I take no credit for these weird facts about Michigan. They are, in fact, from weirdfacts.com. Here are a few to get you going:
- A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
- There is a 3 cent bounty for each starling and 10 cent bounty for each crow killed in any village, township, or city in the state.
- You may not swear in front of women and children.
- Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
- In Clawson - There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens.
- In Detroit - Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple’s own property.
- In Detroit - Willfully destroying your old radio is prohibited.
- In Detroit - It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
- In Detroit - It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose.
My favorite one is:
- It is illegal to sell a car on a Sunday.
Hello! This is still the automotive capital of the world. What the heck are they thinking? Did we really need a law for that?
I am sure glad nobody tells me I can’t sell houses on Sunday.
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Written by Maureen Francis
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Toby & Sadie 12.07.06 at 12:27 pm
Love these type of lists.
Some of them make you stop and wonder. My favorite in Ohio is: “It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.â€
Never knew that there was really a market to fish for whales on ANY day in Ohio.
Stefan Scholl 12.11.06 at 6:37 pm
Yes, I am embarrassed to admit it, but I was almost arrested for swearing in front of a woman. She was an assistant prosecutor, and not acting very ladylike at the time. Long story short, the complaining witness in the case, who was an undercover state trooper, threatened to arrest me while she and I were privately (I thought)having a “heated†discussion regarding a pending case! Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed, but I would agree that this law needs to be changed.
Maureen Francis 12.11.06 at 6:47 pm
Stefan, you made me laugh. Thanks for piping in. I am glad you’ve never sworn in front of me.
Alesha 02.20.07 at 11:38 am
my favorite fact about michigan is “you cant tie an alligator to a fire hydrent” do people really have pet alligators that they are going to take for a walk and tie them to a fire hydrent? lol it makes me laugh