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50 Stupid Laws From 50 States
Laws are made to function a seemingly healthy community in a stable and disciplined fashion. However, when some of those laws become increasingly absurd, that you giggle your way through even reading them, one wonders what the law makers were thinking while coming up with such classical dumbness. Here we have gathered for you at least one dumb law from a state each.
Why would you have an ice cream cone in your back pocket in the first place?
Isn't it highly unlikely for the human eye to view a moose from an airplane? Nevertheless, expect your eyes to be scooped out if you break this law!
Perhaps manufacturing original cocaine is no longer illegal. The creator of this law might just be on crack.
Taping your dog's mouth for this one might not get you a fine. How can one stop dogs from barking after a specific time?
Do the law makers expect moving vehicles to be without drivers?
How can one challenge an officer while on the 'go' is a mystery! This law is against the law of 'motion' in physics for sure!
Walking backwards after sunset may well be a believable myth. Only a complete retard would walk backwards continuously.
Intoxication may lead to over enjoyment, which may lead to one dancing, how expression of joy is illegal here, is beyond the logical mind.
This rule really means for one to shower with their clothes on, and if not done so, someone might just barge in the bathroom and fine you stark naked! This is absolutely mind boggling.
Duh! As the members of the state assembly, may not be driving at that time and be sitting in the assembly that is in session.
So those not-so rich blokes who cannot afford a boat, have to pay a fine for being poor?
Simply, if you are having a rotten day, some massive grievance just struck you, just keep smiling! No matter what!
If the English language is not to be spoken in the state of Illinois, a state of a nation whose official language is English, then what is to be spoken? Gibberish, perhaps!
Convenient law for the not-so hygienic!
This law is a simple example of discrimination against a man with a moustache against a clean shaven one.
Sigh! Since when were pedestrians an equivalent to vehicles? Tail lights on human beings? The must be kidding when creating this law!
It won't come as the slightest surprise if this one was formed somewhere in the 17th century and they forgot to amend it, considering we are living in 2010!
A great law for the vengeful people, but this one being considered as a serious statute is rather comical.
You don't say! Are not all doors tightly jammed and the risk of getting out might as well land you on the seventh heaven?
It is probably illegal to take a cannibal simply anywhere, not just the movies, for heaven sake!
They actually made this a statute! Uproarious!
This one would have the feminists going riotous.
Sure! The law makers would step onto your private property, have you checked for sleeping naked and charge you if found guilty while you are stripped!
So perhaps being a parent to one illegitimate child is legal then!
This is law is pretty much going against the Bill of Rights, tarnishing a single, very happy man's life, pushing him for marriage or to pay taxes, quite the same torture in a varying degree!
Murder is legal through this law!
But thy Lord is forgiving, thee humans!
This law simply breaks two laws; firstly it is fine for someone to 'shoot' your dog and secondly, it is totally 'legal' for you to hand that person to death! Outrageous!
New Hampshire
Dishwashing, washing machine, irons, blenders, microwave ovens etc, are not to be used on a Sunday, else you will be charged for committing a felony! Intriguing really!
New Jersey
Why would a murderer feel the need to wear a bullet-proof vest? Baffling!
New Mexico
Idiots should not be elected either!
New York
No way! As if jumping off the building may not result in death, and if it doesn't, the law offers its generous help by giving you a death sentence!
North Carolina
Supreme lavishness or complete absurdity of a law such as this is a debatable question!
North Dakota
This act is considered as a felony is just so completely incongruous.
They should amend this law and add Christmas holidays in exclusion list to make it more stupid.
What kind of a silly person would indulge in making faces at a dog, and what kind of a law maker would think of creating this law?
Even if a snake seems to be remotely threatening to you, you still will be charged with a federal felony of trying to protect yourself from a snake!
Of course dynamite should not be used to catch fish, for you won't catch the fish, you might just find nothing of the fish. Sense so common that everyone has it, yet it's a prescribed statute!
Rhode Island
What a super idiotic excuse of getting out of a commitment made for a lifetime.
South Carolina
This law can not be more dumb! How can a horse possibly even fit in a bathtub? Moreover, why would you want to keep a horse in a bathtub!!
South Dakota
Murder is made legal!
Picking up trash is a capital offense!
As if the formula for making beer is only in the Encyclopedia. How silly to ban a treasure of information!
So a speeding car has to give way to a bird. Birds travel via roads is simply a marvel!
Do the law makers seriously check every household member to have bathed every Saturday night?
Is that even a crime? Making it a crime should be a crime!
Common cold maybe infectious but it's not as deadly as STD's! The person who made this statute was probably really ticked off at getting the common cold from bystanders!
West Virginia
It could just not get more absurd than this!
Ever heard of rail diversion tracks? Modern modes of commuting allow two trains to divide their tracks if they pass one another. On the other hand, obviously if that was not a possibility, no one would want a collision!
It's like saying that if someone is comfortable with the main door of their home open, is going to be charged for committing the freedom of doing such an act.
Anonymous03 Apr 10 at 03 38 pm17. Kentucky did not exist in the 17th century (the 1600 s) Your comment is inaccurate. 38. Dynamite fishing is actually an extremely effective fishing technique that is banned in most places. The blast creates a shock-wave in the water that knocks all surrounding fish unconscious. They float to the surface and all you need is to go around with a net and scoop them up.
tim03 Apr 10 at 06 12 pmHey, you could have stuck this on two pages. Stop making people click over and over again for content. I will never know what the other 48 states were now, and I m definitely not alone.
shabi04 Apr 10 at 03 40 amhmmmm....awsome laws...heard all these 4 the first time,,,,,thanks
Pok404 Apr 10 at 03 50 am@tim:First button - http://www.elistmania.com/still/50_stupid_laws_from_50_states/ShowAll/
nallely05 Apr 10 at 02 36 pmI THINK THIS LAWS ARE REALLY STUPID BUT INTERESTING...
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Harv05 Apr 10 at 04 04 pmYeah, some of these seem petty or even nonsensical, but I think you re misunderstanding some of the others. You re not supposed to disturb wildlife like moose by flying over them in an aeroplane, even just to look. You re not supposed to make anything that even imitates cocaine - but that doesn t mean that you are allowed to make the real thing instead! If you re going out to dance, you shouldn t be drunk or have to deal with drunk people getting in the way (and I happen to agree!) If you re crossing the highway, you want to be visible. (By the way, a lion isn t normally a cannibal, and if it was you could safely take them anywhere!) If someone shot your dog on their property, particularly farmland, you d have real trouble suing for any damages - it s their right to protect their property. Shoot it on YOUR land, though, and you re within your rights to punish them yourself. And you really shouldn t provoke other people s dogs - they re likely to turn nasty. Idiots - we might now say some people with learning difficulties - are not deemed mentally competent to enter into legal contracts, such as marriage, or to legally vote, in some states. Back in the days when Native Americans were deemed to be a threat to public safety, it was enough to see them in numbers - you didn t have to prove they were up to no good before "defending" yourself. Picking up trash is NOT illegal. Christians making their kids go out and do it, on THE main holiday in the calendar, is. In Wyoming - cattle country - you d better close up your fences to keep livestock contained and safe from predators. What s so stupid about that? And a few of the others are just small-town judges laying down the law about what hygiene and public decency standards they expect in their town. You know, back when people cared about public decency and stuff.
Nicole05 Apr 10 at 09 32 pm#13: "...a state of a nation whose official language is English..." The United States does not have an official language.
Kaz06 Apr 10 at 07 11 pmIt s obvious that these laws are artifacts, unenforced and unenforceable, dating from the 1600 s through the 1800s. There are plenty more like them. Every town or municipality that has been around for a while will have some bizarre oddities on the books. It s still "Illegal" to commit sodomy or to have oral sex in most jurisdictions, with a willing partner - but if the police were to try to bust into someone s home on suspicion that the married couple were "engaged in sexual activity of a perverse nature" they d be sued - the couple would most assuredly not be tried in Court for "breaking the law." For that matter in almost all states it s still illegal to commit adultery. Now - I m very much against adultery; it s an evil that our society is plagued with; commitment means nothing, if even Sandra Bullock, stunning, sexy, intelligent, witty, and very much in love with her husband can be cheated on (with a tattooed stripper who allegedly likes to dress up as a Nazi and allegedly has a swastika tattooed on her body) by her husband "Jesse James" -- that sort of says it all, where are the men who actually don t cheat? And too many women have started to follow suit. The point is that it s illegal. But you can t prosecute it under criminal law even though it s still on the books from the days when it really WAS illegal.. immoral AND illegal. Now you can "sue" for divorce, but that s civil law, not criminal law - criminal law, the penalty is jail or other punishment - you can t prosecute for adultery or for fellatio or other "sexual activity of a perverse nature" sometimes it s worded "sexual activity that goes against the Laws of God" - and there is more than one reason that one would be stricken from the books if anyone tried to prosecute with it (separation of Church and State is the obvious one). These "laws" are all similar - artifacts that either were in some way valid at some time or things that someone put into law for their own reasons. They aren t current laws to be enforced. Funny though. :)
howdoyouknow07 Apr 10 at 01 14 pmHow do you know the lion is a cannibal?
Jesse08 Apr 10 at 09 59 amThe photo for Wisconsin is of Downtown Minneapolis, MN. Please check your information before making an ass of yourself on the internet.
donkey scrotum29 Apr 10 at 10 50 amboner
donkey scrotum29 Apr 10 at 10 50 amboner
ass29 Apr 10 at 10 51 amtwo boners
nothing08 May 10 at 03 11 amwould have been a great post if you didn
nothing08 May 10 at 03 11 amwould have been a great post if youdidn
nothing08 May 10 at 03 11 amwould have been a great post if youdidn
Aurell08 May 10 at 06 46 amseems like really old laws.
Coffee14 May 10 at 09 21 pm@Nicole:
While it may be true that the United States does not have an official language 28 states including Illinois have adopted English as their official language.
St�phane14 May 10 at 09 52 pm
Cool old laws. Too bad the comments are straight out of Reader's Digest.
frankensteingirl15 May 10 at 02 54 pm
dude who ever made the comments for this page is not only a simple person, but also has quite a few grammar issues. did you research any of these laws or the time period in which they were instated before running your mouth about the purpose they state? probably not. and Harv good comment it's nice to know some people have common sense and aren't just common.
stykfyukbvh15 May 10 at 10 56 pm
these making these laws should be a crime!
zot16 May 10 at 03 03 pm
Since you think Wyoming's "law" is stupid - you obviously are completely ignorant of livestock, ranching or it wold seem agriculture of any kind. Ever hear the old saw, "Good fences make good neighbors"? There's a reason for that.
Merry16 May 10 at 05 02 pm
As a law student I have just a few minor errors I would like to point out:
#1- in number 37, this is NOT a federal offense. A federal offense only occurs when you have violated a federal law, that means a nation-wide law in lay mans terms. In this case, this is a STATE law, and, as such, is a state offense.
#2- in number 42, a capital offense is one where the punishment is death at the state's hands. The law as you listed it by no mean suggests the punishment is death.
#3- in many of these you claimed the law made it legal to murder another human being, this is just not so. These law were codifications (written out examples) of what is called the "castle doctrine." Under this common law (non-statutory or "judge/court made") an individual had the right to use physical force to protect their home. These laws were most likely written out (codified) to better define when this doctrine could be invoked (used).
Other than some of the glaring inaccuracies and the clear lack of legal and historical knowledge, this is a very funny list!
raideo16 May 10 at 05 34 pm
This looks like an email "fact" list with a few pictures added, actually I think I have a copy of a few simmilar lists somewhere in my spam box.
Many of these are outright false, for example the Encylopedia Britanica being banned in Texas, it is entirely possible that at one point (prohibition era) a law prohibiting books explaining the making of alcohol existed. However the library at my university, as well as a local public library both have at least one full edition of the encyclopedia, and the local library has a dozen or so books detailing how to make beer.
Beyond that I believe most of the rest of these have been stripped of necessary context, overly simplified, existed in a different time, or are an explicit point covered by a broader law, and the commentary you provided demonstrates fundamental misunderstanding of thier purpose.
Sleeping on a train for example my be covered by a panhandling or similar law trying to keep the homeless out of public places.
The california law may be related to many car manufactures testing autonomous vehicle control systems
The one regarding fake cocaine does not mean real cocaine is legal, in fact this is likely a way to target real cocaine dealers, as "immitation cocaine" is what they use to bulk up the real stuff and hence increase profits.
The use of dynamite for fishing is an actuall practice, the pressure wave kills the fish and they float to the surface, the problem is that it kills everything within range and is very descructive to the ecosystem, not to mention dangerous for the fishermen.
If you understand how the legislative branch of the nation, and most of the states works, then you would realize that the state assembly being "in session" refers not to them meeting right then and there, but the portion of the year when they are meeting. The law is therefore not saying legislators can't be ticketed when they should be at a meeting, but rather, legislators cannot be ticketed on the days they have to go to work. This is a guess, but this may be to keep them from being late to work.
J_man8616 May 10 at 09 03 pm@Anonymous :
I live in Pennsylvania and I've done #38
Frenchy17 May 10 at 05 13 pm@howdoyouknow:
I think he meant carnivor, these laws are pretty retarded but the dude putting them on the website isn't the sharpest tool in the shed either :P
Bones18 May 10 at 09 09 pm
Pretty sure most of these aren't real, and if they are, they aren't enforced.
Bones18 May 10 at 09 09 pm
Pretty sure most of these aren't real, and if they are, they aren't enforced.
kip19 May 10 at 04 48 am
Wel viewing large herds from a plane makes for easy hunting.
Cocaine was legal in some countries (as medicine).
An automated lawnmower doing 75 seems dangerous :P
not closing a fence on a ranch can cause serious problems.
arczi19 May 10 at 05 41 am
Dura lex sed lex
notreallyhawaii19 May 10 at 07 20 am
while the list of these are hilarious and i have seen others like it you are commenting on them like they had been made recently. for example, the one about no machinery on sunday is not talking about things that require electricity. this was back in the days when no one worked on sunday because they were God fearing people. they were referring to a cotton gin or threshing machines, etc. however, i do agree that most of those are fairly dumb. there is another for alabama that states that you must have windshield wipers but there is nothing to say that you have to have a windshield. those unenforceable laws are everywhere!
p.s. a lion is a carnivore not a cannibal unless he was planning on eating other lions...
ZeSheo19 May 10 at 03 40 pm
I find it funny that the principles in wich America was established with were never fulfilled. All men are created equal? I guess the millions of welcoming indians they forced war upon and sluaghtered weren't men, and thats just part of whats wrong with America, as soon as the founding fathers died, everything started to moraly go slowly downhill.
trevor19 May 10 at 04 53 pm
california- u can have a vehicle being towed to the back of a trailer there for making the driver of the trailer have to go 60 or less mph
Keyar20 May 10 at 09 40 pm
Well, 31, New Mexico's, should be used everywhere... the world would be a better place for sure.
willoway20 May 10 at 11 06 pm
i took this as a hrmless poke at some more than likely outdated laws, to be gigled at and disregarded. honestly people, you should grow a sence of humor and move on
anonymous21 May 10 at 09 12 pm
for law 38 that dynamight isn't legal to be used for fishing actually is not such a stupid law, there is a form of fishing called bomb fishing or something like that, where the person throws in dynamight to kill nearby-ish fish and have them float to the surface to be picked up at leisure, the reason this is illegal and unethical is that, for every 10 fish that rise to the surface, another 20 sink to the bottom and poison the water, so you might need to find a new law for pensilvainya
anonymous21 May 10 at 09 14 pm
and i see i'm now just elaborating on the first anonymous's statement
anonymous21 May 10 at 09 29 pm
sides willoway, havent you heard "everyone's a critic" mumbled by alot of people in movies, well it means that everyone wants to find fault in everyone else, thereby "purifying" themselves, they think if everyone is doing things wrong, in their mind, they are perfect, you get it?
anonymous21 May 10 at 09 30 pm
just like what i was doing, still, i think besides all that finger pointing they were doing, they actually enjoyed reading this stuff, i know i did
Kendra22 May 10 at 01 17 pm
Lol i think the law to not bring lions ot the movies is for the people lol.Although the texas law im sure is not around anymore.All the book stores here sell them and know tons of people who have them.
DM22 May 10 at 02 35 pm@howdoyouknow:
I think he meant carnivore, meaning 'meat eater'.
Dago Redd22 May 10 at 03 21 pm
Ok, there is no law I know of about NOT viewing Moose from an airplane in Alaska. I know because not only am I an Alaskan but because I'm a pilot. It's a bad idea if done wrong (lost a couple friends in what we term "moose turn stalls" trying to view moose/show them to clients) but not illegal. Please get the FACTS straight.
MadBiker22 May 10 at 05 53 pm
Where are the sources for these "laws"? I'm pretty sure that every state has some sort of site where the public can view the laws and if not, surly a simple citation in the text here wouldn't be difficult.
This is just another example of two Internet Laws: 1) Anyone can post any crap they want, and 2) Suckers like us will post a comment about it.
My solution is to not click your sponsers and to add you site to my list of banned pages. Not all of elistmania, though. Just the ones that have a link to Zara.
23 May 10 at 05 20 am@MadBiker:
Hi MadBiker, I totally agree about the two points that you just made. My apologies for not giving a ref as to where I got the Laws from. The ref is : http://www.dumblaws.com/
Thank you for you comment and concern.
Me23 May 10 at 01 56 pm
#20: lions are not cannibals.
Cleytom23 May 10 at 02 40 pmPontas de cigarro ganham nova utilidade! Where are the sources for these "laws"? I'm pretty sure that every state has some sort of site where the public can view the laws and if not, surly a simple citation in the text here wouldn't be difficult. This is just another example of two Internet Laws: 1) Anyone can post any crap they want, and 2) Suckers like us will post a comment about it. My solution is to not click your sponsers and to add you site to my list of banned pages. Not all of elistmania, though. Just the ones that have a link to Zara
Cleytom23 May 10 at 02 40 pmPontas de cigarro ganham nova utilidade! Where are the sources for these "laws"? I'm pretty sure that every state has some sort of site where the public can view the laws and if not, surly a simple citation in the text here wouldn't be difficult. This is just another example of two Internet Laws: 1) Anyone can post any crap they want, and 2) Suckers like us will post a comment about it. My solution is to not click your sponsers and to add you site to my list of banned pages. Not all of elistmania, though. Just the ones that have a link to Zara
jlkjkjkl24 May 10 at 12 56 am
lol the california one makes sense w/ everybody ghost riding
JP24 May 10 at 03 22 pm@Anonymous :
Wow. Exaggeration. You think you're smart don't you? You might want to form another opinion.
annon24 May 10 at 10 44 pm
Watch Mythbusters for the Califonia law, they had quite a lot of real size remote cars (made from real cars) with no drivers inside.
Existenz.se24 May 10 at 11 52 pm
God bless america... no i'm just kidding, god would never do that.
The country is a fucking joke and is highly overrated.
bvbbbbb25 May 10 at 05 13 am
shit's shit
Good point.25 May 10 at 07 37 am@Anonymous :
Yes but that also damages the other habitants around there such as the plants koralls and other marine creatures
swede25 May 10 at 08 04 am
Scott25 May 10 at 10 20 am
I think understand the Florida law (living here).
We have a lot of beaches. And these beaches often have outdoor showers (basically to rinse off the sand before you get into the car).
Typically that is what is done. You play at the beach, rinse off, and go.
But I am sure there has to be some weirdos here and there that decide that the bathing suit has to come off first...
posterisamoron25 May 10 at 10 32 am
wow i couldnt even finish these because of the sheer idoicy of whoever wrote this..... yes some of these are funny others actually make sense but the writer is just too stupid to understand them. so sad that an article of this poor caliber got put up on fark. then again maybe thats supposed to be the joke, that this guy is to much of an idiot to read a law like "dont go fishing with dinomite" seriously??? you really think youll just blow up all the fish in the pond/lake and wont be able to find any of them? i really hope this writer is 10 because i know some 12 year olds that have higher IQs
D. Earp25 May 10 at 10 35 am
Good thing being a plagiarizing, copyright violating dumbass isn't a crime or Zara would be headed to jail.
-Until being stupid becomes a crime, this world will continue to be in big trouble.-
David25 May 10 at 10 39 am
#4 => Barking dogs after 6pm are a nuissance, especially for people with young children
#5 => Ever heard of a car being towed ?
#23 => Imagine your house catches fire and you run outside, you might now have time to dress
Mega25 May 10 at 10 46 am
It is illegal to snooze on a train. It could just not get more absurd than this! IS that really absurd? Actually the least outrageous on the page.. the very next train comment is actually impossible: Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.
Overall a good page with some lame commentary..
Insidious Twinkle25 May 10 at 10 48 am
The internet is for punishing idiots.
anonymous25 May 10 at 10 59 am
#50 - There's lots of public grazing land in Wyoming. Failing to close a gate can mean the loss of livestock, not a laughing matter. Only an idiot wouldn't close the gate.
Ncik25 May 10 at 11 42 am
A lion is a cannibal? Carnivore?
And if you don't understand why it would be illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine, you're just stupid.
Zeke25 May 10 at 12 06 pm
In Collinsville IL, it is illegal to play the guitar for tips while riding a motorcycle. It really IS.
Or, the law could be ridiculed by making it sound even more ridiculous than it is, by saying it's a law against playing a guitar for tips while riding a motorcycle. But NOBODY made a law banning playing a guitar for tips while riding a motorcycle. They weren't THAT stupid.
Megan25 May 10 at 12 56 pm
The commentary on this list is just terrible. Out of context these laws seem absurd, but understanding the time period during which they were enacted is important. These are not new laws, and any that are still on the books are not enforced. How irresponsible to put up a list without doing any research on why these laws were originally created, just as a way to mock Americans for being stupid. As if every other country hasn't created laws at one time that no longer apply to modern society. But it is the internet, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Zara, you're a fool.
A25 May 10 at 01 21 pm
Actually there is NO official national language for the USA, so the one for #13 is WRONG. Everybody here just speaks English and expects anyone that comes here to speak English, but that does not make it "official"
John Butte25 May 10 at 01 37 pm
You, sir, are an arsehole. You either deliberately misinterpret many laws, or you are just a moran. Get a brain!
Tom25 May 10 at 02 21 pm@tim:
The KY law about a woman not being able to buy a hat without permission, is not state law, its city law.
City of Owensborro.
Rob25 May 10 at 02 55 pm
Hey, the Mythbusters are in California, and they remote control cars all the time.
manie25 May 10 at 05 39 pm
This just proves again how stupid americans are...
Cassie25 May 10 at 08 40 pm
There are places where dynamite is used for fishing. It's actually great because all the dead fish just float to the top and you can go collect them. The problem is that it also kills non-target species, including some that may be endangered or threatened and can mess up the ecosystem so severely that you really won't be able to fish in that area for very long.
maisieee25 May 10 at 10 45 pm@tim:
Tim, your just click the show all button and they go on one page.
maisieee25 May 10 at 10 45 pm@tim:
Tim, your just click the show all button and they go on one page.
Ranger25 May 10 at 10 52 pm
More than half of these are not true, the person posted these just copied them off of another website and did not check his information.
kws26 May 10 at 12 02 am
Montana needs to adopt the SD law.
confused soul26 May 10 at 01 38 am
I thought C was our official language!
Anon26 May 10 at 04 19 am@Kaz:
Actually, the Supreme Court ruled a little while ago that all those sodomy laws are unconstitutional
Amy26 May 10 at 05 55 am@Anonymous :
Yeah I have heard of that too.
BeeJay26 May 10 at 06 33 am
Okay, I live in Georgia and the law is not only true, it was used not long ago to get an assemblyman out of a fine. The comment posted by this site - how can you be driving and sitting in assembly at the same time - "sitting in assembly" means assembly is in session. It doesn't necessarily mean that your butt is in the chair in the state house. That a politician used this dumbass law is a good example of the entitlement of politicians, not to mention their stupidity.
BeeJay26 May 10 at 06 35 am
The best thing about the Louisiana law is the photo that's with it! Thank you!
Anonymous26 May 10 at 08 18 am
Quick comment on the Alabama law...this stems from the days of horses still being the primary mode of transportation. Horse thievery was, of course, illegal. However, horse thieves found that if they placed an ice cream cone in their back pocket, they could saunter through town and have any untended horses follow them. It allowed them to steal the horses without being actively seen committing the act.
ass26 May 10 at 09 04 am
Epic fail-- not even funny.
Tom26 May 10 at 09 56 am
It is also illegal in Florida to have sex with a porcupine.
Wyoh26 May 10 at 10 45 am
The Wyoming law makes perfect sense. It refers to gates on fences that keep livestock in their pasture, so leaving one of these open could result in the loss of some very expensive livestock.
name26 May 10 at 11 26 am
I have seen a lot of lists like this. I have never seen one with statute numbers listed. Please add statute numbers to each of these 50 examples. KTHXBYE
NuclearNemesis26 May 10 at 12 05 pm
Be nice to see to actual citations for these laws to put them in context. For instance, Illinois didn't make English the official language until 1969; does the referenced law predate that?
Capta7626 May 10 at 12 16 pm@Nicole:
Thank you for pointing this out!
Kind of silly that when writing about stupid laws they decided to make one up as well
Jack26 May 10 at 01 08 pm
On the Georgia law -
The purpose of the law was not as a perk to politicians. Back in the old days, before interstates and national highways, politicians would have to travel through Deliverance towns to get to Atlanta for the assembly. Political opponents with corrupt sherrifs would sometimes arrest a politician going through his county and hold him for some crime the entire session. Then he would drop the charges and let him go. This was seen as a serious enough threat that they gave immunity to politicians traveling during the legislative session immunity from any traffic offense. Political corruption was the problem, but it was intended to prevent it from succeeding. To say the bill has outlived its usefulness is probably true too though.
Jack26 May 10 at 01 12 pm
On the Penn law -
Dynamite fishing is actually very effective. That is why it is illegal. A fish next to the dynamite may blow up, but fish all around there will be stunned by the explosion and float to the top either dead or essentially unconscious, easy to be scooped up with a net.
Thus, I believe this law, while it sounds silly, does not belong on this list.
deepdiver26 May 10 at 01 29 pm
#25 Missouri: Couple of problems here.
Firstly, this list is titled "50 Stupid Laws From 50 States" yet the Missouri example states that it was enacted in 1820 and Missouri did not become a state until August 1821 so this was not enacted by a state and likely didn't even make it into the codified Revised Statutes of Missouri.
Secondly, in support of that idea, a quick search of the Missouri statutes finds no such law although the actual statutory language may be so different from the sample as to not be easily found.
Wicked Mark26 May 10 at 03 09 pm
Hey idiot. The Georgia law makes perfect sense. Just the assembly is in session doesn't mean they are sitting in the state house. The assembly in SC is in session from January-June. Doesn't mean the lawmakers are working 24/7.
Wicked Mark26 May 10 at 03 10 pm
Hey idiot. The Georgia law makes perfect sense. Just the assembly is in session doesn't mean they are sitting in the state house. The assembly in SC is in session from January-June. Doesn't mean the lawmakers are working 24/7.
Wicked Mark26 May 10 at 03 10 pm
In South Carolina it is illegal to play ANY game cards. But it is legal to purchase them.
Rich26 May 10 at 05 30 pm
The true absurdity of Wisconsin's law is that the trains would never be able to move --
"neither shall proceed until the other has"
prevents either train from moving first!
winner26 May 10 at 07 19 pm
What a silly rules! Iam reading from top to bottom. What is on theri mind when creating these?
Chris in NC26 May 10 at 08 25 pm
I think if Mississippi's law isn't real, it should be and made nation wide. And if they get to 3 illegit kids, execute them.
your hot cousin27 May 10 at 07 53 am
I can't decide what's more stupid, the laws or the author comments on them.
Stephen28 May 10 at 11 59 am
This would have been mildly entertaining if the author hadn't ruined the whole thing with bad spelling, grammar, and a general ignorance of pretty much everything. Cheers.
Manny28 May 10 at 12 57 pm
Wow, no references or anything? The comments after each one are quite ignorant. Unless it was written by a 10-year-old, I would be pretty embarraesed to claim this article/list.
Jonathan Guthrie28 May 10 at 08 37 pm
I can't speak for the other 49, but the one for Texas is Bogus, and I expect the others are as well. If you go to http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/ which are all the laws of the state of Texas, you can't find any mention of "Britannica" and the only mention of "encyclopedia" has nothing to do with brewing beer. In fact, the statutes governing the production and sale of alcoholic beverages say you can make up to 200 gallons of beer per year for your own consumption or for certain other purposes. (TABC Code Title 4 Subchapter B section 109.21)
In fact, statutes are always numbered for easy reference, so I would expect any such list to say unambiguously which law they're referring to when they say an activity is banned.
Floridian29 May 10 at 09 39 pm
Just FYI the one about it being illegal to shower nude in folrida is a bit off, Technically it is illegal to "Bathe" in the nude, it was a law the was set into effect when there were public bathe houses.
Scott30 May 10 at 05 20 am
Y'all really need to lighten up. Yes, there were some mistakes made, but do you really need to verbally destroy someone for it?
McDemon31 May 10 at 11 17 am
THE US HAS NO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE. This is one reason our country is going to hell in a handbasket.......Press 1 for English, Marke al dos por Espanol. You want to live in America, learn the f'ing language. I know people who emigrated 30 years ago and don't speak a single word of English....WTF?
urfat31 May 10 at 02 02 pm
tyrone31 May 10 at 03 21 pm
i think the florida law about showering naked applys to outdoor showers at beaches. i guess that means i've broken the law there several times :P
J.J.31 May 10 at 05 11 pm
#13 Illinois. In the original state constitution, the official language was stated as American. Illinois is the only state to do this, ever.
J.J.31 May 10 at 05 22 pm
P.S. Joliet, Illinois has laws against eavesdropping on your own conversation and a woman maay not try on more than three hats in a store in one visit. Picky, picky, picky . . .
Lavender01 Jun 10 at 08 02 am@Scott:
Thank you for your kind words. They really helped :)
Be blessed!
kevin01 Jun 10 at 07 58 pm
Lions aren't cannibals, dipshit. Cannibalism doesn't mean eating humans, it means eating an organism of the same species. Even so, most lions would most likely not eat a human.
also many of these laws are taken WAY out of context. Whoever wrote this shit, be more careful next time with your research. Then again, you shouldn't be allowed to write articles for anything if you don't even know what a fucking cannibal is.
kevin01 Jun 10 at 08 00 pm
and another thing: I don't think the nevada law is outrageous. If someone shot my dog motherfucker I'd want to hang the bastard.
kevin01 Jun 10 at 08 05 pm
and another thing: the encyclopedia britannica is banned in texas? wattt. I lived in Texas for 15 years and I have seen in all of the schools and libraries I've been to there, copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I call bullshit.
02 Jun 10 at 01 47 am
Danielle02 Jun 10 at 12 49 pm
Wow... The majority of the people who commented on this post really need to get a sense of humor. I highly doubt the author meant for anyone to take it THIS seriously. It's supposed to be funny. Lighten up, people. Find a hobby or something that doesn't involve anonymous insults and juvenile name calling over the Internet.
03 Jun 10 at 10 35 am@Danielle:
Thank you so much for your kind words. I really didn't mean for anyone to take this so seriously. It was meant to be a light-hearted article. Yet, if I have caused any sort of distress to anyone reading the article - my sincere apologies to them. The article is meant to be funny, not controversial.
Thanks for the support Danielle. Extremely appreciated!
emma04 Jun 10 at 08 43 pm
are these laws for real?!
NermiN Bosanac05 Jun 10 at 05 23 am
cool stuff,but stupid is not to change these stupid laws after so many years,if lawmakers were stupid u r not to change it for God sake
Rem06 Jun 10 at 11 03 pm
Uh the Florida one #9... I used to live there- I think it means like on the beaches or something not in the privacy of your own home, because at the beaches they usually have open showers. so baisically you could shower in a swimsuit.
mikey08 Jun 10 at 11 41 pm@Dago Redd:
Its a hunting law that Alaska likely has like a lot of other areas where moose habitate. It usually prohibits the spoting of moose by air for the purposes of getting hunters on the trail of the animals. It usually is a law with a huge fine if caught.
Levi10 Jun 10 at 12 19 am
Yeah you guys got the Alaska law all wrong. You can't spot moose for hunting from the air or hunt one from the air. The regulations state: "It is against the law to hunt or help someone else take big game until 3:00 am the day following the day you have flown. This does not apply if you have flown on a regularly scheduled commercial or commuter airplane."
We have bush planes in Alaska (and TONS of them) so the possibilty of seeing a moose in one of those is as good as the possibility that water won't freeze at 212 degrees F. Do some checking before you make yourselves look stupid.
qwerty10 Jun 10 at 01 52 pm
Fishing using dynamite is a convenient and illegal common practice.
After the blast, you have all the fish dead on the surface,
ready to be picked up.
Anonymous10 Jun 10 at 03 07 pm
@Wyoming's law: A lot of the state is ranch land and full of cows - fail to close a 'fence' there and you could unleash hundreds of cows onto the highway / interstate travelers.
Andrew Keir10 Jun 10 at 11 18 pm
"Idiots should not be elected either!"
Ha ha.
melanclock11 Jun 10 at 05 29 pm@Harv:
Harv is right and this article was of poor quality. You should have looked up the facts behind the laws.
mbahell21 Jun 10 at 02 27 amhillarious, these laws! looool!
idioticidioms21 Jun 10 at 07 39 am
Got to say that it was pretty fun to read through all of the states different laws. Some of them seem silly or stupid to you while reading them, but you have to keep in mind that each law is in place for a reason. You may not understand that reason, or the reason may be that a very stupid person or a couple of very stupid people caused the laws to be made for others like them. It's much like walking into a store that has a step across one section of the floor that you're obviously supposed to lift your legs to step up onto, and yet it's still labeled as 'Step' so people know. Or, like how you go and get fresh Coffee from one of those stands and it comes with one of those sleeves that states that the coffee is extremely hot and to use caution. It's common sense, sure, but you know some dumbass, somewhere, spilled coffee on himself, or tripped on that step, and sued the shit out of somebody. Then again, some of these laws do seem to be a bit outdated and nonsensical, but not the ones you made the most fuss about. Also, you have to keep in mind that not everyone has a keen grasp on the English language. I have played a game of politics before where people were drafting legislature and passing it through a form of congress. No matter how many times I would sit there and explain to them that one word can make a huge difference in an entire body of text, they still would not carefully edit their work, so they'd come out with some pretty open-ended laws. Then they would try to enforce them, and it would be cakewalk to find the necessary loopholes out of it. So, I mean, between not understanding why the laws are in place in those areas and not allowing for people's poor grasp of linguistic abilities, that leaves you with about a 10% gap of actual laws that shouldn't still be laws. Then again, maybe some of these laws are in effect and just not enforced due to their inadequacy and haven't been gotten around to being taken out due to more pressing concerns. Not trying to be mean, but when you are going to make a joke you have to make sure that it is funny to everyone, or if you're aware the it is only going to be funny to a small group of people, prepare yourself for some guff thrown your way for it. Here you are making fun of laws for sounding silly to you when they might just make perfect sense to those who live by them.
Max21 Jun 10 at 11 25 am
The picture of the idiot should be Obama to be the most relevant.
Randy21 Jun 10 at 01 43 pm
At some time, I'm sure all of these laws had a purpose. Most don't anymore. The Colorado law about challenging a police off icer does not mean while driving. You can challenge a cop until he tells you to stop challenging him. Makes more sense that way, but it is still a violation of the First Amendment. I would like to see an article about the reasons behind these laws.
Zem21 Jun 10 at 09 38 pm
Funny, but:
- fishing with dynamite is actually a real problem, and is banned in many other countries as well;
- "Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void. " - You are not allowed to vote or sign legal documents if you are mentally ill either, so it's not much of a surprise that a "contract" like marriage also falls under it.
Steve22 Jun 10 at 12 03 am
would have been a great post if youdidn
Anonstrikesagain23 Jun 10 at 01 58 pm
America actually has no official language. English just happens to be the one that is spoken by the most people.
Lawyer25 Jun 10 at 01 16 pm
These are all very good laws!
Pissed@you26 Jun 10 at 05 26 am
The United States of America's official language is NOT English. the USA has no official language. Mostly due to the fact that we are a nation of immigrants.
DP27 Jun 10 at 12 16 pm
Law 49 – it a physical impossibility – since neither would ever be able to pass.
Law 38 – dynamite is used in many parts of the world to kill fish. The ones closest may be destroyed, but others will be stunned or killed by the pressure of the explosion, and be easy pickings.
DP27 Jun 10 at 12 17 pm
Law 49 – it a physical impossibility – since neither would ever be able to pass.
Law 38 – dynamite is used in many parts of the world to kill fish. The ones closest may be destroyed, but others will be stunned or killed by the pressure of the explosion, and be easy pickings.
Gothu29 Jun 10 at 12 31 am
Jesus christ, i wonder who let those guys write that laws.
Such a stupid person mustn't even be let near a pencil.
pennyschroeder30 Jun 10 at 06 33 am@Coffee:
what.....where did you get that info????????????????
pennyschroeder30 Jun 10 at 06 40 am@Pissed@you:
what.....where did you get that info???????????????? Then when we became a nation, The English didn't speak English??What was spoken...Spanish????????????
Bob30 Jun 10 at 07 15 am@pennyschroeder:
Well, English is NOT the official language of the United States regardless, so even the man who wrote this whole thing is wrong.
kissmo30 Jun 10 at 07 00 pm
Really stupid Laws...But I don't think most of them don't exist..
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barwer04 Jul 10 at 04 57 pm
#20: I don't think you have the correct definition of cannibal.
anonymous11 Jul 10 at 09 29 am
more Montana laws:
It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than the missionary style.
Worrying squirrels will not be tolerated.
Hard objects may not be thrown by hand.
All sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown is banned, if and only if, the lovers are nude. (WEAR YOUR SOCKS!!!!)
it is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.
it is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.
rach11 Jul 10 at 09 41 am@Harv:
you make these laws seem more like there okay. there all common sense mainly. thats why everyone makes a big deal out of them. because you REALLY get fined and can get felonys for them. but most of these laws arent even followed or enforced anymore, there from a long time ago and just havent been reapealed.
newman11 Jul 10 at 09 51 am
I'm not sure which is dumber - the laws, or the captions underneath them!
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D.A. Adamson05 Sep 10 at 06 57 amdid some research... most of this is bullshit.. fyi .. some of the actual laws are also misinterpreted by the creator of this page
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This title change was recommended by the Academic Senate on December 9, 2004,
approved by the President on January 3, 2005, and
approved by the Chancellor's Office on November 9, 2005.
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Technology (code ET__BS03) (138 units)
Faculty Advisor - R-T "Ray" Wang (Electrical Engineering)
EE Department Office - VEC 512
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Sunday, 22 February 2009
Stepmom again
This past week my parents and step-daughter came to visit Næstved.
My parents were of course happy to be here seeing The Bois, but it was step-daughter who could barely contain her excitement. She talked about how it had been her dream "her whole life" to live close enough to a grocery store that she could walk to.
She loved her room in our apartment. And there is no doubt it is the coolest room of any house or apartment I have lived in. Then she made a Danish friend who lives upstairs. And for her birthday we bought her a little pink laptop computer (which is staying here). Happily, she seemed to be in heaven.
But then the crying started midweek; she wanted to stay in Denmark. Her life has been very hard the last three years. There is no doubt she has changed since I first met her. She used to be a content girl who loved to play and be the center of attention. Now if things don't go exactly as she wants she either pouts (perhaps for an entire day) or, as my dad says, "believes in punishing people." These are not good traits for an eight year old to have. But her life has been very unpredictable. She used to spend every day with her dad and now she doesn't. She used be involved in sports and activities and now she isn't. There are many things that are beginning to concern us, including the fact she seems to be stalling in school.
But this week, she got to step away from all of that. And I hope it was a good experience for her.
At the airport security gate, she was screaming and crying. She wouldn't let go of SR. I think even the security guards may have gotten a tear in their eye. 5 months until she moves here. I think I speak for all three of us (plus The Bois) when I say that time can't come too soon.
4 comments:
- Abbie said...
I am glad that she had such a nice time. It brought tears to my eyes reading it. Hopefully her many difficulties that she has experienced will make her stronger.
- 22 February 2009 at 21:42
- Olga said...
SR and Girl, these are your blogs, and that is all we know. What I wonder, sometimes, is what is her Mother thinks? Why is Daughter doesn't do sports anymore if she used to? How is Mother going to handle her being away once Daughter moves with you guys, and will Daughter miss Mom as much as she misses dad? Would it solve her new traits? What about Son, and how will he grow up without a Sister being around all the time? I mean, either way you take it, eventually things settle in, and we never, ever will know which way would have been best - we just live with one we took. But we often wonder, don't we? Not to bring more questions than you have to your lives, but I am curious about the "other flipside of the coin".
I posted same comment on SR's blog:)
- 23 February 2009 at 01:44
- Lisa said...
I am glad you got to visit with your step daughter. Her world has turned topsy turvy the last few years so if she pouts when she doesnt get her way, she is expressing her frustration over all of the transitions and changes and her lack of control in it. I always believed in giving my step daughter a few choices so she could just FEEL like she was making decisions and had some control. For example, my husband would ask open ended questions like "Where do you want to go for dinner?" of course, she wanted sushi and he wasn't prepared for that. Then he'd spend 15 minutes convincing her to pick something else, and so on. I told him give her 3 choices and let her choose within the limits you gave her. She quickly became much happier all around when we began that method of 3 choices. Right down to what to wear, what to watch on tv, what activity to do next, what chore to begin first, what homework to start, etc. You get the picture.
- 26 February 2009 at 18:35
- Olga said...
Lisa, this method is awesome for anybody, not just step-kids, thanks!!!
- 26 February 2009 at 18:58


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Poll: Who's the best Batman?
Reaction to the news of Ben Affleck landing the role of Batman in an upcoming Batman-Superman crossover film has been mixed, at best. Some might say they've been mostly negative.
You can skip right to the poll below, if you want.
Meme generators probably have been working overtime given the number of Affleck-as-Batman memes popping up this morning. Some of them are really funny, too. Even the L.A. Times took notice.
According to Variety, Affleck will be the eighth actor to play Batman, which mean they aren't counting animated and made-for-TV productions. If they were, he'd be at least the 15th according to this list on IMDB.
Variety even went so far as to ask if Ben was right for the job, which, according to the results visible right now, he is apparently not.
It got me thinking, though. Us nerds have these fights all the time — Who's the better Enterprise captain, Kirk or Picard (no one seems to care about poor Jonathan Archer or man-in-the-beeping-chair Christopher Pike)? Who's scarier, the alien from Alien or the Predator (this one even became a comic book and eventually a movie which I still haven't bothered with)? And so on.
So it never surprised me to find myself in discussions about who the best Batman is. And even before Christian Bale was an option (or Clooney, for that matter), I was convinced it was Michael Keaton. Laura Keeney agrees, and gave me a high five when she learned my allegiance.
I felt like he captured the darkness and inner turmoil of the Dark Knight fantastically, and played the debonaire Bruce Wayne well enough. Actually, I like the bits of humor Keaton injected — "Do you like eating here?" "Oh yeah. You wanna know the truth? I don't think I've been in this room before."
Others argued that Val Kilmer brought a lot more suave sensibility to the Wayne character, and that Clooney filled out the rubber suit better. Or that Adam West was simply an unbeatable classic. When Bale came along, for me, it challenged Keaton's reign as the supreme Batman. Challenged — didn't surpass. No one could get nuts like Keaton's Bruce Wayne.
So who's your favorite live action Batman?
EDIT: Okay, so your responses exceeded my SurveyMonkey account. Christian Bale had a slight lead over Michael Keaton when it ended, though. Here's the poll as a Google Form. Cast your vote again!
I'll go ahead and get us started with a vote for Michael Keaton…


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Martin Truex Jr. looks for birthday win at Kentucky Speedway
It would be a happy birthday for Martin Truex Jr. on Sunday if he could win at Kentucky Speedway.
Truex, who will turn 34 Sunday, sits 25th in the Sprint Cup points with an average finish of 21.5 this season.
"Right now it's going to be a victory that will get us into the Chase, not where we stand in points," Truex said in a statement. "I feel Kentucky is a track that can deliver that elusive win. Without question, that would be the best birthday present."
With the new points system implemented this year, the best chance for Truex Jr. to make the Chase for the Cup is a win. This year, the top 15 drivers with the most wins advance to what is now called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase Grid. The 16th spot goes to the points leader after race 26 if they don't have a win.
During the last two races at Kentucky, Truex had two top-10 finishes. His average finish in three Cup starts at the 1 1/2-mile oval is 11.0.
The No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team is still looking for its first win this season. Qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series is on Friday at 3:40 p.m.


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Meyer joins the Harvard coaching staff after competing in the 2012 London Olympics.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – 2012 Olympian and Harvard alumnus Alex Meyer '10 has been added to the men's swimming and diving coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach.
"We are pleased to have Alex join our coaching staff," Tim Murphy, the Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving commented. "His firsthand experience balancing the academic and athletic rigors of Harvard make him an ideal choice to help our swimmers. His leadership and experience at the NCAA Championships and on an international level will allow him to make an immediate impact on our program."
Meyer placed 10th in the 10k marathon at the 2012 London Olympics after becoming the first American athlete to qualify for the games with a fourth-place finish in the 10k at the 2011 Open Water World Championships. He was named USA Swimming's 2011 Fran Crippen Memorial Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year after winning the 10k at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championships, and in 2010 won Gold in the 25k at the Open Water World Championships.
Meyer was an All-American and five-time Ivy League Champion during his time in Cambridge. As a senior, he placed 14th in the 1,650 free at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America status after winning the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 free events at the Ivy League Championships. The victories earned him the Phil Moriarty Award as the high-point swimmer of the meet and helped him secure the Harold S. Ulen Award as the Ancient Eight's career high-point swimmer.
The Ithaca, N.Y., native also won the 1,000 and 1,650 free at the 2009 Ivy League Championships and competed at the NCAA Championships in the 500 and 1,650 free. He boasts the second fastest time in program history in the 1,000 (8:57.28) and 1,650 (14:58.14), as well as the eighth fastest time in the 500 free (4:22.25).
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This afternoon, President Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha at the White House. Sgt. Romesha received the medal for his heroism in helping to fight off an attack in 2009 by more than 300 Taliban who threatened to overrun Combat Outpost Keating, in northeastern Afghanistan. For some reason, the Daily Mail web site seems to have the most complete account of the ceremony, and the most pictures.
Combat Outpost Keating was immortalized by Jake Tapper's superb book The Outpost, which I reviewed–plugged, really–here. Brian Ward and I also interviewed Jake and talked about the book on The Hinderaker-Ward Experience. If you haven't already read The Outpost, do yourself a favor and buy it. It includes the story of Clint Romesha, but Romesha, as he would be the first to tell you, is just one of many American servicemen who have demonstrated an almost unimaginable degree of valor in Afghanistan. Tapper wrote more about Romesha here, in anticipation of the Medal of Honor ceremony.
Sgt. Romesha in Afghanistan:
Eight Americans were killed in the day-long assault on Outpost Keating, along with vastly more Taliban fighters. (Romesha himself killed more than 10.) But today's ceremony was not entirely grim. Romesha is now retired from the Army and is working in oil field safety in North Dakota. One of his three children peered out from behind the podium before the ceremony began:
Congratulations to Sgt. Romesha.


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AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Tied at 3-3 going into the bottom of the eighth inning the Green Knights of St. Norbert College (6-3) scored the game deciding run in the frame to sneak by baseball (5-3) by the final of 4-3 in the last game of their 2012 spring trip Saturday afternoon at Lake Myrtle Sports Complex.
With a 5-3 mark on the year the Beacons will leave Florida with one of their best spring trip records under head coach Brendan Eygabroat. Combined UMass recorded a combined 45 runs and pulled out huge wins like a 2-1 bottom of the ninth win over Ripon College and two shutout victories over Becker College (11-0) and Roger Williams University (10-0).
On the day the Beacons combined for seven hits, while the Green Knights posted 11 to close out their spring trip.
Leading UMass at the plate was Jamill Moquette (Boston, Mass.) who went 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Newly anointed Tyler Kirwan (Syracuse, N.Y.) went 2-for-3 and continued to play strong defense for the Beacons.
On the hill Lucas Illges (Gloucester, Mass.) had a steady performance as he combined for three strikeouts over five complete innings. Tom Cole closed out the final three frames and also posted three strikeouts as well.
Travis Mason fueled St. Norbert as he went eight full innings and allowed six hits and had tallied three strikeouts. Jose Godinez, who caught the first eight innings, earned the save as he allowed just one hit in the top of the ninth.
St. Norbert got on the scoreboard in the bottom half of the first, but was quickly tied-up in the top of the second. The Green Knights retook control of the lead in the bottom half of the second. The two squads would each manage a single run in the fifth. UMass Boston tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Charles LaPaglia (Marshfield, Mass.).
Unfortunately the Green Knights would get the game-deciding win in the bottom half the eighth to pull out the victory.
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Molly Sims: I Ate Four Desserts In a Day!
"It's amazing because you know that old saying, 'You're just a stomach flu away from a size two?' I'm 12 stomach flus away from a size two now and you know what? It's okay," she says.
Pregnancy cravings have kicked in full force for Molly Sims — and for the mom-to-be it's dessert time that seems to take the cake.
"Yesterday I had three desserts. I literally had a Sprinkles red velvet cupcake, this little piece of Marzipan bundt cake, and sorbet," Sims, 38, tells PEOPLE during Kishani Perera's Vintage Remix book launch Wednesday in West Hollywood, Calif.
"Oh, that's right, and I had some frozen yogurt: cake batter with graham cracker crust."
But Sims isn't sweating all her little splurges throughout the day; She is "totally" loving the freedom of indulging her sweet tooth as she awaits the arrival of her baby boy in June.
"It's amazing because you know that old saying, 'You're just a stomach flu away from a size two?' I'm 12 stomach flus away from a size two now and you know what? It's okay," she says.
As much as she's enjoying the benefits of pregnancy, Sims has also had to adjust to the hardships — including suffering from a serious lack of shuteye — as well.
"I'm having trouble sleeping," she admits. "You go side to side, you put a pillow over, you put a pillow under. I'm surrounded by pillows and I put the air conditioner on 50."
The former model is experiencing an ever-changing figure — including a few new (and much-appreciated!) assets — and has documented her growing baby bump since the start of her journey.
"I love from my chest up. You find a cottage-like cheese layer on different parts of your body including your calves," Sims — who's working on a nursery with interior designer Perera — shares.
Still, nothing can deter Sims's waves of excitement, and occasional uneasiness, over welcoming her first child with husband Scott Stuber.
"My girlfriend was asking yesterday if I was nervous and I'm totally nervous because it's the unknown — it's something that you don't know," she explains. "I am a little nervous about the delivery and breastfeeding. I hope I can do it, I hope we come through. I am so excited to meet him and just hold his hand."
One thing Sims and Stuber aren't stressing over? Baby boy's name. "We had name day on Saturday," she says. "We got it narrowed down to about 12 names."
— Anya Leon with reporting by Patrick Gomez