Hard to Believe!

OK - I know I'm a bit old to subscribe to a teen magazine but I love Susie mag! Susie is a Christian magazine for teen girls. I subscribe so that our division for teens, Living with Purpose: A Radical Revolution can support the ministry of Susie magazine. And, because my friends Shari and Lynn are contributors to this magazine. If you have a teenage daughter, please check out www.susiemag.com.

The current issue just arrived and I have to share a mind-boggling article with you. Are you ready? The magazine listed a bunch of crazy laws that are still in place because no one has gotten around to removing them! Seriously! If you are in the doldrums today... these ought to make you smile.

• South Carolina: It's against the law to keep a horse in a bathtub.
• New York: The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
• Ohio: It's illegal to get a fish drunk.
• Indiana: Baths are forbidden between the months of October and March.
• Colorado: Throwing missiles at cars is illegal.
• Maryland: It's against the law to take a lion to the movies.
• California: It's against the law for a woman to drive a car while wearing her robe.
• Georgia: No one is allowed to carry an ice cream cone in his back pocket on Sundays.
• Oklahoma: People who make ugly faces at dogs may be fined or jailed.
• Florida: Women can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer.
• Michigan: A woman can't cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
• New Hampshire: It's illegal to sell the clothes you're wearing to pay off a gambling debt.
• Wyoming: You may not take a picture of a rabbit from January to April without getting an official permit.
• North Dakota: It's illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
• Missouri: The law states that you can't have an antenna exposed outside of our home... but you are allowed to have a 25-foot satellite dish.
• Virginia: Spitting on a seagull is not tolerated.
• Maine: You're not allowed to step out of a plane in flight.
• Pennsylvania: It's illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors.
• Michigan: It's illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.
• West Virginia: Whistling under water is not allowed.
• Utah: It's illegal to cause a catastrophe.
• Washington: You may not carry a concealed weapon that is more than six feet long.
• Georgia: Goldfish can't be given away to motivate someone into playing a game of Bingo.
• Oklahoma: It's against the law for anyone to take a bite from someone else's hamburger.
• Tennessee: It's illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.
• Texas: It's illegal to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
• Virginia: No one may wash a mule on the sidewalk.
• Washington: It's illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
• Oregon: Drivers must yield to pedestrians who are standing on the sidewalk.
• Arizona: It's against the law to sing off-key.
• Utah: Birds always have the right of way on highways.

Aahhhh.... I needed something silly to laugh about.

LeAnn