Train Trivia 4/5/06

[Anonymous]

I guess photography is illegal to do photography,9 many photographers live off of blue lights. In california it's also illegal to buy a vehicle with a diesel engine.

[R. T. POTEET]

A short aside on camels in Arizona:

In 1853 or thereabouts a Secretary of War by the name of Jefferson Davis (remember him) imported dromedary camels into the southwest to facilitate army transport. The experiment was not successful because the southwestern desert is rocky and not sandy like the Sahara and Arabian. By 1861 the army was trying to figure out what to do with a couple of hundred tempermental camels and had concentrated them all at Ft Tejon in California. When the garrison there was ordered east following the attack on Ft Sumter these camels were released into the wild where they made a nuisance out of themselves for the next forty years.
These camels are infinitely wrapped up in the legend and mythology of the region - particularly in Arizona where the famous legend of the "Red Death" is sited. The last verifiable incident of a camel sighting in Arizona is prior to 1910 (1903/1908 I believe) but people were still encountering camels as late as the 1940s. Most of these later sight-ings were located in the lower reaches of Old Snake Eyes bottles.

[Anonymous]

Andre, LOL that's hilarious. There ARE laws like that.

[Anonymous]

Alambamy

[beegle55]

In West Virginia you can't operate a jet ski until you are 15! What a bunch of bullshirt!

[csmith9474]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474

Some of the above "laws" have been researched and dismissed by Snopes as false. I definately remember the one about hunting camels in Arizona to be false.[:)]

Perhaps, but they really did have camels in Arizona. The army brought them thinking they would be good in the great American desert. However, not only were the soldiers scared of them, so were the horses; and no one could ride them without getting sea sick. Some escaped and were seen roaming the country side and were almost always were hunted down by the locals.

I definately realize that the military imported camels to Arizona (along with Texas and Nevada), but there is no current law that prohibits the hunting of camels in the State of Arizona. And appearantly the use of Camels was an overall success, but their use was negated by the Civil War.

[Anonymous]

Being in law enforcewment and from PA I can say that it is illegal to sell fireworks to a PA. resident, but; if you have ID from out of state buy all you want.
I think in Michigan it's illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant. Actual ordinance.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csmith9474

Some of the above "laws" have been researched and dismissed by Snopes as false. I definately remember the one about hunting camels in Arizona to be false.[:)]

Perhaps, but they really did have camels in Arizona. The army brought them thinking they would be good in the great American desert. However, not only were the soldiers scared of them, so were the horses; and no one could ride them without getting sea sick. Some escaped and were seen roaming the country side and were almost always were hunted down by the locals.

[Train 284]

I said New York. This is a tough one!

[csmith9474]

QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon

Alabama.

Why does this not surprise me?

OTOH, in California:

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.

Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.

Elsewhere:

In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

In Arkansas a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month

In Alaska moose may not be viewed from an airplane

In Alaska it is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane and kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.

In Kansas rabbits may not be shot from motorboats and the state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks (the law is silent on whether or not one can use ducks to hunt mules).

In Massachussetts:

It is illegal to give beer to hospital patients.

Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.

No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

In Maine:

Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.

You may not step out of a plane in flight.

In Arizona:

Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.

Hunting camels is prohibited.

Minnesota:

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

All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts (Andre's note: does this mean women who ride motorcycles don't?)

It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.

Also in Pennsylvania a special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

In Pennsylvania fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish in Pennsylvania.

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Off topic perhaps, but funny.

Andre

Some of the above "laws" have been researched and dismissed by Snopes as false. I definately remember the one about hunting camels in Arizona to be false.[:)]

[GAPPLEG]

I'm guessing Alabama , as an illegal hunting technuque.

[Texas Zepher]

I'll guess Alabama, just because it seems to be more of a deep south type thing. Lotus089, could you please repeat the question in the first post?

QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon
In Kansas rabbits may not be shot from motorboats and the state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks.

Those are not as funny as one would think. Remember in Kansas all waterways are public reguardless of whos property they go through. So people were using boats and pack animals to enter otherwise posted private property in order to hunt. I think there would be several more very similar laws if one dug deep enough.

QUOTE: In Maine:
Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.

In Arizona:
Hunting camels is prohibited.

Those aren't silly, just really old. The calvary tried to introduce camels in Arizona in the 1860s.

QUOTE: In Pennsylvania fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

Not silly or funny at all. That is the same in Colorado. This law allows fireworks businesses to exist and thrive eventhough fireworks are illegal for people to own/shoot off.

QUOTE: Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish in Pennsylvania.

That is really not funny and probably the same in every state in the union.

[Anonymous]

Can not wait for the ANSWER to this one!!

Will

[SilverSpike]

I have no idea! But I chose Idaho because I like to put salt on my potatoes.

- Ryan

[cacole]

It is illegal and punishable by a $250 fine for exploding a nuclear device within the city limits of Burbank, California.

Arizona law has changed a little -- you are now allowed to carry a concealed weapon if you have a state permit.

For the trivia question, my guess would be that salt on railroad tracks might attract animals and cause derailments, but which state would outlaw such a practice I have no idea.

[cspmo]

Here's some from ILL.
In Champaign One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.

In Chicago Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck.

In Cicero Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.

I like this one, In Moline Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited.

[RedGrey62]

Dang Andre, I guess I could have been arrested in California a few years ago, had a couple of strangers call me ugly in a public place!

Rick

[james saunders]

they are true are they?

[andrechapelon]

Alabama.

Why does this not surprise me?

OTOH, in California:

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.

Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.

Elsewhere:

In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs.

In Arkansas a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month

In Alaska moose may not be viewed from an airplane

In Alaska it is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane and kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time.

In Kansas rabbits may not be shot from motorboats and the state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks (the law is silent on whether or not one can use ducks to hunt mules).

In Massachussetts:

It is illegal to give beer to hospital patients.

Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.

No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

In Maine:

Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.

You may not step out of a plane in flight.

In Arizona:

Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.

When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses.

Hunting camels is prohibited.

Minnesota:

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

All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts (Andre's note: does this mean women who ride motorcycles don't?)

It is contrary to Pennsylvania law to discharge a gun, cannon, revolver or other explosive weapon at a wedding.

Also in Pennsylvania a special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

In Pennsylvania fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents.

Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish in Pennsylvania.

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Off topic perhaps, but funny.

Andre

[james saunders]

oh god im not even gonna try answer that one

[Anonymous]

In what state was putting salt on railroad track punishable by death?
Alabama