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Dumb
Laws - Connecticut
• A local
ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble
while waiting for a politician to speak.
• A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces
• Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It
began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were
required by law to mark all their pigs.
• Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order
to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
• Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
• Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your
hands;
• In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.
• In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
• In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
• In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must
bounce.
• It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
• It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
• It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.
• New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when
going to a fire.
• No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.
• Southington: Silly string is banned.
• The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited.
• This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual
behavior between consenting adults."
• Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now
Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck
or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious."
• Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while
working on a customer.
• You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
• You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays.
• You may not educate dogs.
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