Dumb Laws in Oklahoma
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State Laws
- Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
- Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
- Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or
more on private property.
- Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's hamburger.
- It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle.
- Whaling is illegal.
- It is illegal to have the hind legs of a farm animal in your boots.
- Residents are taxed for the furniture in their homes, and any other personal belongings.
(Repealed 1998)
- Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings.
(Repealed)
- Tattoos are banned.
- No one may spit on a sidewalk.
- Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
- Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
City Laws
Ada
- If you wear a New York Jets clothes you will be put into the state
penitentiary.
Clinton
- Molesting an automobile is illegal.
Hawthahorne
- It is unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
Oklahoma City
- No one may walk backwards downtown while eating a hamburger.
Schulter
- Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.
Tulsa
- You may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
- Elephants are not to be taken into the downtown area.
Wynona
- One's mode of transportation must be tied up while not attended.
- Mules may not drink out of bird baths.
- Clothes may not be washed in bird baths.
Yukon
- It is illegal to tie a horse in front of city hall.
- If you pass another automobile, you must honk your horn at them.
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