Thursday Thirteen

13 Crazy/Dumb/Outrageous Laws in Texas:

1. When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
2. A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
3. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing in LeFors
4. You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times. 5. It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
6. In Lubbock County it is illegal to drive within an arm's length of alcohol - including alcohol in someone else's blood stream.
7. In Mesquite It is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts
8. In Port Arthur obnoxious odors may not be emitted while in an elevator.
9. In San Antonio it is illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.
10. You cannot carry wire cutters in your pocket in Austin
11. In Clarendon, it is illegal to dust any public building with a feather duster
12. In Jasper, all dogs must be on a leash at ALL times. Fine of $100.00!!
13. In Texas, no one other than a registered pharmacist may sell condoms or other kinds of contraceptives “on the street or other public places.” Not even Physicians! Anyone one who tries to make a few extra bucks doing this will be severely prosecuted for the dire act of “unlawfully practicing medicine.”