Stupid Laws in North Carolina page 2 of 6

Anyone who violates the terms of a proclamation such as failing to appropriately celebrate Peanut Day or Jaycees Week–is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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You can be fined for singing out of tune for more than ninety seconds.

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It’s illegal to attach anything to a pool table.

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It’s illegal to shoot paper clips with rubber bands.

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It’s illegal to bring a pea-shooter to a parade

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If you happen to own a marl bed in North Carolina, the law demands that you put a fence around it.

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A marl bed may not be what you think. It is a kind of rock quarry.

Before a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage, he must be “inspected by all the barnyard animals on the young woman’s family’s property, to ensure a harmonious farm life.”

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It is illegal to sneeze on city streets.

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It’s illegal in North Carolina to take and sell labeled milk crates.

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People were using them for cheap furniture. We’re not sure what’s wrong with that.

By town law the sewer service charge used to be “$2 per month, per stool.” It was recently changed to read “per toilet.”

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