Dumb Laws in Texas

***** State laws:


When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each
shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the
other has gone. (No, I don't know how that is possible.)


It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time
while standing.


Law prohibits driving without windshield wipers. You don't need
the windshields, but you need the wipers.


It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story
of a hotel.


You can't legally milk someone else's cow.


The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it
contains a formula for making beer at home.


***** City laws:


In a certain town, you must first get a $5 permit before going
barefoot.


It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate
limits of Abilene for the purpose of flirting or mashing.


In Beaumont, college football is banned at Lamar University.


Dallas bans the possession of "realistic dildos".


In Mesquite, it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.


In San Antonio, it is illegal to piss on the Alamo. (Law passed
after Ozzy Osbourne did it.)


If you catch a cattle thief in Temple, you may legally hang him
on the spot.