U.S. State Jokes

Dallas Cowboys Name Change

"Did you hear they are thinking of changing the Dallas Cowboys to the Dallas Possums?" "No, why?" "Because they play dead at home and they die on the road."

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Virginia Crazy Law

  • Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
  • It is illegal to tickle women.
  • Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited.
  • (Repealed) You may not work on Sunday.
  • (Repealed) Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
  • It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.
  • There is a state law prohibiting "corrupt practices of bribery by any person other than candidates."
  • Police radar detectors are illegal.
  • It is illegal to sell peanut brittle on Sundays.
  • (Repealed) You cannot sell lettuce on Sunday, but you can sell beer, wine etc.
  • (Repealed) You cannot buy hardware of any kind on Sunday.
  • (Passed in 1975, repealed in 1977) No one may wash a mule on the sidewalk.
  • A person of color may not be oustide or within the city limits after 7 pm.
  • It is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.
  • Women must wear a corset after sundown and be in the company of male chaperon.
  • A man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere.
  • Spitting on a sea gull is not tolerated.
  • It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for a coffee.
  • It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm.
  • It is illegal to skate down the sidewalk of Main Street.
  • It is unlawful to drive by the same place within 30 minutes on Atlantic Avenue.
  • If you are drunk and not driving your car, and the person who is driving the car is drunk as well, you may both receive DUI's.
  • It is illegal to use profanity on Atlantic Avenue or the boardwalk.
  • It is illegal for a person to ride on the handlebars of a bike.
  • It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.

Anonymous

Georgia Crazy Law

  • Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
  • 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 - All citizens must own a rake.
  • Atlanta - Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or 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 some kind.
  • 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. 

Anonymous