WEIRD ONES BOLD
All in Connecticut:
A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces
Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn.
Bloomfield, Conn: It’s against the law to eat in your car.
Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs.
Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.
Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.
Hartford: You aren’t allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands
In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence.
In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.
In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street
In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
In Hartford, Conn., it’s illegal to plant a tree in the street.
In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.
In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
In Simsbury, Conn., it’s illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump.
It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.
It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades. (sorry emo guys)
It’s illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.
New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire.
No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.
Southington: Silly string is banned. (OH EM GEE)
Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently
repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names.
The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited. (Lol)
This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of “private sexual behavior between consenting
adults.”
Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he “cursed, struck or disobeyed” his parents or was “stubborn or rebellious.”
Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.
You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.
You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
You may not educate dogs. (Arrest them dog trainers)
