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	<title>Stupid Laws &#038; Dumb Laws &#187; Connecticut</title>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal for a barber to hum a tune while cutting your hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Waterbury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, they take their haircuts seriously at Waterbury]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, they take their haircuts seriously at Waterbury</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to sell silly string</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Southington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess a bunch of kids assulted a cop with a bunch of silly strings so they banned its sales&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess a bunch of kids assulted a cop with a bunch of silly strings so they banned its sales&#8230;</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to have more then 4 games in an arcade.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Rocky Hill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess they have really, REALLY, small arcades in Rocky Hill 81-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE A. Any mechanical pinball amusement device which is so constructed that the result of its operation depends upon chance, or upon the skill of the operator, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess they have really, REALLY, small arcades in Rocky Hill</p>
<blockquote><p><span id="more-591"></span>81-2. Definitions.</p>
<p>As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings  indicated:</p>
<p>MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE</p>
<p>A. Any mechanical pinball amusement device which is so constructed that the  result of its operation depends upon chance, or upon the skill of the operator,  or upon both;</p>
<p>B. Any mechanical device which in its operation shoots or  propels an electric light, ray or impulse to a target;</p>
<p>C. Any table bowling, shuffleboard or other mechanical table game or  amusement device involving the propulsion of spheres or other projectiles,  mechanically or by hand; or</p>
<p>D. Any coin-operated or coin-in-the-slot table amusement device or game.</p>
<p>PERSON &#8212; An individual, partnership, corporation, club or association.</p>
<p>ï¿½ 81-3. License required; number restricted.</p>
<p>A. No person shall have in any place within a permanent structure open to the  general public or occupied by any club or association any mechanical amusement  device without first having obtained a license therefor.</p>
<p>B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, no person shall have in  any place within a permanent structure open to the general public more than four  mechanical amusement devices.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal for firetrucks to go faster then 25MPH even in the event of an emergency</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Britain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hum&#8230; who was the bonehead that thought this one up?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hum&#8230; who was the bonehead that thought this one up?</p>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t kiss your wife on sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hartford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess there are no weddings on sundays in Hartford.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess there are no weddings on sundays in Hartford.</p>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t teach an old dog any trick</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hartford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s illegal to teach your dog anything.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s illegal to teach your dog anything.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to walk on your hands while crossing a street</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[gotta love these clown laws.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>gotta love these clown laws.</p>
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		<title>You can have any color christmas lights you want as long as it&#8217;s white.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Guilford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Boy&#8230; they really take their white christmas seriously]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy&#8230; they really take their white christmas seriously</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to walk backwards after sunset</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Devon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, thats a pretty idiotic law]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, thats a pretty idiotic law</p>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t be fined more then $100 for firing a gun on public highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting but somewhat strangely dangerous law General Statutes of Connecticut, Revised to 1997 Title-53 &#8211; Crimes Sec. 53-204. Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway. Any person who hunts or discharges any firearm from any public highway shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to any law or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting but somewhat strangely dangerous law</p>
<blockquote><p><span id="more-581"></span> General Statutes of Connecticut, Revised to 1997<br />
Title-53 &#8211; Crimes<br />
Sec.  53-204. Hunting or discharging firearm from public highway.<br />
Any person who  hunts or discharges any firearm from any public highway shall be fined not more  than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to any law or  conservation enforcement officer in the performance of his duty. Enforcement  officers of the Department of Environmental Protection are empowered to arrest  for the violation of the provisions of this section.<br />
(1955, S. 3290d; 1957,  P.A. 344.)</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t sell liquor after 8PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, talk about strict liquor laws. Chapter 545 Sec. 30-91. Hours and days of closing. Exemption. (d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits, drug store permits or grocery store beer permits shall be unlawful on Decoration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Year&#8217;s Day, Sunday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, talk about strict liquor laws.</p>
<blockquote><p><span id="more-579"></span> Chapter 545</p>
<p>Sec. 30-91. Hours and days of closing. Exemption.</p>
<p>(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places<br />
operating under  package store permits, drug store permits<br />
or grocery store beer permits shall  be unlawful on<br />
Decoration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,  Thanksgiving<br />
Day, New Year&#8217;s Day, Sunday or Christmas or, if<br />
Independence  Day, Christmas or New Year&#8217;s Day occurs on a<br />
Sunday, on the Monday next  following such day except that<br />
such sale or dispensing shall be lawful on any  Independence<br />
Day occurring on a Saturday; and such sale or dispensing  of<br />
alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store<br />
permits, drug  store permits, and grocery store beer permits<br />
shall be unlawful on any other  day before eight o&#8217;clock<br />
a.m. and after eight o&#8217;clock p.m. It shall be  unlawful for<br />
the holder of a manufacturing permit for a brew pub to  sell<br />
beer for consumption off the premises on the days or hours<br />
prohibited  by this subsection. Any town may, by a vote of a<br />
town meeting or by  ordinance, reduce the number of hours<br />
during which such sale shall be  permissible</p></blockquote>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to throw away razor blades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hum&#8230;Â  I guess everyone need to go rent a warehouse for razor blade storage.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hum&#8230;Â  I guess everyone need to go rent a warehouse for razor blade storage.</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal for a pickle to not bounce</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A pickle must bounce to be considered a pickle]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A pickle must bounce to be considered a pickle</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s illegal to sell liquor in city hall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s illegal to keep town records in a liquor store. Chapter 545 Sec. 30-97. Town and probate records not to be kept where liquor is sold. Town or probate records shall not be kept in any room in which alcoholic liquor is sold, nor in any room from which there is direct access to a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s illegal to keep town records in a liquor store.</p>
<blockquote><p><span id="more-569"></span>Chapter 545</p>
<p>Sec. 30-97. Town and probate records not to be kept where<br />
liquor is sold.</p>
<p>Town or probate records shall not be kept in any room in<br />
which alcoholic  liquor is sold, nor in any room from which<br />
there is direct access to a room  in which such liquor is<br />
sold. Any town clerk or judge of probate violating  the<br />
provisions of this section shall be subject to the<br />
penalties provided  in section 30-113.</p>
<p>(1949 Rev., S. 4298.)</p></blockquote>
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