More Crazy Laws #48

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More Crazy Laws #48 is this week’s Mystery Question…can you believe how many crazy laws are out there? Not me…

We finally got rain in the South this week…four days of it so far, and you know that saying about too much of a good thing? But we really needed it. I’m trying to adjust to a new normal and anyone who has had to do that for whatever reason knows it’s difficult. But God is faithful.

The photo is one Delores Topliff took on her visit to Ireland recently … Oh, I wish I could’ve slipped into her luggage! Ireland is on my Bucket List! And Scotland! Maybe next time. And Isaiah 26:3 is a verse I’ve clung to many times. It is so true.

Now for last week’s Mystery Question about crazy state laws. Three laws are on the books somewhere and I made up one of them. Your job is to figure out which one I made up…
  1. Bear wrestling matches are prohibited here. (AL)
  2. Here it’s illegal to ride double on a bicycle.
  3. You can’t sell doughnut holes in this state. (NE)
  4. In this state, you can’t slurp soup. (NJ)

And the answer is…#2. Congrats to all who guessed correctly!

Now for this week’s Mystery Question about crazy state laws. Three laws are on the books somewhere and I made up one of them. Your job is to figure out which one I made up…
  1. Can you believe a state made it against the law to spew coffee?
  2. Did you know here you can teach your pet parrot to speak, but it’s against the law to teach it to squawk?
  3. Here you may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a party where dancing occurs.
  4. A recently passed anticrime law here requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours’ notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

Okay Super Slueths, which one did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for Colleen Coble & Rick Acker’s book, What We Hide. 

Crazy State Laws #48. Three true laws and one made-up one. Can you guess which one? Leave your answers in the comments on my blog and I'll enter you in a drawing What We Hide by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker! Share on X
Coming up:

I have a book deadline of November 1 and haven’t looked at the manuscript since the middle of June. You have prayed for me so much these past months, but if you could lift up a prayer every once in a while that I’ll be able to meet that deadline it would be wonderful–because I know prayer works. I still have about 65,000 words to write on the story, and I’m really struggling to get back into it.

I just had a brilliant idea!! As an incentive to write, I will update you on my word count every Tuesday. Right now I’m at 24,000 words. Let’s see what it is next week!

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  2. Gail Hollingsworth

    Beautiful photo. Reminds me of some of what we saw on our trip out west here in the US. Pat, we needed the rain too here in Alabama. Our grass was getting crunchy. It’s so far fetched that’s it’s probably true but I’m still going with #4.

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  4. Paula Shreckhise

    They all seem unbelievable to me! I will go with the squawking parrot because I think they do that naturally.
    Praying for progress on your manuscript.

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  7. Barbara Diggs

    Beautiful photo and powerful verse…life sustaining verse, actually!

    I’m going with #1, because spewing my coffee has happened to me too many times reading these questions. I now wear a towel around my neck when I’m drinking coffee and reading these things. Got one on now! Ha!

    James picks #4

    Will continue to pray my friend.

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  8. Sharon Carpenter

    Spewing coffee is an unavoidable consequence of drinking it around some folks, especially authors. Maybe even an “act of God!”
    So it can’t be illegal, right?

    Praying for you, Pat. ❤️

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  12. Tim Johnson

    Faith and begorrah, lass, that’s a might fine photo you have there today. Thank you, Delores! I love that verse you chose to go with it, too, Pat.

    OK, on to the dumb laws.
    1. Must be a lot of coffee police out there to enforce that one. Only coffee? How do the other beverages get off so easy?
    2. No squawk teaching? But officer, I have a certificate from squawk teaching school. And, how would anyone know if I was teaching squawk? I certainly wouldn’t advertise it.
    3. No hat wearing while dancing. I guess you could still do the Mexican hat dance since it’s not on your head. What about beanies?
    4. Dear madam, I plan to steal your heart sometime after the next 24 hours. I hope you won’t think that’s a crime. ❤️

    After reading these, I’d be legally spewing my coffee, if I drank coffee. I think you made up #1.

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  16. Edward Arrington

    Pat, I had quite the weekend. A trip to the ER in the wee hours of Saturday morning, a heart attack while they were doing an EKG, transfer to a larger facility for a heart cath, and a couple of nights in the hospital. I got home yesterday afternoon. I’m moving very slowly, hoping to regain some energy soon. I’m too drained to reason these out today, so I’m stealing Tim’s answer – #1. He’s got a better track record than me with these crazy laws. Besides, if this law is real, there would probably be a number of police officers arrested since they are heavy coffee drinkers.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Oh, Edward! I’m so sorry you had to go through that, but I’m glad they found the problem! Praying you’ll soon have your energy back. I’m not going to say “take care of yourself” because I know you are. I just put a reminder on my refrigerator to pray for you!
      We’ll see if you and Tim are correct next week.

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  17. frazierhlhs

    I am going to guess #4. When I read it to my husband, he laughed loudly. I cannot imagine any criminal abiding by this law.

    Carolyn Frazier

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  18. frazierhlhs

    I don’t think my comment went through so I am trying again.
    My guess is #4 as I cannot imagine a criminal obeying this law. My husband laughed when I read it to him.

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  25. Dottie

    I don’t think my guess went through earlier, so I’m trying again. I’m torn between #1 and #4, but due to the slurping soup I’ll go with #1, the spewing coffee. Some things you just can’t help!
    I’m praying you make your deadline Patricia, and get back into your regular routines. I’m sure in time you will .
    Every time I see the big beautiful moon we’re having right now, you come to my mind. I’m thinking, “I wonder if Patricia is getting a picture of this beauty”.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Hi Dottie! Love the way you chose your answer. 🙂 Thank you for the prayers. For the first time in a few months, I just hit my word count! Yayay! And tomorrow the Reader Friday blog will have a picture of that gorgeous moon! Thank you for your prayers.

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