Bizarre laws still on the books
Alabama: It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
Alaska: It is illegal to wake a sleeping bear to take a photo.
Arizona: It is illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs.
Arkansas: It is illegal to mispronounce “Arkansas.”
California: A frog that dies during a frog-jumping contest cannot legally be eaten.
Colorado: It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
Connecticut: A pickle cannot legally be considered a pickle unless it bounces.
Delaware: R-rated movies shall not be shown at drive-in theaters.
Florida: If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would be for vehicles.
Georgia: It is illegal to keep an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays.
Hawaii: Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.
Idaho: It is illegal to give your sweetheart a box of chocolates weighing more than 50 pounds.
Illinois: It is legal for a minor to drink as long as he or she is enrolled in a culinary program.
Indiana: Mustaches are illegal if the bearer has a tendency to habitually kiss other humans.
Iowa: One-armed piano players must, by law, perform for free.
Kansas: A poorly-worded law states that if two trains meet on the same track, neither should proceed until the other has passed.
Kentucky: One may not dye a duckling blue and offer it for sale, unless more than six are for sale at once.
Louisiana: You can be fined $500 for sending a pizza order to someone’s house without his or her knowledge.
Maryland: It is a violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine.
Maine: It is illegal to keep Christmas decorations up after January 14.
Massachusetts: It is illegal to own an explosive golf ball.
Michigan: It is illegal for women to cut their own hair without their husband’s permission.
Minnesota: A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his or her head.
Mississippi: One may be fined up to $100 for using profane language in public places.
Missouri: It is illegal to drive with an uncaged bear.
Montana: Guiding sheep onto a railroad track with intent to injure the train is subject to a fine up to $50,000 and serving at most five years in prison.
Nevada: It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.
Nebraska: It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.
New Jersey: It is against the law for a man to knit during fishing season.
New Hampshire: As of 1973, it is illegal to carry away or collect seaweed at night.
New York: Slippers are not to be worn after 10 p.m.
New Mexico: State officials ordered 400 words of sexually explicit material to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
North Carolina: Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
North Dakota: It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
Ohio: It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
Oklahoma: It is illegal to wrestle a bear.
Oregon: It is illegal to go hunting in a cemetery.
Pennsylvania: It is illegal to tell a fortune teller where to dig for buried treasure.
Rhode Island: Biting off someone’s limb will result in 1 – 20 years in prison.
South Carolina: Horses must not be kept in bathtubs.
South Dakota: It is illegal to sleep in a cheese factory.
Tennessee: It is illegal to share your Netflix password.
Texas: It is illegal to sell one’s eye.
Utah: It is illegal NOT to drink milk.
Vermont: Women must obtain written permission from their husband to wear false teeth.
Virginia: Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
Washington: The harassing of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other undiscovered subspecies is a felony punishable by a fine and/or punishment.
West Virginia: Whistling underwater is prohibited.
Wisconsin: It is illegal to serve butter substitutes in prison.
Wyoming: You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without an official permit.
Source: Olivet Nazarene University