Your guide to finding outrageous city ordinances and silly state statutes Where every state -- including this one -- has loony laws on the books

Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie house or theater nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.

It is a felony for a skating instructor to seduce a female student. A wild guess as to how this one started might be that a lawmaker's wife or daughter ran off with her skating teacher, right?

It is illegal to take a bath in the wintertime in Indiana.

In Gary, Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic. (Loony Laws" by Robert Pelton)