Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: June 12, 2025, 3:53 am

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
What the f laws?
#17
RE: What the f laws?
Weird laws on the books in Illinois, and Cook County in particular:

Statewide:
  •  If you don't have any money on you, you can be charged under vagrancy laws (admittedly, not an uncommon state of affairs, especially during the post-slavery era)
Chicago:
  • Protesting naked is legal only if the protester in question is under 17 years old.
  • It is illegal to fish while riding on a giraffe's neck.
  • Eating at a restaurant while it's on fire is illegal. 
  • Making your dog drunk is illegal (apparently, the laws in question cite specific liquors that are prohibited, like vodka or whiskey)
  • Anyone who wants to do contract work for the city must disclose whether or not they dealt in the slave trade before 1865.
Other Cook County towns:
  • Cicero: Humming in public on a Sunday is
  • Des Plaines: Chaining wheelbarrows to a tree is illegal.
  • Evanston: Bowling of any kind is prohibited.
  • Kenilworth: Any rooster that wants to crow must do so 300 feet from any residence. The penalty for this law is Sunday BBQ.
  • Morton Grove: owning a handgun is illegal, but owning anything larger is A-OK.
  • Park Ridge: Parking your truck outside is illegal.
Honorable mention: In the town of Moline, it's illegal to ice skate on the riverside pond... in the months of June and August. And for those of you who aren't familiar with the climate of Illinois, no, as far as the weather records can tell, going back from 1871, it has never been cold enough in Moline (in the months of June and August, that is) that bodies of water can freeze over hard enough to skate on. The chilliest June days on record have all been at 39 Fahrenheit (all 5 of them!), and August has only hit 40 Fahrenheit three times.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]

I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
What the f laws? - by Brian37 - October 19, 2019 at 10:47 am
RE: What the f laws? - by onlinebiker - October 19, 2019 at 11:23 am
RE: What the f laws? - by Brian37 - October 19, 2019 at 11:34 am
RE: What the f laws? - by arewethereyet - October 19, 2019 at 12:39 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 19, 2019 at 11:25 am
RE: What the f laws? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 19, 2019 at 12:43 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Brian37 - October 19, 2019 at 1:02 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by onlinebiker - October 19, 2019 at 1:25 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 19, 2019 at 1:27 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Athene - October 19, 2019 at 2:32 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 19, 2019 at 3:39 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 19, 2019 at 5:35 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 19, 2019 at 6:36 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 19, 2019 at 6:37 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Rev. Rye - October 19, 2019 at 6:45 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by brewer - October 19, 2019 at 10:29 pm
RE: What the f laws? - by Rev. Rye - October 19, 2019 at 11:02 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  This Story Reminds Me of One of Murphy's Laws Minimalist 7 1833 March 10, 2018 at 9:06 pm
Last Post: vulcanlogician
  If you could enact laws into action to change society Silver 58 18446 May 29, 2017 at 6:05 am
Last Post: Sal
  American gun laws summed up in memes dyresand 158 27436 February 12, 2016 at 7:21 pm
Last Post: Losty
  Aussie consumer laws to improve!! Aractus 1 892 November 26, 2015 at 3:16 am
Last Post: dyresand
  Xmas shopping hour laws? Oldandeasilyconfused 4 2564 December 28, 2009 at 11:39 am
Last Post: Dotard



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)