New Zealand Family Reacts to Bizarre Things You Can't Do in America (BUT WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME!) 😂 

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In Alaska its illegal to get a penguin drunk and have it dance on a table. I would love to know the story behind this law.

I am a retired police officer here in Michigan and years ago I was reading my criminal law book and found that it’s a misdemeanor crime to sell unripened green tomatoes, my sergeant told me to stay away from the farmers market.

I had a friend who drove to the bar and got drunk. He decided to be responsible and walk the couple of miles back to his house at 2AM. A cop pulled him over and gave him a ticket for being drunk in public when there was literally nobody else around. So my man had to go to court for being responsible and doing something people have done as long as we've been around, walking home drunk.

In Maryland, it is illegal to bring a Lion to the movie theater. Lions can’t be kept as pets in Maryland, so you’d be breaking two laws at once if you commit the first one

After hearing the one about making ugly faces at dogs in Oklahoma, I went to my two Beagles on the couch (yes, in Oklahoma) and made ugly faces at them. One of them looked at me like he was concerned about me and the other thought it was playtime. It didn't seem to affect their self-esteem so Idk.

Regarding the whistling underwater, there are whistles, like the Storm Whistle, which work underwater and can be heard underwater if used on the surface, which are marketed to scuba divers as a safety device to be able to alert other divers. They're actually against the law to use underwater in several east coast states because of concern from whale activists.

There IS a reason for the ice cream cone in the pocket rule. Actually, a really good one. Horse thieves realized that they could get around the horse stealing laws by putting a sweet treat, such as an ice cream cone in their pocket and using it to lure the horse home. If they were caught, they'd just say that horse followed them on its own, so they weren't really stealing it.

The grease one is about used cooking oil which is collected and processed into biodiesel fuel for vehicles. It has surprising value.

I’m American 🇺🇸 and even I didn’t know of these dumb laws 😂 when I found out in this video, my reaction was the same as yours 😂

Just a clarification- the sunshine law in San Francisco is about building ordinates that restricts construction of buildings that cast shadows and obstruct the sunlight over other buildings in certain parts of the city, and it's the reason why some parts have strict height limits, particularly in the western residential parts of the city (especially the sunset district)

A town near where I grew up had a law stating it was illegal to herd cattle through town on Sundays.

I was waiting for the ice cream cone in the back pocket one. It's expensive to legislate old laws off the books, so they just stick around long-term.

The ice cream law that says you can’t have a icecream in your back pocket was bc people would steal horses in the western days that way so they made it a law! I guess you can walk away nonchalantly while the horse follows you to get the ice cream😂

Denzy says "Why make it a law if it's a robber? If he's a robber, he's going to steal it anyway." Smaarrrrrrt kid!!!! I'm on board with you there buddy lol. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!

My grandfather used to entertain the family by balancing a live chicken on his head. As we live in Iowa, directly south of Minnesota, I don't know if he ever crossed the border north while wearing a chicken, but knowing him he would certainly have enjoyed trying to pull it off.

In South Carolina, it is illegal to walk your pet alligator down a sidewalk.

Another Ice Cream law. (not enforced) In Oregon, it is illegal to eat ice cream on Sunday. However, despite popular belief, and sometimes attempted enforcement. There is NO LAW, state or federal, in all 50 states, that makes it illegal to drive while barefoot. I have researched this quite a bit because I do drive barefoot somewhat often. It is LEGAL in all 50 states. Great video! Very funny! 👍

In Canada there is a law that forbids people of leaving the plane in mid air unless its with a parachute

In Pennsylvania there is a law where you cannot sing in the shower and that you also cannot live in a refrigerator. It’s odd but also funny. I also love how the guy presenting the video is also having a hard time keeping in his laughter.

My local town in Kansas still has a law on the books that when you stop at a stop sign, you're supposed to get out and fire a shot into the air, lol. Obviously, it's not enforced but they never bothered to remove it.

I heard about the whistling under water back in high school, like 1973. For the life of me I couldn't remember the state. I don't know about their reason for it, I don't remember that either. What I DO know, that's something NEVER would have crossed my mind to do, UNTIL I heard it was illegal. I couldn't wait to get home, jump in the pool, and see if it was even possible...Fun fact...It's absolutely possible....

My adventure was all about the Y2K bug instead of a law. Local city officials were afraid they would lose all records because of the Y2K bug so they rounded up everyone who were paying off tickets or fines. I had simple traffic tickets but was thrown into the pokey with about 150 angry citizens, many of whom were retirees in their 60's and a few that were 70+. We weren't allowed to bond out and tickets could not be paid off until the judge showed up for work the next day. We had people sleeping in hallways and in unused rooms of the ancient,dilapidated building the jail was in. It was a mess to say the least.

Used cooking grease is sold to collection companies in CA. We had heavy locks on the container lids outside of the restaurants that I worked in.

I know there's recently been news of an elderly woman in Arizona who was arrested for feeding the homeless. It's rough bc she was just trying to help people & didn't even know what she was doing was illegal

In Muncie, Indiana, it used to be illegal to eat a sandwich in a cemetery on Sunday. Not sure why only on Sunday but whatever. Also in Indiana, inmates who were released from prison used to receive an ounce of gold and a horse. I'm still waiting on my ounce of gold and my horse lol

That was fun and ridiculous at the same time. I'm originally from Ga., so I knew about the one about eating chicken. Although, I would say it depends on how it's cooked. Fried chicken, most definitely eat with your fingers!! LOL Merry Christmas! Love your videos.

I live in No. Ca. We often don’t get sunshine in the winter or when there are wild fires. Until today I had no idea my guarantee had been breached. I feel like I should talk to a lawyer about this🤔

There are a lot of unusual laws in America. As an American, some of them come as a surprise to me. One of them being in my home state of Oklahoma that says that all businesses are required to have a place for you to tie up your horse even though very very few people still travel by horse and the ones that do don’t go into town on horseback, they have cars and trucks.

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In Arizona there is a law that there can only be one "personal massager" per household!

In Texas it is illegal to carry a pair of pliers in your hip pocket. It's a little out of date. But it makes sense. Cattle ranchers would drive the herds to the trains/market while farmers tried to protect their crops. The farmers fenced the crops to keep cattle from destroying them. Ranchers would use the cutting section of pliers to cut the fences of farmers and drive herds across the farms. This destroyed the crops. Thus the restriction of pliers in the hip pocket.

I live about an hour away from Chico, California and that law was passed in the 1980s during the "heat" of the cold war. Chico was not the only one to pass nuclear prohibition laws in California and other states. Rumor has it that farmlands were wanted for research, development, and test sites and we up here are nothing but farmlands, so the citizens in this area back in the 1980s passed laws to prohibit not only the possession of nuclear weapons in this area, but also any research and development of nuclear products unless it was for medical purposes.

There’s a really good reason that Sasquatch is protected by the endangered species act

In Kentucky we also had a law that said you couldn't carry an ice cream cone in your pocket. This must have been a real problem nationwide! LOL I actually saw bear wrestling at the Kentucky State Fair in the 1980s so it was still a thing as late as that. There was a lot of slobber involved. It was pretty gross.

Bear fighting and bear baiting was actually a really popular sport in much of europe for centuries. I forgot it made its way here long ago, but it's hard to think there were that many bear fighting arenas when that law was passed in 1996!

I believe there is a law in Jefferson City, Missouri that you cannot tie up your rowboat to a railroad track.

It was hilarious watching this video with you guys! LOL

I live in California and some of the laws are really weird, an example is "you can't eat an orange while in a bath tub"

To be fair , my home town is in the extreme northeast of New York on the shore of Lake Champlain and I also grew up in Vermont. Lake Champlain between N.Y and Vermont is huge, and goes up into Canada connecting to the St. Lawrence Seaway . So actually you could boat from the Atlantic in Nova Scotia to halfway down Vermont in White Hall N.Y, then take a canal to the Hudson and go back to the Atlantic in New York City.. Lake Champlain is so big they even have their own "Loch Ness Monster", Champ. Vermont isn't land locked.

These are hilarious, you should do strange laws in all 50 states some of them are pretty good

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I really felt out of pocket as an American with this one. Lol, I just THOUGHT some of us were stupid. Now, thanks to this post, I KNOW some of us are stupid. LOL There are laws that make me ask WHYYYYYYYYYY? Good post, guys.

Your laughter is infectious! I have never been arrested for any of these laws, but I was given a ticket (infraction) for making a very, very, slow rolling stop & turn, not coming to a complete stop, at a stop light before turning right, at 3 a.m. when literally the only people around were me and a bored police officer staking out this particular stop light trying to catch someone. The light had been a flashing yellow (caution, not stop) for years and as soon as they changed it to a full stop (solid red, not flashing yellow) this small-town police officer no doubt thought it would be funny to catch locals in the middle of the night. Ha-ha! .

ill tell u this, in all my years 42. i think aussies and kiwis make me laugh so hard. they know how to enjoy life. i wish i was as cool as they are 8)

I laughed along with you. Good to know before you go that you can't whistle underwater in Vermont and wear a chicken on your head going to Minnesota.

That was hilarious , never heard of any of these laws , but enjoyed watching your family react.😂😂😂😂

I'm not from there, but in Kennesaw, GA, it is required to fire your pistol into the air when passing through an intersection. The ordinance predates automobiles, and is from the time of ridden horses and horse drawn carriages. But I'm told - from a family member who is a resident - it is still on the books. Naturally... no one does this.

IF you're ever caught whistling under water, just claim you were trying to blow bubbles!!! LOL

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I grew up in a town in Indiana where it was illegal to sell a hamburger on a Sunday. I now live in an Indiana town where it's illegal to spit on the sidewalk...not that I ever wanted to do so. 🤣

The law against stealing grease is because people were stealing the used fryer grease from restaurants. Used fryer oil is used to create bio-diesel fuel for cars and people were stealing it to run their cars. Some businesses have installed systems that allow them to filter the used oil and use it to heat the building. The ice cream cone law came about because there was not enough places to tie up horses outside a church and thieves would stick an ice cream cone in a back pocket to lure horses away from the church so they could steal the horses. The horses would follow the their away from the church and then the their could take the horse with much less chance of being caught. Stealing a horse in the 1800s in the United States usually resulted in the their being hung or shot to death. Hence the only reason to have an ice cream cone in your pocket was to steal a horse. The law against spotting animals from an aircraft in Alaska is because people used to find the animal from the air and would immediately land to shoot said animal. But the real reason is to prevent hunters from shooting the moose or bear from the airplane as it is unfair to the animal and resulted in too many being killed which endangered some kinds of animal to the point of extinction.

There are many old laws that are still on the books as lawmakers rarely resend the old laws when new ones are created.

In California, a police agency can choose not to enforce laws. The weird stuff is still there historically but seldom enforced. They will use a law if they are looking to arrest someone just to get them in custody.

I'm from Ohio and didn't know that police biting a dog was a thing since I've never seen one do it. 🤣😂

There are all kinds of crazy laws in the US. You aren't allowed to hang men and women's underwear together on a clothesline in Connecticut. You aren't allowed to race your camel on the highway in Nevada. When I taught at a high school, I used to challenge my students to find the most ridiculous, archaic law in each state. We found some really hilarious ones. Some have been removed from revised statutes, but you can still find them. In all actuality most of them have a somewhat understandable reason behind them, but they were either not written well or the lawmakers had no idea what they were talking about. For instance a in the late 1800sor early 1900s a representative from New Jersey tried to pass a law for cattle guards to be given a gun at no expense. He had no clue what a cattle guard was, assuming it was a person who guards cattle. I don't know what they call them in New Zealand, I think it's call a stock grid in Australia or cattle grate?

Super hilarious laws and reactions to them! Thanks for the laugh, guys!

Hey guys. I’m from Illinois and never heard the law about not sleeping in a Cheesecake Factory. I guess you learn something every day. Great video! 😂😂

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actually cooking grease is being transformed into biodiesel basically a renewable fuel for cars. it takes a while but its cheaper for now.

In Kansas City, Missouri, children are prohibited by law from buying cap pistols... however the law does not restrict them from buying shotguns.

It’s amazing how many laws we have but a lot are not enforced anymore!

Speaking of stupid laws, I remember reading once that a chicken broke into the Pentagon and was arrested and interrogated because of it

The North Carolina grease law makes a lot of sense. Used cooking grease is an ingredient in making biodiesel fuel, so it actually does have a value. I assume that is what they were talking about.

Rumor has it, the elderly Lady was Arrested in 2009 but the Mayor Pardoned her and the arrest citation allowed her to eat chicken at the diner until she learned how to “eat Chicken Properly “ lol 😂 as a American from Georgia 🇺🇸, I never heard of that but it is only a small town Ordinance. I remember growing up in Georgia and eating some Amazing Peach Cobbler with a Scoop of Peach Ice Cream 🍨. Amazing soul food like Cabbage 🥬, Cornbread, fried Chicken, and Yams with melted marshmallows on the top and pieces of pecans. At school in Georgia as a Child, the entire School ran to the Cafeteria on Chicken day. I can’t make this up. Huge facts, like imagine every time the lunch bell ring for a waive of students to eat, you saw hundreds running to the chow hall.

In my hometown in Missouri, it's illegal to tie a bear to a pole near the courthouse downtown. The short story is that the mayor at the time (like a hundred years ago lol) was allergic to bears. Not exactly sure how he found that out lmao 😂

Here in Oklahoma and I’ve been making silly faces every single day at every dog I’ve ever owned😜. They love it! Still walking scott free even though I’m apparently a dangerous habitual offender😂!!

Ìn my city in missouri there's an old law still on the books. You can ride your horse into town, through town but if you get off you must tie it to a hitching post. The catch is there's not one hitching post in the whole city. Another law is you can't ride a city bus at least 2 hours after eating garlic. It's also illegal to fart in an elevator lol.

11:57-12:04 Yes! Thank you! Half of America doesn't have this logic!!! You are one bright young man! Please come live in America to make it smarter!

Sam, to improve audio quality for the viewer, you should run the audio from your PC in with your mic, instead of only having the mic pick it up over the speakers. You can use a mixer if needed. Otherwise great job!

I was waiting for the ice cream one as that is in multiple states. The fried chicken one is a thing for sure as you may get looked at for eating it with a fork. It’s always best to eat with your hands. There are plenty more of these stupid laws out here and they are hilarious.

The cooking grease law is because a lot of people have cars with engines that take the grease as gas. Fun fact. The cars that burn that fuel give off French fry smelling emissions

Many many years ago cheese factories were small buildings in the country often attached to a house. It's illegal to fish from the back of a giraffe in Chicago. Jay walking (crossing the street at a place other than the corner) is illegal in most places but it's rarely enforced.

A lot of the these laws are so silly no one pays attention to them 😂😂😂😂 because anyone in their right mind wouldn’t do them 😂😂😂😂 I remember being in Elementary school and our librarian would read us all the silly laws and our class would crack up laughing 😂😂😂😂 Welcome to America guys 😊😂😂😂❤

You should do a video talking about things that are different in NZ or what we call things differently

A Chicago law was on the books for many years that you weren't allowed to "ride in a tunnel." You could only walk. Once they realized that meant no one could use the public subway system in 1980, the rule was quickly repealed.

We've got a few strange laws in Wisconsin as well. 1. It is against the law to wear a military uniform in Wisconsin (tell that to our military bases, National guard & reserves!) 2. It is required to serve Apple pie with slice of cheddar cheese on it! (I kinda like that one!) 3. Any mother vehicle must be preceeded by a person, on foot, 30 feet in front of the vehicle carrying a red flag during day light hours or a red lantern during darkness. Try that at 70 mph!

We have a lot of silly laws on the books. Laws are seldom removed. I think some were the earliest trolls. One state legislature tried to round Pi off to 3 because 3.14159... was too long a number. Unfortunately, some of the silly laws still sneak through.

The problem in America is that no matter how old, laws never just fall off the books here. They have to be removed, even if a new law is in direct conflict with an old law, the old law will stay in effect until a legal battle removes it, or a higher court finds it un-enforceable or unconstitutional. Many believe this is so that at any given time, it is likely that you are violating some law that makes it possible for an officer to have reason for stopping you and getting your information, which is not legal if you have committed no infraction at all.

This video was 1,000% hysterical but I can't help but agree with "no ugly faces at dogs".

WOW!! I live in Connecticut and I've never heard of these outrageous laws. Thanks for sharing.

Well, I don't know about chickens crossing the road. But my brother was a county deputy sheriff when there was a car crash that broke down a fence to a turkey farm. Everyone was OK, but more than 150 turkeys ran wild. Capturing (or at least shooing) the turkeys back to the farm was a massive undertaking. My brother counted 14 pink blobs on the pavement, and there were a half dozen cars in the ditch to avoid them. He needed people - - so he got the volunteers from the Department of Natural Resources, the Deer Advisory Council and other local farmers to help. Also several deputies from nearby counties. All turkeys were captured, except for two. Wiley critters they were. One deputy got so frustrated, he finally shot both; then paid the farmer for the turkeys; and we had a wonderful weekend grill-out that next weekend.

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Apparently, the whistling under water thing was a result of lobster fishermen dropping loud speakers into the water and blasting loud whistle and bangs to scare sea lions and seals away from their nets. Which still doesn't make sense considering that Vermont is land locked, but maybe it wasn't always that way.

This was the most fun I had on this channel. I live in the States and this made me laugh.

In circleville Ohio it's illegal to drive around the city center ( basically a roundabout) 100 times in a row

Grease is one of the more simple ways to make biodiesel. All it takes, is adding various alcohols and adding heat. Most biodiesel starts with vegetable oil(s), but animal fats can work also.

In Houston, TX it was illegal to spit on the sidewalk. The law was written in the late 1800’s when the sidewalks were made of wood. Diseases were rampant, spitting was believed the be a cause and thus, prohibited.

the woman arrested in Georgia for the chicken infraction was 91 year old Ginny Dietrick. It was her birthday and her friend set up the practical Joke. Her citation read exactly as: G. Dietrick is not to get up from the table until she masters the proper techniques for consuming this succulent delicacy, “down to and including the licking of the fingers upon the ingestion of the last available morsel.” The mayor was there that day to dismiss the charges right after the photos you see there and also named her Honorary Georgia Poultry Princess. She let her go with a warning and a mandate that she was required to go back to Gainesville often and eat lots of Gainesville chicken.

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As a person who has lived in Chico CA my whole life I can probably shed some light on why the "no nuke law" was created. See, Chico is a pretty special place. Back in the 60's and 70's the government deployed and had ready for use, several "Titan missiles" at our local municipal airport. I grew up in a neighborhood that backed up against the airport and my mother would tell us stories about how they could look out our back window and see the missiles all lined up, pointing to the sky just waiting for their buttons to be pushed. We were on the list of top "first strike" cities to be bombed during the cold war with Russia because of the missile defense at the airport. The missiles are now gone, but the underground silos where they were housed remain and if you want to really get creeped out all you have to do is hike down into them to get a real cold chill down your spine. I also believe it was initiated as a rule to prevent the government of the US from continuing to put more dangerous weapons into our town because Chico is also designated as the second state capital of California. If Sacramento is ever attacked and it's government collapses and they are unable to operate, Chico will be the new State Capital, If they did allow nuclear weapons to come here it is clear we would again be on the first strike list just like it was up until the late '70's.

I print designs on shirts and today I printed one that said “I saw bigfoot” with an image of bigfoot😂 it’s hilarious. And in my state we have a small statue of bigfoot (like 6 feet tall)

The ice cream in the pocket, I've heard, was a means of horse rustling... the horse would follow the person to eat the ice cream and the person would walk out of town or somewhere inconspicuous and jump on the horse and ride it away.

One of the comments mentioned blue laws and I thought I'd respond generally about that in case people are wondering what that means. A lot of New England states, maybe others, had a lot of laws prohibiting things on Sunday. There are probably still some on the books but most were repealed because it was considered to be imposing specific religious practices on others. And that is a no-no, especially since the majority premise was so people could attend church but don't try to buy anything. Connecticut tried to have it both ways for awhile by saying stores had to close one day a week. I remember a fabric store that closed on Monday. The alternative law became ridiculous because it was intended to allow the practice of religion and the store owners were Jewish. But they could hire people that would take care of it. Which brings up another practice in New York state. A Jewish family owned a resort and to avoid breaking religious law, they sold their resort to a non-Jewish friend every week just before Sabbath, and bought it back just after. The cost?? $1.00!! My husband was at the resort for a business meeting at sabbath time so he got first hand info about that. I don't think it was technically related to blue laws, but maybe had some commonality.

In New Orleans, LA you cannot have a bakery and a horse stable in the same building ...

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Understand; that laws like these were put into place several decades or centuries ago. I'm originally from Iowa and was a police officer for 25 years (RET). When I was in the police academy that was suggested reading. I do remember a city in Iowa that the fire department was required to practice fire fighting an hour before responding to the actual fire. The reason for this is that laws are passed after a situation that occurred & never taken off the books and forgotten about. The town I worked in Horses were forbidden from eating fire hydrants, still on the books in 1995. Forgotten laws that have not been repealed because they were forgotten. Funny, I can assure you that they probably have since been.

My small town in North Carolina still has a very specific law on the books, “ it is against the law to hitch you pet alligator to a light post on the side walk on Sunday afternoon” I’ve personally never known of someone to own a pet alligator, lol

8:00. The reason for the ice cream cone law was to stop horse stealing. While it would seem weird to have a lot of horses in NYC the law was passed in the 1800s when horse drawn carriages were a staple form of transportation in NY. By putting the ice cream cone in a back pocket, the horses will follow a person in an attempt to lick the ice cream. Horse thieves would walk around corners of buildings with the horses following them and then just nab them right off the street.

In Connecticut, it’s illegal to call a pickle a “pickle” unless it bounces. In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder (I agree with this one; as a lifelong New Englander, the only real clam chowder is New England clam chowder! Anything else clam-based is soup!)