there’s a website, www.dumblaws.com, that is worth a look.
here, for example, are some of new york’s dumb laws:
new york laws
women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.
you may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.
citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.
a fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.
it is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.
the penalty for jumping off a building is death.
new yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.
a person may not walk around on sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
while riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door