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The Top 10 Dumbest Laws in Chicagoland

The Top 10 Dumbest Laws in Chicagoland

trueslant.com - 5 weeks ago - 595 views

It's legal to protest naked in front of city hall...so long as you're a minor?

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Fave batshit Chicago law? Go!

You can be arrested for vagrancy if you don't have at least one dollar in your pocket.

It's illegal to hum in Cicero on Sundays. Pfft. Everybody knows that!

Holy crap! It's illegal to bowl in Evanston!

This story calls B.S. on bowling being illegal in Evanston. Rather, there just hasn't been anyone who saw a market for a bowling alley up there.

http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2007/05/3491/myths/

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by Nelson 5 weeks 22 hours ago

When did someone fish from a giraffe that prompted that last law?

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by qstrian 5 weeks 22 hours ago

Berry blue over efforts to regulate public morality, fellow Windy Citizens? This discussion threat could go on for months with the many examples of unenforced so-called "blue laws" on the books of many local municipalities.

This is how towns extorted revenue from folks in the days before red light cameras.

"Farmer Smith, we know it was you fishing from that giraffe last Thursday. The jig is up!"

I want to believe that "fishing from a giraffe" is some sort of euphemism.

Fishing from a giraffe's neck? Really? What's the history behind THAT law?

The Burt Natarus legacy lives on.... This item deserves an automatic up vote from everyone - inspired.

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