Location: Salem, Oregon Women may not wrestle in Salem. - This law still exists. Location: Salt Lake City, Utah No one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin. - This law still exists. Location: San Antonio, Texas It is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands. - This law still exists. Location: San Antonio, Texas It is illegal to urinate on the Alamo. - This law still exists. Location: San Francisco, California Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash. - This law still exists. Location: San Francisco, California Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street. - This law still exists. Location: San Francisco, California Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited - This law still exists. Location: San Francisco, California It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear. - This law still exists. Location: San Francisco, California It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner. - This law still exists. Location: Sarasota, Florida You may not catch crabs. - This law still exists. Location: Sarasota, Florida If you hit a pedestrian you are fined $78.00. - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia Women may not become doctors - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia Male doctors may not examine women, and women doctors cannot examine men - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia A woman may not drive a car. - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia It is considered an offense if a woman appears in public, unless accompanied by a male relative or guardian - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia It is illegal to engage in any religious practice other than Islam. - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia From Jiddah to Ryadh there are two highways: one for Muslims, another for "infidels". - This law still exists. Location: Saudi Arabia If a Muslim is accompanied by an "infidel", both are required to use the highway for infidels. - This law still exists. Location: Schulter, Oklahoma Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel. - This law still exists. Location: Scotland You are presumed guilty until proven innocent for some crimes. - This law still exists. Location: Scotland If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them enter. - This law still exists. Location: Scotland It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow. - This law still exists. Location: Scotland You may not fish on Sundays. - This law still exists. Location: Sea Isle City, New Jersey There will be no boiling of bones on the property. - This law still exists. Location: Seattle, Washington You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. - This law still exists. Location: Seattle, Washington Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term. - This law still exists. Location: Seattle, Washington No one may set fire to another person's property without prior permission. - This law still exists. Location: Seattle, Washington It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore It is illegal to pee in an elevator - This law still exists. Location: Singapore Failure to flush a public toilet after use may result in very hefty fines. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore It is illegal to come within 50 meters of a pedestrian crossing the street. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore If you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying,"I am a litterer." This will then be broadcasted on the local news. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore You may not walk around your home nude, as it is considered pornographic. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes. - This law still exists. Location: Singapore The sale of gum is prohibited. - This law still exists. Location: Soo, Michigan Smoking while in bed is illegal. - This law still exists. Location: South Bend, Indiana It is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is a capital offense to inadvertently kill someone while attempting suicide. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Every adult male must bring a rifle to church on Sunday in order to ward off Indian attacks. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is perfectly legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina When approaching a four way or blind intersection in a non-horse driven vehicle you must stop 100 ft from the intersection and discharge a firearm into the air to warn horse traffic. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is illegal to give or receive oral sex in South Carolina. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is illegal to sell any alcoholic beverages on Sunday, unless you own a private club. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Horses may not be kept in bathtubs. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is considered an offense to get a tattoo. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Performing a U-turn within 1,000 feet of an intersection is illegal. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Musical instruments may not be sold on Sunday. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina No work may be done on Sunday. An exception to this law is that light bulbs may be sold. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina All schools must prepare a suitable program for Francis Willard Day - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Dance halls may not operate on Sundays. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Merchandise may not be sold within a half mile of a church unless fruit is being sold. - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina Fortune tellers are required to obtain a special permit from the state. [ - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina A railroad my not remove itself from a town of more than five hundred people - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is illegal to communicate with a woman using obscene messages - This law still exists. Location: South Carolina It is illegal to display a confederate flag on a courthouse. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden. - This law still exists. Location: South Dakota If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them. - This law still exists. Location: South Korea Traffic police are required to report all bribes that they receive from motorists. - This law still exists. Location: Southington, Connecticut Silly string is banned. - This law still exists. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina Eating watermelons in the Magnolia Street cemetery is forbidden. - This law still exists. Location: Spearfish, South Dakota If three or more Indians are walking down the street together, they can be considered a war party and fired upon. - This law still exists. Location: Spokane, Washington TV's may not be bought on Sundays. - This law still exists. Location: Springfield, Oregon It is illegal to own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city, as a pet. - This law still exists. Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Hamburgers may not be eaten on Sundays. - This law still exists. Location: St. Croix, Wisconsin Women are not allowed to wear anything red in public. - This law still exists. Location: St. Louis, Missouri It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. - This law still exists. Location: St. Louis, Missouri A milk man may not run while on duty. - This law still exists. Location: St. Mary's, Georgia No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark. - This law still exists. Location: Stafford County, Virginia It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm. - This law still exists. Location: Stanfield, Oregon It is against the law for animals to have sex in the city limits. - This law no longer exists. Location: Stanfield, Oregon Cloth towel dispensers are banned from restrooms. - This law still exists. Location: Stanfield, Oregon No more than two people may share a single drink. - This law still exists. Location: Staten Island, New York You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand. - This law still exists. Location: Staten Island, New York It is illegal for a father to call his son a "faggot" or "queer" in an effort to curb "girlie behavior." - This law still exists. Location: Sterling, Colorado Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight. - This law still exists. Location: Strongsville, Ohio Catch 22 is banned. - This law still exists. Location: Sweden While prostituion is legal, it is illegal for anyone to use the services of a prostitue. - This law still exists. Location: Sweden It is illegal to repaint a house without a painting license and the governments' permission. - This law still exists. Location: Sweden If you release pigs into a acornwood (or a beechnutwood) mutually owned by you and at least one more, and exceeded your quote of allowed pigs, you will have to pay a fine for each each pig to the other owners and to restore any damages caused by the extra pigs. - This law still exists. Location: Switzerland Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday. - This law still exists. Location: Switzerland You may not wash your car on a Sunday. - This law still exists. Location: Switzerland It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise. - This law still exists. Location: Switzerland A man may not relieve himself while standing up, after 10 P.M. - This law still exists. Location: Switzerland If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished. - This law still exists. |