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Dumb
Laws -
Washington
•"It shall be
unlawful for a candidate for office or for nomination thereto whose name
appears upon the ballot at any election to give to or purchase for another
person, not a member of his or her family, any liquor in or upon any
premises licensed by the state for the sale of any such liquor by the drink
during the hours that the polls are open on the day of such election."
• A law to reduce crime states: "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 the town."
• All lollipops are banned.
• All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag (daytime)
or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said vehicle.
• Auburn: Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may
face up to five years in jail.
• Bremerton: You may not shuck peanuts on the street.
• Everett: It is illegal to display a hypnotized or allegedly hypnotized
person in a store window.
• In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is
over six feet in length.
• In the state of Washington, there is a law against having sex with a
virgin under any circumstances.
• It is illegal to deflower a virgin even on their wedding day.
• It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
• It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
• It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.
• Lynden: Dancing and drinking may not occur at the same establishment.
• People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
• Seattle: You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in
length. Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without placing a
pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term. No one may set
fire to another person's property without prior permission. It is illegal to
carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus • because the sound of the water
sloshing may disturb other passengers.
• Spokane: TV's may not be bought on Sundays.
• Waldron Island: No structure shall contain more than two toilets that use
potable water for flushing.
• When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has
passed.
• Wilbur: You may not ride an ugly horse.
• You are not allowed to breast feed in public.
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