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I am Rebecca Felgate and today I am talking about the Top 10 Insane American Laws that
Actually exist.
I am from England, where we have a few pretty crazy laws ourselves, but spotlight is on
you today, ‘Merica 10 -You cannot talk with Pirates
Jeez, America, way to ruin dreams of sailing the seven seas with a Jonny Depp like side
kick….
But cooler than Jonny Depp because he really has gone wrong.
Not talking to pirates is a Federal Law!
18 U.S.C.
code 1657 makes it a federal crime to consult with a known pirate.
So….seamean, listen up!
To be fair, when you read this law it kind of makes sense; pirates are referred to as
robbers of the sea, so really the law is saying you can’t make deals with sea robbers.
If you do talk to pirates, you can be fined or receive a max of three years in jail.
9 – It is Illegal to fall asleep with your shoes on in North Dakota
I have only ever fallen asleep with my shoes on once, it was after my graduation from university….and
to be totally fair, falling asleep with ones shoes on is pretty much a sign they’re drunk…or
possibly homeless…which is a bit sad.
None the less, there could be many upstanding citizens that simply nod off on the bus or
train home, and unless those shoes are removed, they’re breaking a weird and kind of unreasonable
law!
I am on the fence about number 8….
In Maine it is illegal to keep your Christmas decorations up past January 14th.
Basically, the state of Maine will allow you an 8 day grace period in removing your Christmas
lights – it is traditional to keep decorations up until January the 6th – the Twelfth day
of Christmas.
My mum always told me it was bad luck to keep them up after that date, but in Maine the
law of bad luck obviously wasn’t enough to scare residents, they needed the law of
…ur…law… to force them to ditch their decorative Santa’s.
A Classic at number 7 – guns don’t kill people….Kinder Eggs do.
Wait…what.
The 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act embargos Kinder Eggs – stopping them from entering
the USA.
Why?
Because the chocolate contains a hard plastic capsule with a toy in it….
Like an Easter egg.
It seems that, while other dubious things aren’t banned from the states, these eggs
are considered a risk for children.
Smuggling in a Kinder egg can get you a hefty fine of $1200 dollars per egg!
6 – You cannot make unreasonable noises at the Pentagon
Title 32 of the Code of Federal regulations, part 234, says that a person cannot make a
noise that is unreasonable…although it is not entirely sure what their definition of
reasonable is….the literature makes it seem as if a person is basically not acting like
a normal person is expected to act, it is against the law.
So…basically, you cannot be weird in the Pentagon.
Frying it up at number 5, it is against the law make fake onion rings…
21 USC code 333 & 21 CFR code 102.39 make it a crime to sell onion rings from diced
onion, and advertise them as onion rings.
What a wired law….I wonder what the catalyst was that sparked this creation of this rule?
Weirder still at number 4, Cutting down a cactus will get you arrested in Arizona.
That is right, leave those cacti alone!
In fact, cutting down a Saguaro Cactus can get you a maximum sentence of 25 years in
prison….which in some places is a life sentence!
In 2014 a teenager boy was arrested in Scottsdale for cutting the arm off a regular cactus.
3 – You Cannot Live on a Boat in Georgia WHAT!
The house boat is the literal dream!
There are plenty of lakes AND the Atlantic in the American state of Georgia, but it is
against state law to live on a boat for longer than 30 days!
Luckily this law did actually get more lenient a couple of years ago, but these days you
still need to apply for a special permit if you want to spend time living at sea…or
at lake.
Weird.
One of my favourite and most ridiculous laws I have ever heard, in New York City, you cannot
have puppets in windows….
Urm.
The section 10-114 of the cities administrative code prevents puppets from being displayed
in windows.
It is illegal for any puppet shows, ballet or dancing to take place in any window…..which
again leads me to wonder what sparked this law!
Mountain Dew made a video about police raiding a guys house who was performing a puppet show
to the street from his window.
The more you know.
Finally, at number one…Georgia is back at it again and this time they have company – it
is Illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket in three states!
What!
In Alabama its illegal all of the time, in Georgia and New York, they’re cool with
it, apart from on a Sunday, when they’re not cool with it….which makes it even weirder
a ruling.
Why anyone would want to carry an ice cream in their back pocket is beyond me anyway!
Sounds like a messy butt disaster waiting to happen!
So there we have it….that was 10 insane American laws that actually exist…
some of these are pure cray, others make a tiny shred of sense…but I have one more
for you that makes no sense at all…
some humans can’t marry other humans they love in 13 states.
Liberate those hearts, and also…get those puppets back in those windows!
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