intoxicated, you may never again apply for personalized license plates. Car dealerships are forbidden from opening on Sunday. You may not slurp your soup. Automobiles are not to pass horse drawn carriages on the street. It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon.

Bernards Township

It is illegal to frown as the town is a "Frown-Free Town Zone".

Caldwell

You may not dance or wear shorts on the main avenue.

Cranford

Citizens are not permitted to park their own boat on their lawn.

Cresskill

All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.

Elizabeth

It is forbidden for a woman, on a Sunday, to walk down Broad Street without wearing a petticoat.

Manville

It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals a the local zoo.

Newark

It is illegal to sell ice cream after 6pm, unless the customer has a note from his doctor.

Ocean City

People may not slurp their soup. Pinball machines are not to be played on Sunday. Raw hamburger may not be sold.

Raritan

Profanity is prohibited.

Sea Isle City

There will be no boiling of bones on the property.

Trenton

You may not throw a bad pickle in the street. Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays



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