More Crazy Laws #49 is this week’s Mystery Question. But first a report on my word count as of Monday night. Last week I was at 24,000 words and now I’m at 29,000. Not as much as I’d hoped for, but I credit being accountable to my blog readers for it being this high! Hopefully, I can write 8,000 words this next week!
Now for the photo and verse. The photo is from my publisher for most of the graphics used in marketing but I thought it fit this verse perfectly. It is so comforting to know God is bearing our burdens with us. I saw I’d underlined the verse back in May as I was flipping to today’s reading, and immediately my spirit soared. If God be for us, who can be against us? <3
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…
- Can you believe a state made it against the law to spew coffee?
- Did you know here you can teach your pet parrot to speak, but it’s against the law to teach it to squawk? (NY)
- Here you may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a party where dancing occurs. (ND)
- 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. (TX)
And the answer is…#1. I can’t believe Texas passed a lay requiring criminals to give victims 24-hour notice!
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…
- Here birds have the right of way on all highways.
- It doesn’t matter here how you decide who pays for the coffee as long as you don’t flip a coin.
- Taking a photo of a cow in May is a no-no here.
- Be sure you don’t take a shower on Wednesday here–you might be arrested.
Okay Super Slueths, which one did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for What We Hide by Coble and Rick Acker!
Crazy State Laws #49. 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 XJenna Hart is the heroine of Deadly Vengeance, releasing November 5! Don’t miss Baker Bookhouse’s great deal–they’re knocking off 40% off and giving free shipping!
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I’m going with #4.
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Hi Diana! We’ll see next week if it’s #4.
#3 – if I want to take a photo of a cow I will – May or not.
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Love it, Mary! We’ll see…
I’m going with #2, although I was leaning towards #3.
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What made you change your mind, Jean? Not that I’m saying either is right or wrong, but was just curious. 🙂
Taking a photo of a cow in May – udderly ridiculous!
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Udderly funny, Sharon. 😉 We’ll see…
I’m going with 1.
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Hi Suzanne! We’ll see….
I will go with #3.
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Hi Paula! We’ll see if it’s #3–it’s pretty popular.
Thank you for this verse. I needed to hear it today!
Haha, number 4 made me laugh. The shower police! I’m going with number 4.
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I’m glad the verse spoke to you, Priscilla. It did me when I was flipping through my Bible earlier this week. We’ll see if it’s #4 next week.
Pat, I love the photo and verse. Perfect for so many of us!
Boy, these are really crazy laws today!!!
-How are we going to control a bird in the highway?
-I can see folks getting the “eyebrow” for flipping a coin over who pays for the coffee.
-This one pierced my heart, since I absolutely love black and white cows. I can’t imagine not being able to take photos of them. During the pandemic James and I often drove to pastures, just so I could moo at them.
-In Moldova, the government turns off the hot water at 10 pm, but you can still take a cold shower. Brrrr. But surely no law here about Wednesdays.
I’m going with # 1 I got it correct last week. Could #1 be a possibility for two weeks in a row?
James picks #3
Congratulations on your word count!!!! I can see you getting the 8,000 this week!
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Thank you, Barbara! So glad the verse spoke to you. We’ll see next week if it’s your–#1 or James’ #3 or either. lol About cows. When I drove to Eastern Kentucky we passed a pasture with Oreo cows. Black with a white strip around their middle. I’d never seen one before. I stopped and took a photo, but it was years ago, before the Cloud so I have no idea where the photo is.
If you took that picture in May, I’m sure it has been confiscated, Pat. Oreo cows, of course and milk provided.
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I’m glad I wasn’t sipping my coffee when I read this comment, Tim.
Oreo cows—love it! I call my beloved black and white cows chocolate chip cows!
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Check it out:
I think my brother sent me a picture of “Oreo cows” just in the last few years. I just googled and learned that they are Belted Galloway cattle from Scotland. They really do exist!
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Yep, Edward, they do exist. 😉
Love the photo and verse, Pat. I’m praying you are inspired to write the best book possible regardless of word count, but I pray you also meet your goal.
Ah, the dumb laws and the brilliant minds who create them. If nothing else, they give us a good laugh on Tuesday mornings!!
1. Birds have the right of way on all highways. What does that even mean?
2. And how would the coin flipping police know what the coin is being flipped for?
3. I’d be moooved to tears if I couldn’t photograph Bossy in May. What’s so special about May anyway?
4. No showers on Wednesday, huh. Is a bath OK? I’d like to know who’s checking? Is this a paid job? Certification required?
It’s a good thing I’ve learned not to have sipped anything before reading these. And, I don’t care if I get arrested or fined. I’m taking pictures of as many cows as I can find during May. So there! But, I believe I’m safe because that’s the one I think you made up.
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Maybe, Tim…I always enjoy reading through your reasons for which one you vote for. 🙂
I am going with #3
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We’ll see, Sharon…
#4 I grew up in the town where this law is an urban legend!
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I love it, Joy! We’ll see next week…
#1
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We’ll see, Patricia!
Wow, I just knew #4 was the right one last week, oh well.
My daughter always thought of most cows being white with black spots. So she decided she wanted a cat that was white with black spots. Was going to call it her “KittyCow”.
I’m still going with #4 this week. How are they going to know which days you shower? If it’s about water volume, you could be washing clothes or your car on Wednesday, right?
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I love your daughter’s KittyCow name. Did she ever get her cat? We’ll see next week if it’s #4…
She didn’t get a kitty cow but she did get two cats, Leo and Rae.
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Aww, Gail. I’m glad. Cats are my favorite–I have two, Suzy and Tux.
Oh my goodness, Pat! The Oreo cows are amazing! I wish you could have heard my squeal! Sooooo cute!
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They are cute. I thought I was seeing things when I first saw them. Then there was a sign that explained what kind of cows they were. 🙂
My kids would love a no shower on Wednesday lol
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Most kids would, Natalya! lol
ummm…#3
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Could be, Barbie D…a lot of readers think so…we’ll see…
#4
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We’ll see, Caryl.
I like the picture and verse. They are calming and uplifting.
Whoever worded that first law must have left out a word. Almost everywhere I have traveled, I have encountered what we call “bird brains” in the South who thought they had the right of way regardless of anything else. Maybe it was some of those same “bird brains” who enacted that law. I wonder how many drivers ran through fences, crashed into utility poles, etc., after this was enacted.
It seems flipping a coin is so much quicker and simpler than “rocks, papers, and scissors,” or “eenie, meenie, minie, moe,” or “one potato, two potato,” and so on.
I guess the cows will need to start taking their wedding photos in April for a June wedding since they can’t do it in May. Photographers will need to work overtime in April to make up for lost income in May.
It’s a good thing I take a shower the first Saturday of the New Year whether I need it or not. I would be out of luck if I was one of those ultra-conscientious people who thought I needed a bath every day.
So which one was made up. I think they are all made up. Some lawmakers must lay awake all night to dream these up. I’ll take a stab at 3. What difference does it make when a picture is taken?
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Glad to see you back in fine form, Edward. Love your reasoning! And I wish they all were made up…scares me to think we have elected officials who make these laws. We’ll see next week if it’s #3…
I hope #4 is the one you made up since there are so many things that could happen to require someone to need a shower on any day of the week.
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You’re right, but politicians might not think of that. 😉 We’ll see next week.
#1
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Hi Shelia…we’ll see…
I’ll go with #1 this week.
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Hi Megan! We’ll see next week…
I am going with #1 this week.
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We’ll see, Gloria…#1 has been popular…
I think I’m agreeing with some others about the cow photos, what difference does it make May or September, unless more are expecting in that month and it might scare them ?? Thinking the coin flipping might have been a type of gambling, and I always slow down or even stop for birds, ducks, etc., but #3 the cow it is.
Please pray for East TN and town of Newport, and Western NC, we have been hit hard over this way with all the rain! So many still stranded and even missing, I-40 East will now be closed indefinite since places crumbled into the river, close to the TN-NC line.
Prayers needed!!
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Dottie, praying for your area right now! So sorry y’all are having to go through this.
And we’ll see if your awesome reasoning has found the correct answer. 🙂