Did you know that in California it is unlawful to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool and in Alabama it’s illegal to carry your ice cream cone in your back pocket? After doing some project research, Olivia Locher discovered there isn’t a shortage of interesting and obscure laws here in the United States, and she pokes fun of them in her series I Fought The Law.
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In Kentucky, it’s illegal to paint your lawn red.
In Alabama, it is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at all times.
In Maine, it’s unlawful to tickle women under the chin with a feather duster.
In Alaska, no person may drive a vehicle when there are three people in the front seat.
In Vermont, it is illegal to use colored margarine in restaurants unless the menu indicates you do.
In Washington, it’s illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
In Utah, no one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin.
In New Jersey, a person can be arrested for slurping soup in public.
In Kansas, it’s illegal to serve wine in teacups.
In South Dakota, it’s unlawful to cause static.
In Rhode Island, it's illegal to wear transparent clothing.
In Indiana, it’s illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public.
In Hawaii, coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.
In Oklahoma, it’s illegal to make love with an automobile.
In Florida, a person may not appear in public clothed in liquid latex.
In New Mexico, defacing rocks is a crime.
In Connecticut, pickles must bounce to officially be considered pickles.
In Texas, it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.
In Arizona, you may not have more than two dildos in a house.
In California, nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
In Maryland, hammering a nail into a tree is punishable by a fifty dollar fine.
In Nevada, it is illegal for men who have mustaches to kiss women.
In Wisconsin, it is illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese.
