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The answer is: The United States -- in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Ever loaned your vaccuum cleaner to your next door neighbor? If so, you had better not be a resident of Denver, CO, because that would be a crime. Do you have two indoor bathtubs in your house? Watch out if you live in Prunedale, CA. (I guess, they are not too concerned about "outdoor" bathtubs!) Ever walked backwards after sunset? Don't tell anyone if you happen to live in Devon, CT, as you could be arrested for this infringement of the law. Did I hear you say "Oh, boy"? Hold it right there. If you live in Jonesboro, Georgia, you have just broken the law.
For more wacky laws of our glorious country, read on...
California
It is against the law for women to drive while wearing a bathrobe.
It is against the law for animals to mate publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
In some small community, a law was passed that forbid anyone from trying to stop a child from playfully jumping over water puddles.
Apple Valley - it is illegal for ducks to quack after 10:00 PM within the city limits.
Bellflower - the law states that "a drunken man has as much right to a sidewalk as a sober man since he needs it a great deal more."
Bonsall - it is against the law to read the Sunday paper while sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch while church services are in session.
Berkeley - it is illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7:00 A.M.
Beverly Hills - the law states that "no male person shall make remarks to or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman upon or traveling along any of the sidewalks."
Buena Park - the law prohibits males from "turning and looking at a woman in that way" on the Sabbath. If a second offense occurs, the assailant is required to "wear horse blinders for a 24-hour period in public."
Camirillo - it is illegal for any man to purchase liquor without the written consent of his wife.
Carmel - it is against the law to eat ice cream while standing on the sidewalk.
Castaic - the law states that if a dentist accidentally pulls the wrong tooth, then the patient has the right to pull one of the dentist's teeth.
Compton - it is against the law to have hip pockets in pants "since that is a good place to hide liquor."
Costa Mesa - it is illegal to enter a movie theatre within four hours of eating garlic.Covina - according to this local law, a husband is not guilty of desertion if his wife rents his room to a boarder and "crowds him out of his house."
El Monte - it is against the law for a horse to fall asleep in a bathtub unless the rider is sleeping with the horse.
Gardena - it is illegal for any woman to chew tobacco without having the permission of her husband.
Glendale - the law allows horror films to be shown only on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
Hesperia - the law states that "no one is allowed to duel if the opponent selects water pistols as weapons."
Inglewood - it is unlawful "for any male person, within the corporate limits of the city of Inglewood, to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."
Long Beach - any female attending a dance "must be found wearing a corset. A physician is required to inspect each female at the dance."
Los Angeles - it is against the law to bathe two babies in the same bathtub at the same time.
Los Angeles - a man can legally beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, as long as the strap is no wider than 2 inches. The wife must give her consent in order for him to legally beat her with a wider strap.
Los Angeles - it is illegal for the customer of a meat market to poke turkey to see how tender it is.
Malibu - it is against the law to laugh out loud in a movie theatre.
Monrovia - the law states that in order to get married, a man must "prove his manhood" by shooting six blackbirds or three crows and bringing them to his prospective father-in-law.
Ojai - it is against the law for a woman to stand within five feet of a bar when she takes a drink in any public establishment serving alcoholic beverages.
Ontario - rooster crowing is outlawed within the city limits.Pacific Grove - bothering the butterflies carries a $500 fine.
Pico River - it is against the law for women weighing over 200 pounds that are attired in shorts to ride a horse.
Pomona - the law states that "no person shall hallo, shout, bawl, scream, use profane language, dance, sing, whoop, quarrel, or make any unusual noise or sound in any house in such a manner as to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood."
Prunedale - it is illegal to have two indoor bathtubs in your house.
Rosemead - it is against the law to eat ice cream in public with a fork.
Riverside - it is illegal to carry a lunchbucket on the street.
Riverside - it is illegal to stick your tongue out "in the direction of" a dog.
San Francisco - there is a law that guarantees sunshine for the people.
Santa Ana - it is illegal to swim on dry land.
Santa Ana - it is against the law for a horse to sleep in a bakery.
Santa Monica - the law states that "any person who shall in the city of Santa Monica use or carry a concealed or unconcealed any bean snapper or like article, shall, upon conviction, be fined."
Temecula - it is illegal to play cards with children or pregnant women on the curb of a street.
Upland - it is unlawful for the owner or keeper of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs to "run at large."
Ventura - it is illegal to make "ugly faces" at dogs that are found "freely roaming the community".
Victorville - it is against the law to shoot open canned goods with a revolver.Whittier - the law states "two vehicles which are passing each other in opposite directions shall have the right of way."
Alabama
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a motor vehicle.
It is unlawful to wear a false mustache in church and cause "unseemly laughter."
Brewton - it is against the law to travel along the streets in a motorboat.
Mobile - it is illegal for pigeons to eat pebbles from composite roofs.
Alaska
It's illegal to look at a moose from an airplane.
Arkansas
It is illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas while within the state.
The state legislature passed a law that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.
Colorado
The state passed a law making it legal to rip the tags off of pillows and mattresses.
Denver - it is illegal to perform acrobatics that might frighten horses.
Denver - it is illegal to mistreat rats.
Denver - it is against the law to loan your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.
Pueblo - it is against the law to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.
Sterling - it is unlawful to allow a pet cat to run loose without a taillight.
Connecticut
According to state law, in order for a pickle to be qualified as a pickle, it must bounce.
The law states that anyone caught biking at over 65 miles per hour will be ticketed.
Devon - it is against the law to walk backwards after sunset.
Hartford - it is illegal to educate a dog.Hartford - it is illegal to walk across the street on your hands.
District of Columbia
It is illegal for small boys to throw stones.
Florida
It is illegal for a single, divorced, or widowed woman to parachute on Sunday.
It is against the law to fall asleep under a hair dryer. The people that break the law and the salon owners can be fined for this.
The law states that if an elephant is tied to a parking meter, it must pay the same fees as a car.
It is illegal to sing in a public place while in a bathing suit.
It is illegal for men to be seen in public wearing a strapless gown.
Miami - it is illegal to molest alligators.
Miami - it is illegal to imitate animals.
Key West - it is against the law to hold a turtle race within the city limits.
Tampa Bay - it is against the law for rats to leave docked ships.
Georgia
Atlanta - It is against the law to tie a Giraffe to a street lamp.
It is illegal for a barber to advertise his prices.
Conyers - an ordinance was passed that prohibits saying the phrase "two fried eggs and a fritter for a quarter" in an attempt to prohibit slang talkin'.
Jonesboro - It is illegal to say "Oh, boy."
Quitman - It is against the law for chickens to cross streets.
Massachusetts
It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder.
The law states that all dogs must have their hind legs tied for the month of April.
It is illegal to deliver diapers on Sunday.
It is against the law to cool one's feet by hanging it out the window.
It is illegal to eat peanuts in court.
It is illegal for anyone at a wake to eat more than three sandwiches.
It is against the law for taxi drivers to make love in the front seat during their shift.
It is illegal to kiss in front of a church. All PDAs (Public Displays of Affection) are illegal on Sunday.
It is illegal to take loins to the theatre.
It is legal to allow one's livestock to graze on public grounds except on Sunday.
Boston - it is illegal to have frog-jumping contests within the city limits.
Boston - it is against the law to take more than 2 baths a month.
Fitchburg - it is illegal for barbers to carry combs in the back of their ears.
Holyoke - it is against the law to water your lawn when it is raining.
Pennsylvania
According to state law, it is illegal to have over 16 women living together in one house because that "constitutes a brothel."
According to state law, it is illegal to sing in the bathtub.
A special ordinance prohibits homemakers from hiding dirt or dust under the rug of a home.
York - it is illegal to sit down while using a water hose.
New York
According to law, it is a misdemeanor to arrest a dead man.
It is illegal to flirt with a woman, punishable by $25 fine.
Albany - it is illegal to play golf on the street.
Carmel - it is illegal for a man to appear in public with pants and shirt that do not match.
Greene - it is against the law to eat peanuts and walk backwards when a concert is on.
New York City - it is against the law to have an unclothed mannequin in a store window.
New York City - according to the law, "it is legal for a woman to ride the subway topless since it is legal for a man to ride the subway topless."
Staten Island - it is illegal to water your lawn with a sprinkler.
Texas
According to state law, "when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone." Apparently, a state senator did not want a particular law passed, so he added this ridiculous law onto it, but no one noticed it, and so both laws passed.
Abilene - a city ordinance states that "it is illegal to idle or loiter within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of flirting or mashing."
Commerce - it is illegal to climb a telephone pole unless you are payed to do so.
Corpus Christi - it is against the law to raise alligators in your home.
Galveston - it is illegal for camels to wander around freely.
Plano - it is against the law to sale foam alligators at parades.
Washington
It is illegal to have possession of a lollipop.
A small community passed an ordinance that stated the following: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering town."
Seattle - it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is longer than 6 feet.
Spokane - it is illegal to purchase a television on the Sabbath.
Wilbur - it is illegal to ride an ugly horse.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
How to become a Human Light Bulb? It's very easy!
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Anyone can become a human light bulb by following the simple instructions given below.
All you need is a Woolen sweater and a Fluorescent light bulb.
Put on the wool sweater. In a dark room, rub the fluorescent light bulb briskly against the sweater.
The fluorescent light bulb will glow, because the friction creates a static charge strong enough to cause the gas inside the tube to fluoresce.
Here are some related Bizzare Facts:
- On the 1960s television show The Addams Family, electrically-charged Uncle Fester makes a light bulb illuminate by simply placing it in his mouth.
- The fluorescent bulb is more economical and energy efficient than the incandescent bulb, which wastes up to 80 percent of its energy generating heat.
- While Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the first incandescent lamp using carbon for the filament, English inventor Joseph Swan patented his incandescent lamp using carbon for the filament in 1878, a year before Edison.
- When cartoon characters get an idea, an incandescent light bulb goes off over their heads—never a fluorescent bulb.
- Thomas Edison, nicknamed "the Wizard of Menlo Park," was expelled from school in Port Huron, Michigan, after the schoolmaster incorrectly diagnosed him as being mentally retarded. Edison was actually partially deaf, the result of a bout with scarlet fever.
- Lightning travels between a hundred and a thousand miles per second, generating a temperature up to 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than the surface of the sun.
- American park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times between 1942 and 1977.
Anyone can become a human light bulb by following the simple instructions given below.
All you need is a Woolen sweater and a Fluorescent light bulb.
Put on the wool sweater. In a dark room, rub the fluorescent light bulb briskly against the sweater.
The fluorescent light bulb will glow, because the friction creates a static charge strong enough to cause the gas inside the tube to fluoresce.
Here are some related Bizzare Facts:
- On the 1960s television show The Addams Family, electrically-charged Uncle Fester makes a light bulb illuminate by simply placing it in his mouth.
- The fluorescent bulb is more economical and energy efficient than the incandescent bulb, which wastes up to 80 percent of its energy generating heat.
- While Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the first incandescent lamp using carbon for the filament, English inventor Joseph Swan patented his incandescent lamp using carbon for the filament in 1878, a year before Edison.
- When cartoon characters get an idea, an incandescent light bulb goes off over their heads—never a fluorescent bulb.
- Thomas Edison, nicknamed "the Wizard of Menlo Park," was expelled from school in Port Huron, Michigan, after the schoolmaster incorrectly diagnosed him as being mentally retarded. Edison was actually partially deaf, the result of a bout with scarlet fever.
- Lightning travels between a hundred and a thousand miles per second, generating a temperature up to 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than the surface of the sun.
- American park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times between 1942 and 1977.
Edible glass
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You can make edible glass at home. Here is how.
What You Need
Butter
Baking sheet
One cup sugar
Heavy stainless steel or nonstick frying pan
Large wooden spoon
What to Do
Butter the baking sheet, and place it in the refrigerator. Put the sugar in the frying pan. With adult supervision, set the pan on a burner at low heat. Stir the sugar slowly as it heats up. The sugar will slowly turn tan, stick together in clumps, and begin melting into a pale brown liquid. Continue stirring until the sugar melts into a thick brown liquid. Pour the brown liquid into the cold baking sheet. Let cool.
What Happens
The melted sugar hardens into a sheet of edible sugar glass.
Why It Works
Sugar is made of crystals, just like glass, which is made from sand.
Bizarre Facts
- Most glass is made from a mixture of silicon dioxide (the main ingredient in sand), soda (sodium oxide), and lime (calcium oxide).
- Silicon dioxide is one of the most inexpensive, most plentiful materials on earth.
Fiber optic cable is made from glass and carries far more information than the same size wire cable.
- Fake glass windows and fake glass bottles broken over the heads of movie stars in Hollywood films were originally made from sugar. Today, they are made from a special resin.
- Glass can be made more fragile than paper or stronger than steel.
- Butter was probably discovered by accident. When milk is transported in containers, the agitation naturally makes the cream congeal.
Mr. Eat-It-All
Gastroenterologists have confirmed that Michael Lotito of Grenoble, France, has the uncanny ability to eat and digest glass and metal. Since 1966, Lotito has eaten seven television sets, six chandeliers, a computer, ten bicycles, a supermarket cart, a Cessna aircraft, and a coffin. He has been nicknamed Monsieur Mangetout—French for Mr. Eat-It-All.
You can make edible glass at home. Here is how.
What You Need
Butter
Baking sheet
One cup sugar
Heavy stainless steel or nonstick frying pan
Large wooden spoon
What to Do
Butter the baking sheet, and place it in the refrigerator. Put the sugar in the frying pan. With adult supervision, set the pan on a burner at low heat. Stir the sugar slowly as it heats up. The sugar will slowly turn tan, stick together in clumps, and begin melting into a pale brown liquid. Continue stirring until the sugar melts into a thick brown liquid. Pour the brown liquid into the cold baking sheet. Let cool.
What Happens
The melted sugar hardens into a sheet of edible sugar glass.
Why It Works
Sugar is made of crystals, just like glass, which is made from sand.
Bizarre Facts
- Most glass is made from a mixture of silicon dioxide (the main ingredient in sand), soda (sodium oxide), and lime (calcium oxide).
- Silicon dioxide is one of the most inexpensive, most plentiful materials on earth.
Fiber optic cable is made from glass and carries far more information than the same size wire cable.
- Fake glass windows and fake glass bottles broken over the heads of movie stars in Hollywood films were originally made from sugar. Today, they are made from a special resin.
- Glass can be made more fragile than paper or stronger than steel.
- Butter was probably discovered by accident. When milk is transported in containers, the agitation naturally makes the cream congeal.
Mr. Eat-It-All
Gastroenterologists have confirmed that Michael Lotito of Grenoble, France, has the uncanny ability to eat and digest glass and metal. Since 1966, Lotito has eaten seven television sets, six chandeliers, a computer, ten bicycles, a supermarket cart, a Cessna aircraft, and a coffin. He has been nicknamed Monsieur Mangetout—French for Mr. Eat-It-All.
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