There Oughta Be a Law: Bastille Day Update

Bastille Day is upon us. It’s also my friend Paige’s birthday, so I want to celebrate! In hopes of busting the populace out of the prison of their minds, I’m extending the challenge until National Ice Cream Day (July 19). Here’s the challenge:

And here are the entries thus far (in reverse order). There’s a link to the dumb laws website in the original challenge post. Let’s hold off on voting until National Ice Cream Day in case more creators find a dumb law to write a backstory for (yeah, I ended that sentence with a preposition). I got the idea for this challenge after finally taking pen to paper about a South Carolina law (and thoughts about one in North Carolina):

Tim Carmichael takes us to Tennessee for some dueling (with pistols, not banjos). Take heed, potential politicians!

Jesse Lee entered with this piece about cucumbers in Connecticut.

Sara Wilson takes us to California to get glazed.

Paul Stewart has some thoughts about swimwear in France.

Diane Foster takes us to the halls of Parliament for some fishy business.

Finally (actually initially, as these are in reverse order), Mike Singleton indulges us with some math and monkey business in Indiana.

You still have time to tell me why you can’t keep a horse in a bathtub in South Carolina or whether the ice cream sundae has anything to do with the Georgia law prohibiting carrying an ice cream cone in your pocket.

Read some dumb laws, make up some preposterous stories, and have fun! I’ve always been an outlaw at heart, so don’t be surprised if I go to Alaska and wake up a bear for a photo shoot or let a cat run loose in Colorado without a tail light.

Also, since today is Bastille Day, we should all be busting folks out of prison today.