This state is obviously known for it's sensible laws....
~~Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while
the state assembly is in session.
~~All males in the state between the ages of 16 and 50 are required to
work on public roads.
~~It is illegal for a barber to advertise his prices.
~~Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
~~Signs are required to be written in English.
~~You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting"
words.
~~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.
Acworth
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All citizens must own a rake.
Atlanta
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Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
One man may not be on another man's back.
It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the
shades are down.
Columbus
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Can't cut off a chicken's head on Sunday.
It is illegal to carry a chicken by it's feet down Broadway on Sunday.
You may not sit in an *indecent* position.
Conyers
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An ordinance was passed that prohibits saying the phrase "two fried eggs
and a fritter for a quarter" in an attempt to prohibit slang talkin'.
Gainesville
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Chicken must be eaten with the hands. (I live in Gainesville and it was
once the poultry capital of the world. Believe me, that law still stands
and I've seen people arrested for eating thier chicken with a knife and
fork.)
Jonesboro
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It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy"
Kennesaw
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Every head of household must possess a firearm of some kind.
Marietta
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Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a
truck.
Pocataligo
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It is a violation for a woman over 200 pounds and attired in shorts, to
pilot or ride in an airplane.
St. Mary's
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No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.
Quitman
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Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.
It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
<---- not Southern comfort