The purpose of this blog is to uncover laws that had a purpose long ago but were never taken off the books when they were no longer needed. In my hometown there is a law on the books that says its illegal to carry "Icecream" in your pockets! Thats right, for all you visitors of Morehead, KY it is illegal to do such a thing so don't let the long arm of the law catch you with a scoop of rocky road in your pants!!! You may wonder why a person would carry ice cream in their pocket for any way right? Well actually, the law covers any kind of sweets, from cake to sugar, you name it. Why? Well in the old days when the most common transportation was horseback, some horse theives found a loop hole. They could claim that any horse was theirs, when the owner said no its mine, a third party made each person stand a few feet away and whoever the horse followed was determined the owner. Horses love sweets so if the thief had a pocket full of sugar, or what ever the horse was more likely to follow them! When the law makers found out what was going on it was put on the books, and has remained so every since!
Do you know of any laws that exist like this?
I heard that their was once a town like the one in "FootLoose" wear music wasn't allowed. I'm sure that civil rights took care of that, if in fact it was real.
Why aren't these laws that don't apply anymore taken out of the books?
Did you know that there are still parts of this country where sodomy is still illegal? There have been heterosexuals as well as homosexuals arrested in their own homes and in hotel rooms for being caught perfoming these acts on each other!!!!
Do you know of any pointless old laws that are still on the books in your hometown?
By tcole31314 - Posted on June 1st, 2006



In Ohio it's illegal for ducks to quack after 10 pm and Californians aren't allowed to wear swimming suits in kitchens.
~CallieV
What do they do to the ducks if they quack after ten?
In Washington state it is illegal to have sex with a virgin under any circumstances. ANY circumstances.