Don’t Paint a Bird in Michigan

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 27 July 2010 9:51 AM

Don’t try throwing a snowball in Michigan. Avoid using a white cane in public, unless you’re blind. And whatever you do, refrain from painting any birds to sell later as a parakeet.  The Detroit Free Press says it can be funny to look at the old laws still on the books. Funny, until they’re actually enforced. The paper talks to a man who received a ticket for violating a 100-year-old obscene speech law after he fell out of his canoe.

In a certain counties and cities around Michigan it is still illegal to:

Sing the Star Spangled Banner at a dance.

Operate a fitness center that does not segregate males from females.

Be addicted to drugs.

Allow drunks into bars or permit bartenders or waiters to mingle with patrons.

Send a postcard that annoys someone.

Hold so-called freak shows.

Neglect your wife.

Throw a corpse onto the street.

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