Jeśli chodzi o prawo — czasem potrafi nas zaskakiwać. Szczególnie, jeśli jesteśmy w USA. Poznajcie dwadzieścia jeden najdziwniejszych przepisów prawnych obowiązujących dziś lub dawniej w określonych stanach Ameryki.

1. In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
2. In Texas it's illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
3. It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
4. You're subject to fines and/or imprisonment for making uglyfaces at dogs in Oklahoma.
5. It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Omaha, Nebraska.
6. By law, in Bourbon, Miss., one small onion must be served with each glass of water in a restaurant.
7. In 1845 Boston had an ordinance banning bathing unless you had a doctor's prescription.
8. On Sunday, it is illegal to sell cornflakes in Columbus, Ohio.
9. Unless you have a doctor's note, it’s illegal to buy ice cream after 6 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey.
10. In America in 1977, the punishment for smuggling marijuana was 15 years less than the punishment for smuggling coffee!
11. In Idaho, it is illegal to give someone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds!
12. Until 1834, it was illegal for any soldier of the U.S. Army to carry the American flag into battle.
13. Before 1933, the dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less.
14. Until 1893, lynching was legal in the United States.
15. It is illegal NOT to smile in Pocatello, Idaho!
16. The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
17. It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!
18. In Nebraska, it is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
19. In Kentucky, it's illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.
20. In Florida, it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
21. In Florida, penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.

 
Słowniczek:

• permission – pozwolenie
• fake moustache – sztuczne wąsy
• to be subject to fines and/or imprisonment – podlegać karze mandatu lub więzienia
• to make uglyfaces – robić „miny”
• to burp or sneeze – beknąć lub kichać
• ordinance banning bathing – zarządzenie zakazujące kąpieli
• doctor’s prescription – recepta/zalecenie doktora
• cornflakes – płatki kukurydziane
• punishment – kara
• smuggling – przemyt
• a box of candy – pudełko z cukierkami
• 50 pounds – 50 funtów (około 22,5 kg)
• to carry – nieść
• the dime – moneta o nominale 10 centów
• payment – rodzaj płatności
• lynching – linczowanie
• stamps – znaczki
• to mispronounce – nieprawidłowo wymawiać
• bar owners – właściciele barów
• simultaneously – jednocześnie
• to brew – warzyć
• a kettle of soup – kociołek zupy
• to fish – łowić ryby
• to attire – mieć na sobie
• swimsuit – kostium kąpielowy
• horse theft – kradzież konia
• death by hanging – śmierć przez powieszenie

 
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