|  Here it is. Looney laws part 2.
Indiana
* Monkeys are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.
* In Gary, it is illegal to attend the theater within four hours of eating garlic.
* The Stepford Wives is banned in a Warsaw school.
Iowa
* State law forbids any establishment from charging admission to see a one-armed piano player.
* In Fort Madison, firemen are required to practice for 15 minutes before attending a fire.
Kansas
* It is illegal for restaurants to sell cherry pie à la mode on Sundays.
* In Wichita, a man's mistreatment of his mother-in-law may not be used as grounds for divorce.
* In Wichita, it is illegal to carry a concealed bean snapper.
* In Lang, it is illegal to ride a mule down Main Street in August, unless the animal is wearing a straw hat.
* In Natoma, it is illegal to throw a knife at anyone wearing a striped shirt.
Kentucky
* State law stipulates that a person is considered sober until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground."
* It is illegal to remarry the same man four times.
* In Kentucky it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than 6 feet long.
Louisiana
* In New Orleans, fire trucks are required by law to stop at all red lights.
* It is considered "simple assault" to bite someone in New Orleans; it is "aggravated assault" if the biter has false teeth.
* It is against the law to gargle in public.
Maine
* In Portland, it is illegal for men to tickle women under the chin with feather dusters.
* The most money one can legally win gambling is three dollars.
* In Rumford, it is illegal for a tenant to bite his/her landlord.
* In Waterville, it is illegal to blow one's nose in public.
Maryland
* In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.
* Every person who has bowled since 1833 may be fined $2 for each offense.
* In Halethorpe, it is illegal to kiss for more than one second.
* It's illegal to mistreat oysters.
* It's illegal to play Randy Newman's "Short People" on the radio.
Massachusetts
* It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
* North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying "space guns."
* State legislation forbids dueling with water pistols.
* In Boston, it is illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.
* In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.
Michigan
* A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.
* In Detroit, it is illegal to make love in a car unless it is parked on your property.
* In Port Huron, the speed limit for ambulances in 20 m.p.h.
* Under state law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."
Minnesota
* Women may face up to 30 days in jail if they impersonate Santa Claus.
* In Minneapolis, double-parkers can be put on a chain gang.
* Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.
* It's illegal to tease skunks.
Mississippi
* It is still legal to kill one's "servant."
* In Truro, a would-be groom must "prove himself manly" prior to marriage by hunting and killing either six blackbirds or three crows.
Missouri
* In Saco, women are forbidden from wearing hats that "might frighten timid persons, children or animals."
* While children may purchase shotguns in Kansas City, they are not allowed to buy toy cap guns.
* Missouri considers drunkenness an "inalienable right."
Montana
* It is a felony for a wife to open her husband's mail.
* It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
* In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.
Nebraska
* It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.
* In Waterloo, barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7am and 7pm.
* In Omaha, barbers are forbidden from shaving their customers' chests.
* If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.
* It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
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