Strange Laws in the US

These are just some strange laws that have been brought to my attention. I do not know for sure if all of these are still laws from the respected States, or if they have been repealed....but they sure do make for interesting reading on what is illegal or what used to be illegal.

Texas:

--A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed...
--The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
--It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
--Texas law forbids anyone to have a pair of pliers in his possession.
--In Lefors, it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing...
--In San Antonio, it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands....
--Corpus Christi makes it illegal to raise alligators in your home.
--In Kingsville, there is a law against two pigs having sex on airport property.
--A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
--In Clarendon, TX., it is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster.
--In Borger, TX., it is against the law to throw confetti, rubber balls, feather dusters, whips or quirts (riding crop), and explosive firecrackers of any kind. (Real party poopers)
--It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. ("neither shall proceed until the other has gone" where, how? In one of those "true facts" books there was an explanation for this law. It seems that one of the state senators did not want a law passed. To keep this particular law from passing he attached the train law to it. He hoped that fellow senators would discover the train law attached, see how ridiculous it was, and not pass the laws. Nobody saw the attachement and passed both laws. This may not be the real reason, but it sounds good. And it explains many of the laws we have to live with today.)

Illinois:

--In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.
--According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American."
--In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet
--In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
--A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.

Oklahoma:

--Whale hunting is strictly forbidden.
--People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Montana:

--In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.
--It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
--In Helena, Montana, a woman can't dance on tables in saloons or bars unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing.
--In Bozeman, Montana, a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown -- if they're nude. (Apparently, if you wear socks, you're safe from the law!)

Minnesota:

--It is illegal to tease skunks.
--Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.
--In Alexandria, Minnesota, no man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions or sardines on his breath. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

Michigan:

--A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.
--Under state law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."
--In Clawson, it is legal for a man to "sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens."

New York:

--In NYC, "it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand."

North Carolina:

--It is illegal to have sex in a Churchyard.
--It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

Ohio:

--In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
--In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man's picture.
--In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

Nebraska:

--If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.
--It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

Florida:

--Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday's will be jailed.

Georgia:

--In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
--In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position.

Pennsylvania:

--"Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes."

Rhode Island:

--Its illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

Tennessee:

--It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
--In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
--In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists."

Utah:

--A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in his presence.

Virginia:

--In Richmond, it's illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.
--In Lebanon, it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.

Vermont:

--It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
--It is illegal to whistle underwater.
--Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

California:

--In L.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.
--It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Massachesetts:

--It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
--North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."
--In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Indiana:

--Monkey's are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

I am not for sure if these are still valid laws. I am not in any way implying that they are, they were just sent to me and I thought others may be interested