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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Weird laws in 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
. Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn.
. Bloomfield, Conn: It's against the law to eat in your car.
. 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 colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence.
. 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, Conn., it's illegal to plant a tree in the street.
. In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
. In Simsbury, Conn., it's illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump.
. 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.
. Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names.
. 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 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.

3 comments:

blowupragdoll said...

I live in Connecticut, and you cannot buy alcohol after 9pm, not 8pm.

Anonymous said...

yeah i'm pretty sure its 9pm...

Unknown said...

the law about no liquor sales after 8 pm vs. 9 pm was just recently changed...

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