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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.