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Another librarian said, “Sir, the law is no laughing

matter.”

But just as I discovered God doesn’t visit cemeteries

(forgive me, I meant seminaries), I was now learning

that law libraries weren’t places to find humor about

our justice system, judges and the law.

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Laws Can Be Funny

There are really a lot of very funny laws if you take

time to research them.

In Kentucky there is a law that reads:

“No female shall appear in a bathing suit

in public within this state unless she is

escorted by at least two officers,

or unless she is armed with a club.”

Wouldn’t you like to know more about what it was that

prompted this law?

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I also found an amendment to this law that was even

more humorous than the law itself:

“The provisions of this statute shall not apply

to females weighing less than 90 pounds,

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