Top Ten Funny Laws In the United States

by EMILY KIM, KOREA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

The purpose of laws is to keep society orderly, free of dangers and crimes. Some laws punish us, some laws reward us. Some laws tell of our duties, while other laws give us rights. Some of the laws, however, seem to get just a little too specific, accounting for every possible scenario that could happen in life. Take a look at some of the funniest and most absurd laws in the United States:

1. In Los Angeles, California, it is not legal to bathe two babies at the same time in the same tub.
2. In Topeka, Kansas, servers are forbidden to serve wine in teacups.
3. In Kentucky, a female cannot appear in a bathing suit on any highway within the state.
4. In New York, it is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.
5. Also in New York, a license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
6. In Carmel, New York, a man cannot be seen in public while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.
7. In Ottumwa, Iowa, it is illegal for any man, within the corporate city limits, to wink at any female with whom he is “unacquainted.”
8. In Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, no person can spit upon the floor or stairways of any public hall or building or upon the floor or upon any sidewalk abutting on any public street or alley of said city.
9.In Youngstown, Ohio,you may not run out of gas.
10. In Oxford, it is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and faces.