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In hotels in Sioux Falls every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!

A woman over fifty is not allowed to go outside and strike up a conversation with a married man older than 20. You're guessing that some old geezer lawmaker's wife ran off with the gardener? Me too.

Movies depicting police offers as being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden from playing in movie theaters. Gee honey, I guess we won't be seeing The Departed after all.

If there are three or more Native American Indians walking across your lawn, it is considered a warpath, it is legal to shoot them. (reader submission -- unconfirmed)

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