1.North Carolina
It’s against the law to sing off-key.
唱歌走音是非法的(大家都別唱了)
2.Arizona
Cutting down a cactus may earn you a twenty-five-year prison term.
砍下一棵仙人球可讓你坐25年牢 (史上最貴仙人球?)
3.Arkansas
It’s illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas.
把阿肯色州的名字念錯是犯法的。。。(我曾經念錯過,幸好不是在阿州的地盤上)
4.California
You may not eat an orange in your bathtub.
不可以在澡盆裡吃橘子
5.Colorado
It’s unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor (Denver).
將你家的吸塵器借給隔壁鄰居是非法的 (丹佛)
6.Connecticut
A pickle cannot actually be a pickle unless it bounces.
只有有彈性的醃菜才是醃菜(?)
7.Delaware
It’s illegal to get married on a dare.
因為受到挑戰而結婚是非法的 (?)
8.Washington, D.C.
It’s against the law to post a public notice calling someone a coward for refusing to accept a challenge to duel.
因某人拒絕接受一項決鬥而在大庭廣眾下稱呼某人是懦夫是違法的。
9.Georgia
It’s illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless you draw the shades first.
給前店的人體模特兒換衣服時必須有遮擋,否則違法。
10.Hawaii
All residents may be fined for not owning a boat.
沒船就得挨罰?
11.Illinois
It’s illegal to take a French poodle to the opera (Chicago).
帶法國波特爾犬去歌劇院非法
12.Indiana
The value of pi is 4, and not 3.1415.
π值是4而不是3.1415
13.Iowa
One-armed piano players must perform for free.
單手彈鋼琴者必須免費演出。(如果是殘疾人,可以視作歧視嗎?)
14.Kansas
It’s illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits (Natoma).
朝穿條紋西裝的人扔小刀是非法的(難道朝其他人飛刀不犯法?)
15.Kentucky
Every citizen is required to take a shower once a year.
每位公民每年必須洗一次澡
16.Nebraska
Bar owners may not sell beer unless they brew a kettle of soup simultaneously.
酒吧不能賣酒除非他們同時又煮了一桶湯。
17.Nevada
It’s illegal for men with mustaches to kiss women.
留小鬍子的男人不能親吻婦女。
18.New Jersey
It’s against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season.
在漁汛期男人不可以織網(?)
19.New Mexico
Females may not appear unshaven in public.
女性不可以未修面就出現在公共場合。
20.New York
While riding in an elevator, you must talk to no one, fold your hands, and look toward the door.
步入電梯,你不能和人說話,必須交疊雙手、直視門口。(原來那麼多人都違法了)
21.North Dakota
It’s illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
穿鞋子躺倒睡覺時非法的。。。
22.Ohio
You must honk the horn whenever you pass another car, according to the state’s driver’s education manual.
根據本州司機的教育手冊,你每超過一輛汽車就必須摁一次喇叭
23.Oklahoma
It’s forbidden to take a bite out of another person’s hamburger.
禁止咬另一個人的漢堡一口(囧囧有神)
24.Oregon
State law requires dishes to be drip-dried.
本州法律要求盤子必須滴水滴乾(?)
25.Pennsylvania
It’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
睡在冰箱外門上方是非法的(誰能告訴俺怎麼睡?)
26.Rhode Island
You may not bite off another person’s leg.
不准咬掉另一個人的腿 (誰的牙有那麼厲害?)
27.South Carolina
If a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, he is required by law to keep his promise.
如果一個男人向一名未婚婦女承諾娶她,他就必須按照法律遵守諾言。(廣大未婚女性的福音啊)
28.South Dakota
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory.
在奶酪工廠躺倒睡覺是非法的。
29.Texas
You may not shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
你不可以從旅館的二樓射殺水牛。
30.Utah
It is illegal not to drink milk.
不喝牛奶非法。