Stupid Laws & Dumb Laws » Missouri

Honking someone elses horn is prohibited

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:49:04 +0000

Toot your own horn, but not someone elses!
10.32.100 Climbing into another’s vehicle, sounding horn, etc. prohibited without permission.

No person shall, without the permission of the owner or person in charge thereof, climb upon or into, or swing upon any motor vehicle or trailer, whether the same is in motion or at rest, or sound the horn or other sound-producing device thereon, or attempt to manipulate any of the levers, starting device, brakes, or machinery thereof, or set the machinery in motion.

(Prior code ï¿½ 21-28)

Milkmen cannot run while on the clock

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:43:58 +0000

This is because milk is to be stirred and not shaken.

Drinking beer out of a bucket while sitting on any city street is illegal

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:41:55 +0000

Try to conceal your bucket with a paper bag or just stand up to drink your bucket of beer.

Strickly no dancing in Purdy, Missouri

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:01:01 +0000

The “How to dance like a white guy” tutorial (as seen on YouTube)Â most likely originated in this town and is the reason this law exists.

Getting an elephant drunk or high is prohibited

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:53:25 +0000

The reason elephants have such a good memory is because they don’t smoke the wacky tabacco.Â Just say no (to smoking with elephants).

Four unrelated persons cannot occupy the same dwelling

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:49:42 +0000

This is most likely a very old housing restriction.Â By legal terms it would be considered a brothel if four unrelated women occupy the same apartment.

Minors aren’t allowed to buy lighters, but buying rolling papers and tobacco is okay

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:39:20 +0000

Minors will have to use a magnifying glass on a nice sunny day to spark up their smokes.

Minors are allowed to buy shotguns but are prohibited from purchasing a cap pistol

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:13:40 +0000

Cap pistols have never killed anyone – where’s the logic in this law?

It is unlawful to drink in a bar between 2am and 6am

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:08:55 +0000

It’s probably unlawful to drink in a bar between those hours because the bar is closed and you’d be trespassing.

Yard waste may only be burned on Sundays

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:52:16 +0000

Buckner Missouri, a town of 4000, are only allowed to burn yard waste on Sundays.

One dollar annual tax if you’re single and between the ages of 21 and 50

webmaster — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:42:11 +0000

This law, enacted in 1820, taxes a single guy for a buck every year.Â Milking a single guy for his beer money is just wrong.