Tennessee Jokes

Tennessee: The Educashun State

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Dumb Tennessee Laws

You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

Hollow logs may not be sold.

Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud female dog that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.

More than 8 women may not live in the same house because that would constitute a brothel.

It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

"Crimes against nature" are prohibited.

Stealing a horse is punishible by hanging.

Driving is not to be done while asleep.

The age of consent is 16, but 12 if the girl is a virgin.

It is legal to gather and consume roadkill.

Dyersburg

It is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

Fayette County

You may not have more than five inoperable vehicles on a piece of property.

Lenoir City

When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.

Lexington

No one may eat ice cream on the sidewalk.

Spitting on the sidewalk is prohibited.

Knoxville

In front of their buildings, all businesses must have a "hitching post."

Memphis

Illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians.

It's illegal for frogs to croak after 11 PM.

Panhandlers must first obtain a $10 permit before begging on the streets of downtown Memphis. (Passed in 1996)

It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners. It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises. Oneida

An ordinance forbids anyone to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'."