An Excellent Thought Provoking Site

[acptulsa]

Who was it who said something to the effect that the purpose of our legal overload is to ensure that no one can walk down the street without violating one or two? This site does a by nice job of making people think about that, and the advantage that gives to tyranny. We want not to pass laws, but to repeal them. This is a good place to bring people around to this way of thinking.

http://sreaves32.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/you-break-the-law-every-day-without-even-knowing-it/

[FrankRep]

YOU BREAK THE LAW EVERY DAY…WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT


Crazy State Laws
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Texas:

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home


I live in Texas so I did some fact-checking.

There are tons of falsehoods.


Is the Encyclopaedia Britannica Really Banned in Texas? (http://web.archive.org/web/20110805051910/http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/07/encyclopaedia-britannica-banned-texas/)

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
July 6, 2011


One of the most persistent rumors involving Britannica is that the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica is banned in the state of Texas because it contains a recipe for making beer.

Over the years, we’ve unleashed our crack researchers on this persistent urban legend, and not only have we been unable to uncover anything resembling a beer recipe in any edition of Britannica, we also can’t even determine the origins of the rumor.

Despite the constant tweeting and re-tweeeting, Britannica is available in schools throughout the state of Texas, and we also actually contain quite a nice image of the process of making beer (see below) that Thomas Spanos, one of Britannica’s illustrators, has even blogged about.

Though we are 99.999999999% sure that Britannica has never been banned in Texas (and, it certainly isn’t today), because we’ve been unable to discover the origins of the urban legend or this alleged beer recipe, we thought we might make a sport of it. Calling on the inner amateur (or professional) sleuth in you, we unleash our readers to help us find how this rumor got started (and, to put you in the mood, here’s a link to that 1990s classic “Rumors” by the Timex Social Club). Please provide any details in the comments field below or e-mail us.

[Pericles]

Is the Encyclopaedia Britannica Really Banned in Texas? (http://web.archive.org/web/20110805051910/http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/07/encyclopaedia-britannica-banned-texas/)



If it is, then I have been a fugitive from justice for decades.

[FrankRep]

If it is, then I have been a fugitive from justice for decades.

It's not banned. It's a lie.

[amy31416]

It's not banned. It's a lie.

Frank--he was being humorous, he knows it's not true.

[oyarde]

It is illegal to hunt whales in Nebraska, illegal to fish in pajamas in Illinois, in ST Louis , illegal to drink beer from a bucket on the curb of any Street.......

[FrankRep]

It is illegal to hunt whales in Nebraska, illegal to fish in pajamas in Illinois, in ST Louis , illegal to drink beer from a bucket on the curb of any Street.......

I call BS unless you can actually find the law from an official government source.

[Ender]

Here are some interesting laws:

It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.

In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”.

In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.

[Ender]

Here are some interesting laws:

It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.

In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.

In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.

In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.

In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”.

In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.