Today's Chuckle

I was playing and came across a site with weird laws.  Thought I’d share some with you.

Pennsylvania –

It is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.

A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.

It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel.

Florida –

The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.

Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

Minnesota –

Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.

All bathtubs must have feet.

A person may not cross state lines with a duck atop his head.

Georgia –

Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.

No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.

It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.

Washington –

The harassing of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other undiscovered subspecies is a felony punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.

It is illegal to pretend that one’s parents are rich.

A law to reduce crime states: “It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.

Yep, I’ll be doing this one again when we need a laugh.  There are many, many more.  In the meantime, what is it with wearing poultry in Minnesota?

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Today's Lesson

A few years ago the city council of a town in Italy barred people from keeping their goldfish in curved bowls. Their reasoning – doing so is cruel to the goldfish as it gives them a distorted view of reality.

There are several problems with this. How was this cruelty determined? With the varying shapes of goldfish and the positioning of their eyes, might not a curved bowl actually be better for them than flat surfaces with square corners? Has extensive testing been completed in both environments with the goldfish responding to numerous questionnaires?

There was some discussion on how the brain interprets visuals. In one study, it was proven that it is capable of adjusting distorted images so what is seen is that which is considered true. So. Goldfish have brains. Perhaps they too can compensate for the curve and see things outside of their bowls as how we see them to be true, through a barrier, rounded or not. And what about blind goldfish? Curved bowls would certainly be more environmentally friendly to them than a square container. But I digress.

Next. The view from within the bowl is not the same as from without. Goldfish residing in curved bowls their entire lives could formulate their own specific scientific laws regarding objects they can see moving about outside of their bowls. Although we might deem their view distorted, it is the only view they have. Therefore, the laws they determine are the ones that will always be true from their viewpoint and the only ones applicable. Ours simply do not apply within their reality. Oh, ours are true too, just not to the goldfish.

Additionally, if these goldfish are clever enough to formulate their own laws of relativity I find it highly unlikely that they’d still be living in a little town in Italy in any sort of bowl, curved or not. If they can come up with all that, we’d probably be living in air pockets at the bottom of their ponds with them swimming around outside, keeping us as pets. I wonder what shape they’d make our containers.

One last thing. What the hell possessed those people on that city council to consider this long enough to dictate to their citizens how to house their goldfish?

Did You Know?

In Alabama it’s illegal for the driver to be blindfolded while operating a motor vehicle.

In Denver it’s illegal to perform acrobatics that might frighten horses.

In Atlanta it’s illegal to tie giraffe to street lamps.

It is illegal to put pennies in your ear in Hawaii.

In Tamarack, ID it’s illegal to purchase onions after dark without a special permit from the sheriff.

It is illegal to carry ice cream cones in your pocket in Lexington, KY.

In Natoma, KS it’s illegal to practice knife throwing at men in striped suits.

There’s a state law in Louisiana that says it’s legal to grow as tall as you like.

It’s against the law in Rumford, ME to bite your landlord.

A state law in Maryland prohibits lions from attending the theater. Massachusetts has the same law.

In Canton, MS it’s illegal to kill a squirrel in a courtroom with a gun.

In New Jersey, it’s illegal to detain a homing pigeon.

It’s illegal to get fish drunk in Oklahoma.

Yeah, we’ll be doing this again. There are many, many more.

In book stuff I received the first review for Hot Rush. Chris from Night Owl Romance says, “A cute quick read that was funny, hot, and had a splash of danger to make things interesting.” Yep, that sums it up just about perfectly.