Message #3647

[caskur™]

Connecticut


• A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.


• A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces


• Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs.


• Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.


• Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions.


• Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display.


• Hartford: You aren't allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands;


• In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police.


• In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street


• In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.


• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday.


• In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.


• It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway.


• It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.


• It's illegal to clam at night in Connecticut.


• New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire.


• No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind.


• Southington: Silly string is banned.


• The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited.


• This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of "private sexual behavior between consenting adults."


• Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he "cursed, struck or disobeyed" his parents or was "stubborn or rebellious."


• Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer.


• You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands.


• You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.


• You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays.


• You may not educate dogs.