There are more wacky laws than you might think. At one time in Indiana, it was illegal to thake a bath in the winter. See more wacky laws at the bottom of this page.

Here is clearwater’s wacky law.

Clearwater city officials are working to change a law that makes it illegal to play catch in public.

Under the rule, Harrison Taylor, 1, might be the city's youngest lawbreaker.

Under the ordinance, which officials say was passed several years ago, anyone who plays catch on the beach or even at the park is breaking the law. That rule applies to everyone from a toddler playing catch with his father to a newlywed couple tossing a Frisbee.

The only legal way to play ball in Clearwater is in a designated area like a baseball field.  Even then, it’s supposed to be part of an organized game.

City councilman George Cretekos has been trying for months to get the city council to change the law.

“I also feel like it’s important for a child to be able to go out and toss a ball or throw a Frisbee without the fear of being cited for an ordinance violation,” he said.

Cretekos said the idea behind the law was to give police the authority to stop a game on the beach or in a park that could possibly hurt someone else. He said he’d like to see the city narrow the law to more careless activities that could actually hurt someone.

“The ordinance says that you can’t throw a javelin at a beach or a park…obviously,” he said.

The city staff is working on changing the ordinance. The city council should look at the amended law for a vote sometime next month.

Partial text of Section 22.49

“No person or persons shall engage in rough or potentially dangerous activity such as football, baseball, softball, horseshoes, tennis, volleyball, badminton, or any other organized activity involving thrown or otherwise propelled objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins, shuttlecocks, Frisbees, model aircraft or roller skates on any public bathing beach or park property except in areas set aside for that purpose.”

Source: http://www.baynews9.com

More wacky Laws:

I’m sure a lot of these are bunk, and I’m sure some have been discredited on the boards before (I searched for a few, but didn’t exhaustively search for every item.) But they’re an entertaining read, nonetheless.

Arkansas:
1. A man can legally beat his wife, but no more than once a month.

California:
1. In, LA, a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.
2. It is a misdemeanor to shoot any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Florida:
1. Unmarried women who parachute on Sunday’s will be jailed.

Georgia:
1. In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
2. In Columbus, it is illegal to sit on one’s porch in an indecent position.

Indiana:
1. Monkey’s are forbidden to smoke cigarettes in South Bend.

Illinois:
1. In Chicago, it is illegal to take a french poodle to the Opera.
2. According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American.”
3. In Joliet, it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet HeyWoodey.

Massachusetts:
1. It is illegal to wear a goatee without a license.
2. North Andover prohibits its citizens from carrying “space guns.”
3. In 1659, the state outlawed Christmas.

Minnesota:
1. It is illegal to tease skunks.
2. Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.

Michigan:
1. A State law stipulates that a woman’s hair legally belongs to her husband.
2. Under State law, dentists are officially classified as “mechanics.”

Montana:
1. In Whitehall, it is illegal to operate a vehicle with ice picks attached to the wheels.
2. It is a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.

Nebraska:
1. If a child burps during a church service in Omaha, his or her parents may be arrested.
2. It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license

New York:
1. On Staten Island, it is illegal for a father to call his son a faggot or queer in an effort to curb girlie behavior.
2. In NYC, “it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the extended fingers of that hand.”

North Carolina:
1. It is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two double beds.

Oklahoma:
1. Whale hunting is strictly forbidden.
2. People who make “ugly faces” at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.

Ohio:
1. In Columbus, it is illegal for stores to sell corn flakes on Sunday.
2. In Oxford, it is illegal for a woman to disrobe in front of a man’s picture.
3. In Youngstown, it is illegal to run out of gas.

Oregon:
1. The town of Hood River prohibits the act of juggling without a license.

Pennsylvania:
1. “Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.”

Rhode Island:
1. It is illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley.

Tennessee:
1. It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
2. In Dyersburg, it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.
3. In Memphis, it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself; “a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists.”

Texas:
1. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
2. It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.

Utah:
1. A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife in his presence.

Virginia:
1. In Richmond, it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine who buys a cup of coffee.
2. In Lebanon, it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed.

Vermont:
1. It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
2. It is illegal to whistle underwater.
3. Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

Source: http://msgboard.snopes.com

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