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Anyone knows where that law comes from? "A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket." It makes me kind of curious

• cromulent 17y ago
  No, but there are quite a few strange old laws still around. For example, if a Welshman crosses the border on a Friday with goods for market, you can kill him. http://web.mac.com/jdewynne/OldAquarium/MISC/welsh.html http://web.mac.com/jdewynne/OldAquarium/MISC/welsh.html "In Shrewsbury in 1776, seven Welshmen were killed, three by musket, three by sword and one was bludgeoned to death with his own crops. The Borders Act has never been repealed."
  • tjic 17y ago
    My favorite crazy law is that in Massachusetts it is illegal to display an artificially created albino person. http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/272-33.htm http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/272-33.htm
    • stcredzero 17y ago
      In many states, there are laws along the lines of: 5 or more unmarried women living under the same roof constitutes a brothel. Hence, most colleges are running brothels.
      • sethg 17y ago
        IIRC Boston recently passed an ordinance forbidding landlords to rent a unit to (IIRC) groups of more than 4 unmarried persons living together. The intent was to deal with absentee landlords who rented houses to large groups of students, since (a) the students, as a rule, could outbid working families interested in the same kinds of housing; (b) there have been a number of problems with students being bad neighbors (drunken late-night parties, and so on). Since Massachusetts has same-sex marriage, I suppose that six Boston College students looking to crowd themselves into a three-bedroom house could take a short trip to City Hall and present themselves to landlords as three married couples....