Alabama: No stink bombs or confetti, spray string or bathing in public fountains. 
Alaska: It is illegal to get drunk or be drunk in a bar. 
Arizona: It is unlawful to spit “in or on” any public building, park, sidewalk, or road. Furthermore, if you are 
caught stealing soap, you must wash until the bar of soap has been completely used up. 
Arkansas: Strictly prohibited to pronounce “Arkansas” incorrectly. 
California: It is illegal to build, maintain, or use a nuclear weapon within Chico, California city limits. 
Colorado: It is illegal to drive a black car on Sundays in Denver. 
Connecticut: A pickle cannot be sold unless it bounces. 
Delaware: No trick or treating on Sunday. If Halloween falls on a Sunday, door to door trick or treating must 
happen on Saturday, October 30th. 
Florida: It is a felony to sell your children. And if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter the parking fee has to 
be paid. 
Georgia: It is unlawful to eat fried chicken with utensils. “Finger lickin” good was made into law in 1961. 
Hawaii: Billboards are strictly prohibited. 
Idaho: It is illegal to engage in cannibalism or “non-consensual consumption” of another human. It is also illegal 
for a man to give his fiancé a box of candy that weighs more than 50 lbs (22.5 kg). 
Illinois: Fancy bike riding is a big no-no. 
Indiana: Black cats must wear bells on Friday the 13th. And baths may not be taken between the months of 
October and March. 
Iowa: It is illegal to pass off margarine as butter and is punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $625 fine. 
Kansas: It is illegal to throw snowballs in Topeka. 
Kentucky: Public officials must swear to not having been engaged in a duel with weapons. 
Louisiana: It is illegal to steal another person’s crawfish. 
Maine: It is illegal to use tombstones for advertising. 
Maryland: It is illegal to swear or curse upon any street or highway in Rockville. 
Massachusetts: You cannot dance to the national anthem. 
Michigan: Before 2006, it was encouraged to kill starlings and crows. 
Minnesota: Pig greasing competitions and turkey scrambles are considered misdemeanors.  Furthermore, citizens 
may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head. 
Mississippi: No limit on Big Gulp sizes. 
Missouri: It is illegal to swing upon another person’s motor vehicle and honk their horn for them. 
Montana: It is illegal to play Frisbee golf in non-designated areas. 
Nebraska: No person afflicted with a venereal disease may get married. 
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