bizarre laws NEW YORK

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It is illegal to shoot at a rabbit from a moving trolley.

Flirting with a woman can earn a fine of $25. A second
conviction is punishable by making the offender wear horse
blinders in public.

It's illegal to speak to a person while riding in an elevator
and you must fold your hands while looking forward.

You must purchase a license to hang clothes on a clothesline.

According to New York City statues the following means of
making a living are illegal: skinning horses or cows, burning
offal, growing ragweed and burning bones.

Before enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for
dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets,
approximately 40 million pounds of excrement were deposited
on the streets every year.

It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head
for fun.

The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb
to the nose and wiggling the fingers".
 
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