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Continuing with our habit of posting unusual laws on Monday’s, let’s take a look at some of the laws that are only in effect on Sundays. Most of these laws affect retail operations, and are based around making sure that people don’t work on the Christian Sabbath.

While many places in the United State have had—and sometimes still have—laws governing whether or not businesses were allowed to operate on Sundays, others have laws that are a bit more unusual.

• In Little Rock, Arkansas, no one may walk there cow down Main Street after 1pm on a Sunday.
• Car dealers may not show cars on Sundays, in Colorado.
• In Hartford, Connecticut, it is reportedly illegal for a man to kiss his wife on a Sunday.

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• If you ride a merry-go-round on a Sunday in Idaho, you’re committing a crime.
• In Cicero, Illinois, you may not hum in public on Sundays.
• In Massachusetts, all men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday. Presumably, this is not so they can go shoot their dinner after the service, as hunting on Sunday is illegal in the Bay State.
• In St. Cloud, Minnesota, you may not eat a hamburger on a Sunday.
• Citizens in New Hampshire may not “relieve themselves” while looking up on Sundays.
• In Oregon, ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.
• I’ve mentioned this one before, but here it is again: in Rhode Island, it is illegal to sell a toothbrush and toothpaste to the same customer on a Sunday.

For more strange laws like there, visit DumbLaws.com.

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