Let’s take a drive through Rhode Island, which I can find no interesting fact about so I will assume it’s known for strange women with over-teased, bleached white hair with scary long nails who say they know my dead Great Uncle Darrel.
- Throwing pickle juice on a trolley is an offense in Rhode Island
- Intentionally biting off someone’s limb is understandably illegal in the Ocean State
- In case you were considering stringing rope lower than 14 feet across a highway in the state, don’t. It’s illegal
- Riding a horse on the highway for the purpose of testing its speed is not allowed either
- Professional sports, with the exception of hockey and ice polo, need a special license to play on Sundays
- There is a law requiring loud noises to be made whenever you’re passing someone on the left
- It is illegal to coast downhill in neutral in the state
- Both challenging, or accepting, a dual is illegal in the state
- Did you know it’s illegal in Providence for a store to sell a toothbrush and toothpaste to the same customer on a Sunday
- Smoking a pipe after sunset in the city of Newport is not allowed
- Stealing a stone wall is illegal
- Imitating an Auctioneer is illegal
- Wearing transparent clothing in Rhode Island is illegal
- Watering the lawn or garden on even-numbered days in West Warwick is illegal
- Using a cap gun
“False personification” laws make it illegal to impersonate an Auctioneer. …How does that apply to Halloween?
QOTN: What are your best theories to explain why these laws were created?
Sources: Forest Grove Weird Laws, Only In Your State RI, Only In Your State RI 2
