Still Waters Posted November 19, 2017 #1 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Quote The New York-based photographer Olivia Locher became interested in peculiar laws when a friend mentioned that it is illegal to have.... https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/nov/18/states-of-disgrace-strange-american-laws-in-pictures 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 19, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Banning hammering a nail in a tree is not so silly. It hurts the tree and if a farmer had to cut it down and/or make barn boards out of it it hurt the saw and sometimes the cutter or sawyer.. If my family caught a hunter hammering a nail into one of our trees for a deer stand they were kicked off the property. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted November 19, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 19, 2017 23 minutes ago, seanjo said: The hatpin one is a bit misleading, they mean these.... Awww, those are so dainty and decorative. I rather like the 1920's/30's one and have some vintage filigree like that- might have to order some new blanks and make a couple for Christmas presents. I don't use hatpins much, but I know a few ladies that do. I giggled a bit about the hatpin photo from the article too because of the inaccuracy of it. The hatpins that triggered the law were more like 9-12 inch long steel spikes meant to firmly attach a hat into the hair. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hatpin-peril-terrorized-men-who-couldnt-handle-20th-century-woman-180951219/ Those hat pins were more akin to a stiletto stuck into the hat, like this: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted November 19, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I found a hatpin in my grandmother's sewing basket, I'm not sure why she kept it in there but I suspect it was too long to fit in her jewellery box. I've no idea how old it is, she's been gone since 1988 at the grand old age of 94. Perhaps I'll go searching for it online some day, not that I intend to part with it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted November 19, 2017 #5 Share Posted November 19, 2017 What a treat to watch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redefining Success Posted November 19, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 19, 2017 The bar of soap one, did they have to put hairs on it? Really? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted November 19, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Wisconsin, I was born and raised.. and it's a rarity to see cheese served with apple pie in public venues.. even the Wisconsin State Fair don't offer up apple pie and cheese. I'm not much of a sweets with pie person really.. but a nice bit of good cheese paired up with pie is indeed sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOMBIE Posted November 19, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, rashore said: Wisconsin, I was born and raised.. and it's a rarity to see cheese served with apple pie in public venues.. even the Wisconsin State Fair don't offer up apple pie and cheese. I'm not much of a sweets with pie person really.. but a nice bit of good cheese paired up with pie is indeed sublime. Outrageous! It's about time someone sends the cops down there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted November 19, 2017 #9 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I'm not a fan of cheese on apple pie at all! It should be outlawed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted November 19, 2017 #10 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Well, Wisconsin is big on cheese, so that apple pie law makes a little sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnchorSteam Posted November 21, 2017 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2017 It reminds me of all the dumb regulations in the military. You just had to shake your head, knowing that it wouldn't have been written up like that unless some fool and done it, and gotten themsevles hurt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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