Crazy Laws

These are real laws that are on the books in the State of Georgia. 

State Laws:

Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.

Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs (and the point is?).

Signs are required to be written in English. (that one may be in trouble)

You have the right to commit simple battery if provoked by "fighting words."  (I bet that bill writer was a Baptist.)

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 coroner's office. (WHAT?)

Acworth

All citizens must own a rake.

Atlanta

Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or a street lamp.

One man may not be on another man's back.

Columbus

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.

Gainesville

Chicken must be eaten with the hands.

Jonesboro

It is illegal to say, "Oh, Boy."

Kennesaw

Every head of household must possess a firearm of somekind.

Marietta

Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.

St. Mary's

No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.

Quitman

Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.

It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.

Hard to believe? Believe it!