It’s illegal to eat chicken with a fork
I guess they take their chickens seriously in Gainsville
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you better believe we take our chicken seriously! poultry capital of the world, baby!!!
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GainesvilleGirl
April 14, 2008
it is so not illegal to eat chicken with a fork and if it is show me were it is written in Gainesville local law
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Emily Reply:
June 30th, 2010 at 11:31 am
The Gainesville City Commission adopted an ordinance in 1961 as a publicity stunt that banned the eating of fried chicken within the city limits with anything but one’s fingers.
http://www.gainesville.org/pdfs/20080327_gainesville.pdf
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/archive/21373/
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josh
March 25, 2009
That is the weirdest thing ive ever herd of no wonder they call it idiot laws.com
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kirsten stevens
February 16, 2011