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Top Crazy State Laws (Part 2)
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Sara and Kristina continue to play the game of "Georgia or Another State". Does Kristina win? You'll hear Kristina's hilarious take on Idaho's strange laws that will leave you puzzled. Get ready for some legal absurdities and laughs!
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Transcript
Introduction and Host Greetings
00:00:01
Speaker
This is our podcast song. It isn't very long. Hey, hello, Sarah. Hi, Christina. Thanks everybody for tuning into Laughing with Gingers. The podcast where two feisty redheads with loud loud share crazy stories, play games and spread silliness and joy. That little Georgia peach over there, who has nothing to do with Georgia and is epically failing this game.
00:00:31
Speaker
Is my partner in crime on the Laughing with Ginger's podcast, Christina Curry. And that is Sarah Alopin, aka Idaho Potato, my co-host of Laughing with Ginger's. Listen,
Game Setup: Guess the State Law
00:00:47
Speaker
you played the Georgia Peach thing. I'm going to go Idaho Potato. I will take it. I will take it.
00:00:57
Speaker
Uh, last we left it, Christina was losing. Cool. Accurate. Um, that is where we left it, but you do still have time to redeem yourself. All right. All right. I have a little faith, little faith. So this is part two of my game where we're playing, is it a Georgia law or is it another weird state law? And Christina brought
00:01:23
Speaker
Idaho weird laws, I guess, are funny laws. I'm still stuck in Idaho over here, guys, for part two. There was a lot. I'm not going to lie. There's so many funny laws and it's not just the US. I mean, it's just a lot of stuff is antiquated and it made so much sense way back and they just don't update it because they don't have a need to make sure that
00:01:52
Speaker
Not everybody has to have a rake. Did it make sense? I would challenge that comment. I guess it depends on why you need the rake. Yeah. That's the only one that really makes obvious sense here.
Christina's Experiences with State Laws
00:02:10
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Yeah, yeah. Maybe that county just has a lot of oak trees and sycamores and they really need people to rake their lawns.
00:02:22
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. It's the knee really thing to do. That's true. Gotta be neighborly in the South. All right. Are you ready to roll? Yeah. Literally, because my first one is double stops are illegal. Is it Georgia or is it another state? And by that, I mean stopping at a stop sign and then rolling forward and stopping again. Oh, I was like, I don't know what a double stop is.
00:02:53
Speaker
I'm going to say it's illegal in Georgia. It is Nevada. Really interesting. All right. Yeah, make sure when you go camping in Nevada that you do not stop at the stop sign and then pull forward and stop again.
00:03:18
Speaker
All right, good to know. Yeah, I do drive through Nevada often, so it's good to know the laws, the local laws. Okay. Is it Georgia or another state? If you bite someone using your false teeth, it is aggravated assault.
00:03:41
Speaker
Oh my God, but it's not if it's not false teeth. Technically, I actually have the follow up to this. It is simply battery if it is for natural teeth. Oh my God. I'm going to say Georgia. It's Louisiana. Oh, Louisiana, you'd be crazy.
00:04:10
Speaker
Somehow makes sense. I'm assuming that that also would include like those vampire teeth.
00:04:22
Speaker
They are fake. I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that you're not using your body, you're using what could be considered a weapon. Oh, totally. Like a tool to hurt someone. Anything could really be a weapon. You could weaponize a battery if you threw it at someone. I mean,
00:04:46
Speaker
This is a throwback to like I think our very first episode, but someone weaponized a burrito.
Strange Alcohol Sales Laws in Different States
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And an eggplant, right? Yeah, I think so, something like that. My first episode. Oh my God, I forgot about that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Have anything as a weapon if you really mean it. Yeah, if you put an eggplant in a sock.
00:05:19
Speaker
Did you have one more for me or should I should I dive into some Idaho laws? Sure, I can do one more. It is illegal to sell two beers for the price of one.
00:05:35
Speaker
What a terrible law. Oh, my God. I don't know. Maybe it's Georgia. Ding, ding, ding. It is Athens, Clark County, Georgia once again. Man, that's an awful law. Yeah, like buy one, get one free.
00:05:59
Speaker
Yeah, come on. Happy hour deals, all that fun stuff. Get over it. Get over it in Athens County. They have unhappy hours in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Seriously. They all feel like this. Oh my God. Sarah's holding up a very angry looking octopus.
00:06:25
Speaker
So fun. No, but you're back in the running. You have a shot now. OK, cool. Yeah, good on you. All right. You want to take it away? OK. Yeah, let's head over to Idaho, to Tamarack, Idaho, where it is illegal to buy onions after dark without a permit. But you can still buy potatoes after.
00:06:51
Speaker
Yeah, and I bet you could get two beers for one. I'm like, are they enforcing that at your local Ralph's? I don't know. Like, is that a thing that they're like, you can't buy these, like they rope it off, you know? I don't know. I doubt it. These onions are not for sale at sundown, you know?
00:07:19
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Yeah, they send in like some sort of security person who has to stand outside the rope and check your permit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So weird. There's also another weird sundown law that they have, which is I don't understand, but it is that you can't sell chickens after sundown without permission from the sheriff himself or herself.
00:07:48
Speaker
I don't know if that means live chickens, like maybe they're like roping off the rotisserie chicken section too. Like, oh crap, it's sundown, go rope off onions and chickens. Maybe the frozen chicken section too?
00:08:07
Speaker
Mom, the sun's almost below the horizon. Make a run for the last rotisserie chicken in Costco. Seriously. Oh, my God. Like when I lived in Texas, they roped off the alcohol section on Sundays and you couldn't buy booze until like noon. And literally they would rope it off so no one could even go down those aisles. And that's what I'm envisioning is like, OK.
00:08:34
Speaker
You can't buy this frozen chicken, this chicken barbecue pizza, these chicken nuggets, off limits, like all the things. Yeah, that's, I mean, I'm guessing that they mean live chickens. I think so. I know. They didn't clarify. They did that in Maryland too. They took craft paper and they would just run it down the entire, but you could buy it at the bar. Like I could go in and buy a growler.
Humorous Banter on Weird Laws
00:09:03
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of craft beer at the one brewery that we had back then. They've since changed that, I believe, in the state of Maryland. Good. They should change that. But it was all day on Sunday. It's awful. What if you're like, oh crap, I ran out of time to get my booze for my Sunday fun day? Football. Makes the bars more busy, I bet. Yeah, that's probably true.
00:09:32
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But it definitely stunk the one time that I forgot about it and we drove to Maryland and then we had to go get a growler on the way to my friend's house for a Ravens game. Yep. Yeah. Bars are loving that law.
00:09:53
Speaker
Yeah, actually. And it seemed like nobody else was doing it, which surprised me. Like they they were like surprised and confused that I had come in and requested that. It's a good workaround. Honestly, it's really smart. Thanks. I try. Yeah, yeah. All right. Give me another law so I can get this right. All right. And then I'm going to give you one and then we'll go to break. You ready? OK, sounds good. Yeah.
00:10:23
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Okay. Is it Georgia or is it another state? A good faith, air quotes, effort must be put in to serve apple pie with either a scoop of ice cream, cold milk, or a slice of cheddar cheese, no less than 0.5 ounces.
00:10:47
Speaker
Whoa, weird. I'm going to say not Georgia. Ding, ding, ding. It is. Do you want to guess what state it is? No, you're so close. Because I was like, oh, man, it's got to be one of those cheese states. Like the cheese is what gets it. It's Vermont and the law was passed in 1999. Oh, my God. How? What?
00:11:16
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That's so weird, but dang it, Vermont. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. Yeah, I always think of butter from up there. I don't know why. I do too, but I feel like they have apples and they have cows, so that makes sense. And they have syrup. Yeah, yeah. Oh, they have a lot of good stuff up there. They do. They do.
00:11:41
Speaker
Alright, let's take a fast break and we will be right back on Laughing with Ginger. Stay
Discussion on Ridiculous Laws and Their Origins
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00:12:49
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Every time I like can't and when you say dog tour you hit it. So you just like emphasize I know I am listen. I love puns, but that doesn't mean I'm good at delivering them All right, are you ready for my next one I am I am All right. Is it Georgia or another state? Using an elephant to plow a field is illegal. Oh my god
00:13:18
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Not Georgia. Ding, ding, ding. You want to take a guess at the state because I would have never gotten this. Wyoming. North Carolina. Yeah, they have elephants, no clue. Is that where Barnum and Bailey was founded or something and they were using the circus elephants? I have no idea. That's the only thing I could think of.
00:13:47
Speaker
I have no idea, but maybe. That's a good guess. I mean, that's the best I could do. The circus was the only thing I could think of. Oh, man. Okay. Is it Georgia or another state? It is illegal to keep a donkey in the bathtub.
00:14:12
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Oh my God, why is that a law? I'm going to say it's Georgia. Ding, ding, ding. Look at you. Oh gosh, I'm going to need to count these to let you know how you're doing in a second. Do you have more laws for me? I forget. I do. I have like five. Oh, well, by all means.
00:14:38
Speaker
Okay, in Pocatello, you are required by law to smile. Here's a quote directly from the law. It is prohibited for pedestrians and motorists to display frowns, grimaces, scowls, threatening and glowery looks, gloomy and depressed facial appearances, generally all of which reflect unfavorably upon the city's reputation.
00:15:07
Speaker
That's like the weirdest reasoning for that law. That means that people would have a legal backing on telling you as a female to smile. I hate that. No, I'm not going to smile that out. Why not? Oh my God. I hate it so much.
00:15:32
Speaker
I know, I do too, I do too. And now they can sue you, but only in Pocatello, so you're fine anywhere else. I'm going to frown to my heart's content. Until you hit Pocatello. I wonder if there's a sign like from this moment on, you have to smile for the next three miles, the next three exits.
00:15:56
Speaker
Oh my God. You know what would be like super creepy if you got one of those like smile clown things? Yeah. Ew. Or like a little cartoon image of just a smile. Gross. Okay. So public displays of affection in Idaho are limited to under 18 minutes. No more, but you can go less.
00:16:27
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That's a make out session right there. That's a good, good amount of a make out session. Yeah, what were they? How did they determine this time? Was that like the time? No, is that the time that everyone's like, all right, just stick it at me. Yeah, like they gotta cut it off before it gets to be anything but a make out sesh. Yeah, his 18 minutes the max on foreplay.
00:16:53
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I know for Idaho it is. We're minimum. I guess minimum because it would be anything. Oh my God. I have three more. Two of which go together. Should I just, should I just blow my load? Sure. Just make sure it's less than 18 minutes. Okay. Okay. The state of Idaho forbids you from fishing off the back of a camel.
00:17:24
Speaker
And before you were like, okay, well, let me find a different animal to sit on the back of and fish. Giraffes are off limits too. I didn't even know you could write a giraffe. Like, I feel like I cannot picture my brain anyone writing on a giraffe. I mean, I can picture it on a merry-go-round.
00:17:51
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But you better not do that on a Sunday either. No, they're taking away all the fun. All right. My last one, my last weird, funny Idaho law, according to the mayhem section of Idaho Code, which I find hilarious that they have a mayhem section of the Idaho Code. Cannibalism
Game Conclusion and Final Scores
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is illegal unless it is necessary to survive.
00:18:21
Speaker
Oh, God. I know. I know. I don't even want to know. Yeah. Anyway, OK. That's that. That's all. I'm out of Idaho facts. Idaho law facts. All right. All right. Are you ready for my final two? I am. I am. Right. Right now you have six and I have five. Oh, sure.
00:18:48
Speaker
Pressure, okay. The pressure is on. Yeah, it is on. You can't get either of these wrong. Okay. Okay. Is it Georgia or another state where putting tomatoes in clam chowder is illegal?
00:19:11
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It should be illegal gross. What are you doing? What are you doing? What a waste of everything. Okay, I'm going to say that is not Georgia. Ding, ding, ding. That is Massachusetts. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, it does make sense tomatoes out of clam chowder.
00:19:37
Speaker
I feel like there were probably a lot of like bar fights about this and it became a law. Yeah, or fights that started in like a restaurant or something. Yeah, I mean, I would look at you sideways if you were putting tomatoes in your clam chowder. I wouldn't order that at a restaurant. Like imagine it being like Marilyn Krabs soup
00:20:07
Speaker
combined like the red one and the white one combined. The flavor profile in my mind is so gross. I know. Maybe it's tasty, but I can't picture that. What if they were diced up tiny on the top?
00:20:31
Speaker
I would be like wiser, tomato in my clam chowder. Let's take this back. This is illegal. I hope you know that. Yeah. Oh my God. All right. You ready for the last one? Final one. Is it Georgia or another state where releasing balloons outside is illegal?
00:21:01
Speaker
Oh my God, that should be like illegal in every state. I'm going to say not Georgia. In country, yeah, in world. Ding, ding, ding. In Georgia, they might reward it, who knows, but it is Maine. Good on you, Maine. I cannot tell you how many balloons I find out camping in the desert that you know just floated away from some like park party and fell into the desert.
00:21:30
Speaker
Yeah. Or they could have been drugs. Yeah. Who knows? I've never found drugs in them. Well.
00:21:43
Speaker
No fun for Christina to be had. No, maybe one day. Maybe one day will be my lucky day. I'll report back everyone. I could totally see people using balloons as their marker for their campsite.
00:22:02
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Yeah, I think people that camp know how often we find balloons out there and don't do it. There's other things that campers mark their site with. Yeah, and like trail hike. Flags. Flags and lights and things like that. Cool. That was fun.
00:22:31
Speaker
You did pretty well. Yeah, I won. Thank you. That was a good comeback. Part two. Yeah. You got a big chunk in the in the big dip in the middle and then you went right back up skyrocketed like a roller coaster outside.
00:22:52
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Oh,
Closing Remarks and Listener Engagement
00:22:53
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the helium got to me. All right, well, thank you everyone for joining us on part two over here at Laughing with Gingers. We are so happy to have you listening to our silly podcast. And follow us on Instagram at Laughing with Gingers for new episode alerts and really funny ginger quotes.
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00:24:09
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