- "Dwarf-tossing," the strange practice of hurling dwarfs in padded suits, is outlawed in the bars of Springfield, Ill., because it's dangerous and exploitative. The practice is apparently allowed elsewhere in town, with a special permit.
- An Illinois state law requires that a man's female companion shall call him "master" while out on a date. The law does not apply to married couples.
- Champaign: One may not pee in his neighbor's mouth.
- Chicago: Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire; It is illegal to give a dog whiskey; Kites may not be flown within the city limits; Spitting is forbidden
- Cicero: Humming on public streets is prohibited on Sundays.
- Crete: It is considered an offense to attempt to have sex with one's dog; Cars may not be driven through the town.
- Evanston: Bowling is forbidden; It is illegal to go trick-or-treating on Halloween; It is unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.
- Freeport: It is illegal to expectorate from any second-story window.
- Galesburg: There is a $1,000 dollar fine for beating rats with baseball bats.
- If the Rushville, Ill., city council doesn't have a quorum, those sent can have the cops go out and arrest absent members and bring them to the meeting.
- In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.
- In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
- In Chicago, people who are diseased, maimed, mutilated, or "otherwise an unsightly or disgusting object" are banned from going out in public.
- In Minoola, Ill., it's illegal to take your clothes off and "expose the naked
- In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
- In Zion, Ill., it is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.
- It is against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana, Illinois.
- It is illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animal kept as pets.
- It is illegal to give a dog whiskey.
- It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
- It's not clear what this has done to the bar business, but a law in Chicago, Ill., makes it illegal to serve liquor to the feeble-minded.
- Kenilworth: A rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow; Hens that wish to cackle must step two hundred feet back from any residence.
- Kirkland: Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kirkland's streets.
- Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire.
- Moline: Ice skating at the Riverside pond during the months of June and August is prohibited; There is a ban on unnecessary repetitive driving on 23rd Avenue.
- Morton Grove: You may not own a handgun
- Normal: It is against the law to make faces at dogs.
- Orland Park: No pool tables are allowed in a public establishment, because it supports gambling.
- Ottawa: Spitting on the sidewalk is a criminal offense.
- Park Ridge: Trucks may only park inside closed garages.
- Peoria: Basketball hoops may not be installed on a driveway.
- Pullman: It is illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while sitting on the curb; It is forbidden to fish while sitting on a giraffe's neck; It is legal to protest naked in front of city hall as long as you are under seventeen years of age and have legal permits.
- The people in Manteno, Ill., do not want used facial tissue, period. Hence, you cannot "throw, drop or place" a used hankie "upon any public way or public place or upon the floor of any convenience or upon the floor of any theater, hall or assembly or public building or upon the surface or any lot or parcel of ground or on the roof on any building or in any light or air shaft, court or areaway."• Under a 1872 law still on the books, an alderman in Chicago can carry a gun. Some do.
- You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person.
- You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
Laws as silly as the smoking ban
Posted February 16th, 2007 at 05:51 PM by eggs ackley
You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of "eavesdropping" on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2.
From what I understand, Illinois is an "all-party consent state" and that means that all parties to a conversation must consent to be recorded. So that means that if you surreptitiously record a conversation between you and someone else, that would violate Illinois law.
These lists tend to float around all the time, but since Champaign is mentioned (urninating into anothers mouth) I thought I'd look that one up. Champaign has a searchable municipal code on line. The only reference to urination (searching on urin*) is that it is illegal to urinate or deficate on city streets or sidewalks. (Article VI, Division 1, Sec 23-112)
So, do you have anything that confirms this list, or is it just something you found on the internet and are passing off as fact?
From the compiled works of James Eilbrecht, right?
Please do your research first.
This juvenile list could include "landing a spaceship at the intersection of Sixth and Green". Of course, that would be illegal, because you cannot park an unregistered vehicle on Champaign streets, and Illinois does not register spaceships.
Its just that stupid.
For instance, show me the cite for this (from your list):
In Chicago, Illinois, it is illegal to fish in pajamas.
Get over it. The clean air ordinance was passed in May, 2006. Move on.
Interesting mix of urban legend and stuff that makes perfect sense. I wonder if there's anything that's real and stupid on the entire list.
...I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
If you prefer to blindly follow government rulings on any law, ordinance, or policy without question, then you deserve any mess the government makes. Hmmm...Iraq comes to mind.
Oh, the fishing in pajamas deal...that was quoted in a Sun-Times article by a Chicago lawyer. www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050723/ai_n14856806
"I'm certainly not going to argue about the stupid laws list with anyone, it's a joke people."
If you thought it was simply a joke, why do you use these "laws" as part of your argument in another thread? Come on and admit it. When you posted that mess of crap, you thought it was real. You were caught out and are afraid to admit your mistake.
Did you know that in Michigan, employers are barred from providing health coverage for same-sex partners in life-long committed relationship even with children?
Talk about nanny-statism.
"Did you know that in Michigan, employers are barred from providing health coverage for same-sex partners in life-long committed relationship even with children?
Talk about nanny-statism."
Would you be in favor of a law that required employers to do so?
Completely irrelevant, and quite rude I might add. Instead of just sniping at my point to support this egregious nanny-statism, why don't you give your own position on this issue?
There are families being destroyed as we speak by this terrible law and that's your response? Could we drop the hypotheticals at least until this is straightened out?
But, hey, if you need me to, here is my answer: No. I wouldn't be in favor of a law that required employers to provide any coverage of any kind. As long as we provide health-care in such a fashion, it is merely an incentive for companies like Wal-Mart to abuse the law to gain a competitive advantage while saddling tax payers with health care costs which they are supposed to be covering under the law.
In most (maybe all) states, employers are not required to provide insurance. But if gay marriage is created by the courts, via "equal protection", then any employer providing insurance for married couples will be required to provide insurance to married gay couples.
About as relevenat as your post was to smoking laws. And I don't know why you think its rude, it was a logical follow-up to your post.
For the record, I would not be in favor of that Michagan law - I think employers should be able to provide benefits to employees as they see fit.
About as relevenat as your post was to smoking laws. And I don't know why you think its rude, it was a logical follow-up to your post.
The post was not about smoking laws. It was about laws as silly as the smoking ban. So I figured that a law FAR sillier than the smoking ban would qualify.
In most (maybe all) states, employers are not required to provide insurance. But if gay marriage is created by the courts, via "equal protection", then any employer providing insurance for married couples will be required to provide insurance to married gay couples.
As it should be. A benefit is a benefit. If I can designate a lifelong beneficiary for coverage, then it is not the employer's business to do a pants check on my beneficiary.
I would have the same stance on someone who provided coverage to married men but not married women or people married to the "wrong" ethnicity of person.
so then you are in favor of the gov't mandating coverage for for gay couples - as I really already knew.
What are you talking about? I am in favor of the government barring employers from using the private details of their employee's lives to deny coverage that they already provide.
Surely, you can see the danger in that behavior. I certainly don't want to lose my benefits because I am Christian, or Asian, or young.