Your Guide to US Laws that Just Don't Make Sense or You Can Call Crazy Laws!
West Virginia

* According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.
* Alderson: One may not walk a lion, tiger or leopard, even on a leash.
* A person may not hold public office if they have ever taken part in a duel. A person may be jailed for up to six months for making fun of someone who does not accept a challenge.
* Doctors and dentists may not place a woman under anesthesia unless a third person is present.
* Huntington: Firemen may not whistle or flirt at any woman passing a firehouse.
* If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined.
* In Nicholas County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humerous stories from the pulpit during a church service.
* In West Virginia it is illegal to dig for ginseng on your neighbor's lawn without their permission.
* In West Virginia, it is legal for one to take roadkill home for dinner
* It is against the law for men to have sex with any animal over 40 pounds in weight.
* It is illegal to snooze on a train.
* It is illegal to spit on any sidewalk which women may walk down.
* Nicholas County: No member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.
* No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions."
* When a railroad passes within 1 mile of a community of 100 or more people in it, they must build a station and stop there regularly to pick up and drop off passengers.


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