The 10 strangest laws of America

America was compared to a banana republic this week. I found it especially sad and painful to see great America wobbling like this. Hopefully, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will smooth everything over, and while they're at it, maybe they can take a look at these laws as well.

1. A game of bingo
In North Carolina, it cannot last longer than five hours. Four hours and fifty-nine minutes: fine, but five hours? No, there are limits.

2. No letting chickens cross
In principle, it is allowed everywhere, but not in Georgia. Of course.

3. Not selling a tt and toothpaste at the same time
So not to the same customer. Well, it is allowed every day, but on Sundays it is prohibited. So it’s either the toothbrush or the toothpaste and not both. Yes, you have to make choices in life.

4. Not marrying your cousin. Unless you are 65.
Now marrying your cousin doesn’t seem like a good plan to me anyway. They thought so in Utah too, so it is allowed there, provided you are older than 65. Probably because the risk of reproduction is no longer a threat then.

5. Prohibited to wrestle with a bear
Oh no, I was really looking forward to that today.

6. No French poodle but a German shepherd allowed
In Illinois, a French poodle is not allowed to go to the opera, but a German shepherd is. I would have understood it better the other way around, although I don’t mean to say anything unkind about the German shepherd. You are just a bit bigger and a little less operatic, it seems to me.

7. Only cowboy boots if you have two cows
That is the law in Blythe, California.

8. Not falling asleep with your shoes on
That is prohibited by law in North Dakota.

9. Curfew for frogs
In Memphis, Tennessee, frogs are not allowed to croak after 11:00 PM.

10. One and a half meter rule avant la lettre
In Wyoming, women must keep one and a half meters away from the bar.

Do you want more bizarre laws? Then I’ll keep going this weekend.