You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades. You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on sundays.
Devon It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
Guilford Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
Hartford
You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands. It is illegal to educate a dog. It is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.
New Britain The speed limit for fire trucks is 25 m.p.h., even when going to a fire.
Northfield A law forbids eating while walking along the streets.
Southington Silly string is banned.
Waterbury It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
Maine
The most money one can legally win gambling is three dollars. After January 14th you will be charged a fine for having your Christmas decorations still up.
You may not step out of a plane in flight.
Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.
Augusta
To stroll down the street playing a violin is against the law.
Portland It is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with feather dusters.
Shoelaces must be tied while walking down the street.
Rumford It is illegal for a tenant to bite his/her landlord.
Waterville It is illegal to blow one's nose in public.
Massachusetts
Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.
Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.
It is illegal to wear a goatee unless you first pay a special license fee for the
privilege of wearing one in public.
Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.
State legislation forbids dueling with water pistols.
Christmas is illegal.
There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.
Hunting on Sundays is prohibited.
It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.
No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.
Tattooing and body piercing is illegal.
Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.
Tomatoes may not be used in the production of clam chowder.
Quakers and witches are banned.
Bullets may not be used as currency.
Massachusetts liquor stores can only open on Sundays if they are in Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Middlesex or Worcester counties and are within 10 miles of the Vermont or New Hampshire borders.
Alcoholic drink specials are illegal.
Boston
It is illegal to play the fiddle.
Two people may not kiss in front of a church.
No more than two baths may be taken within the confines of the city.
Anyone may let their sheep and cows graze in the public gardens/commons at any time except Sundays.
It is illegal to eat peanuts in church.
An old law prohibits the taking of baths on Sunday.
Duels to the death permitted on the common on Sundays provided that the Governor is present.
Women may not wear heels over 3 inches in length while on the common.
It is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.
It is illegal for any citizen to own more than three dogs.
Burlington You may not walk around with a "drink".
Hingham You may not have colored lights on your house if it can be seen from Main Street. Only white lights may be visible. If you live on Main Street and want to paint your house, the colors must be approved by the historical society.
Holyoke It is unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.
Hopkinton Though horses and cows are allowed on the common, dogs are prohibited.
Longmeadow It is illegal for two men to carry a bathtub across the town green.
Marlboro It is illegal to buy, sell or possess a squirt gun.
Silly string is illegal in the city limits.
One may not detonate a nuclear device in the city.
It is illegal for any citizen to own more than two dogs.
Milford Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.
Newton All families must be given a hog from the town's mayor.
North Andover An ordinance prohibits the use of space guns.
Salem People are forbidden from sleeping in the nude in rented rooms, even married couples.
New Hampshire
You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
It is illegal to sell the clothes one is 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.
It is illegal to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
Henniker
If you bring a raccoon's head to the Henniker, New Hampshire town hall, you are entitled to receive 10 cents from the town.
White Mountain National 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''.
New York
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree
to it. That rarely happens, since one party regularly says "no" to the other, or there wouldn't
be a reason to dissolve the marriage. If one of the spouses says "no" to the divorce, the other
party has to prove that the spouse saying "no" was at fault. Fault could be one of four terrible
things. If the spouse has abandoned the other spouse, that is, left the house for a year or if
there hasn't been sexual relations for a year. Another one of the four
terrible things, an oft cited fault, is to assert that the spouse has treated the other spouse
with physical or mental cruelty. This is usually the case in most deteriorating marriages, but
for the court's purposes, yelling and screaming is not usually enough; pictures of bruises
taken in the emergency room might suffice. Divorce will be easy if the spouse has been
imprisoned for two or three years. Much more difficult is the last fault, adultery. This keeps a
lot of private detectives in business, since lipstick on the collar is not proof. It also means
that lawyers get paid to "prove" fault, or on the other side, to show how lame the opposing
side's "fault" claim is.
A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.
Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M.
Carmel
A man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
Greene
During a concert, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks.
New York City
It is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose, at the same time extending and wiggling the fingers of his hand.
It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing."
You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking at a woman in that way. A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a pair of horse-blinders wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
Staten Island
You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
In Staten Island, it is illegal for a father to call his son a faggot or queer in an effort to curb girlie behavior.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a "No Discharge Zone". The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of sewage by boats into the state's waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already illegal. What the "No Discharge Zone" actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from a boat into state waters. What now happens is that boats (whose treatment systems far outperform municipal sewage treatment plants) are now required to disable their sewage treatment systems, and carry their sewage to a shore-based facility, which then dumps the partially treated sewage back into Rhode Island's coastal waters. Challenging someone to a duel, or accepting a challenge to a duel from someone, even if the duel is never actually fought. Penalty: Imprisonment for one to seven years. Impersonating a town sealer, auctioneer, corder of wood, or a fence-viewer. Penalty: $20 to $100 fine. Erecting or placing a windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road. Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse. Penalty: Maximum $20 fine and imprisonment for 10 days. Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport, play, or recreation, or causing any of the above to be done to or by your children, servants, or apprentices on the first day of the week (Sunday). Penalty: First offense: $5 Second offense: $10 Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void. Coasting downhill in your car with your transmission in neutral, or with the clutch disengaged. It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
Newport You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset.
Providence There is not an appeals process for exemtion of property tax due to a disability or poverty. It is illegal to wear transparent clothing. You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.
West Warwick It is illegal to use water on even-numbered days for the sole purpose of watering plants, gardens, or lawns. If you break this law there is a fine of $25-$100.
Vermont
Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
It is illegal to whistle underwater.
Lawmakers made it obligatory for everybody to take at least one bath each week -- on Saturday night.
You may not tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
