TIP: ONE MORE SANDWICH AND I’M MAKING A CITIZEN’S ARREST

February 8th, 1999

In Russell, Kansas (Bob Dole’s hometown!), musical car horns are banned. In
the state of Connecticut, “in order for a pickle to be officially considered a
pickle, it must bounce.” And throughout Massachusetts, “mourners at a wake may
not eat more than three sandwiches.” Dumb Laws, at

http://www.dumblaws.com

organizes these and hundreds more crazy, cob-webbed codicils for your reading
pleasure. Your initial, hopeful reaction: “Wow–yesterday’s legislators were even
dumber than today’s!” Your eventual, more realistic reaction: “So why haven’t
today’s legislators removed these old laws from the books?” Your ultimate
question: “Who could eat a sandwich at a wake?”

–This tip contributed by Mark Scapicchio