Wednesday's WakkyFakts/May 6

Welcome to Wednesday’s WakkyFakts (unconventional
spelling deliberate), inspired at least in part by Storm Novello’s DIDYANOSE in Dandi Daley Mackall’s <<Blog On>> series.

Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in the states of Arizona and Georgia. I remember reading years ago about a similar law in Brooklyn, New York I, personally,
 can’t imagine that a donkey would even want to sleep in a bathtub.

I haven’t been able to find out whether or not a donkey may bathe in a bathtub, or sleep in a bed in those places.

Wednesday's WakkyFakts/April 29

Welcome to Wednesday’s WakkyFakts (unconventional
spelling deliberate), inspired at least in part by Storm Novello’s DIDYANOSE in Dandi Daley Mackall’s <<Blog On>> series.

This is taken from Dick Hyman’s “Cockeyed Americana,” but presented in
my own words.

It is against the law in Tucson, Arizona for a visiting football team to score against the Arizona Wildcats. The penalty for doing so is a $300 fine, or at least three months imprisonment. [In other words, it’s against the law for the visiting players to play like a normal football team.]
I certainly hope that this law was either enacted as a joke, or has been repealed. After all, it doesn’t seem very sporting.

Wednesday's WakkyFakts

Welcome to Wednesday’s WakkyFakts (unconventional
spelling deliberate), inspired at least in part by Storm Novello’s DIDYANOSE in Dandi Daley Mackall’s <<Blog On>> series.

This week's WakkyFakts come from Loony Laws and Silly Statutes, by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, but re-written in my own words. The parts in brackets, however, are 100% mine, and were
not taken from the book.

Marblehead, Massachusetts prohibits its citizens from crossing the street on Sunday unless it is absolutely necessary.
[Does going to church count as necessary?

Also in Massachusetts, a man may not shave his whiskers while driving.
[But is he allowed to shave his head, or another man’s whiskers?]

It’s against Canadian law to board a plane that is in flight.
[I think it would also be somewhat difficult!]

Wednesday's Wakkyfakts-April 1

Welcome to Wednesday’s WakkyFakts (unconventional
spelling deliberate), inspired at least in part by Storm Novello’s DIDYANOSE in Dandi Daley Mackall’s <<Blog On>> series.

I found these laws pertaining to food online. I’m presenting them in my own words. All comments in italics are mine.

These are from delish.com.

In Alabama, you are not allowed to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket.
What about my front pocket?

According to the law in Idaho, a man may not give his sweetheart a box of candy that weighs less than fifty pounds.
So could he give her, say, a pound of candy in a forty-nine pound box?

People in Chicago, Illinois are forbidden to eat in places that are on fire.
But can they take it to go?

These two come from ranker.com.

In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to take a bite out of someone else’s hamburger.
I wouldn’t want to, anyway, unless I took the very first bite.

Also, people in downtown Oklahoma City may not eat hamburgers and walk backwards at the same time.
Only hamburgers?