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Item Details
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YOU MAY NOT TIE AN ALLIGATOR TO A FIRE HYDRANT
AND OTHER REALLY DUMB LAWS |
| By: |
Jeff Koon, Andy Powell, Ward Schumaker (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0743478002 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780743478007 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Pub. date: |
20 September, 2004 |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Did you know that in Rhode Island, a drug store can't sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same person on a Sunday? Or that in Illinois there's a law prohibiting eavesdropping on your own conversation? This is a collection of 101 laws, some whimsical and others downright bizarre. |
| Synopsis: |
In this hilarious book you will find out that - In Indiana, it is illegal for a man to be sexually aroused in public In Rhode Island, a pharmacy can't sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same person on a Sunday In Idaho there is a law that outlaws women wearing heels of over three inches In Illinois there's a law prohibiting eavesdropping on your own conversation In New Mexico 400 words of 'sexually explicit material' from Romeo and Juliet is outlawed In Massachusetts you can spend a month in jail for frightening a pigeon In Kentucky you may not dye rabbits funny colours or have a religious ceremony involving a reptile There are a further ninety-four other laws, some whimsical, others downright bizarre, all real, in the pages of YOU MAY NOT TIE AN ALLIGATOR TO A FIRE HYDRANT enhanced with forty witty and elegant original pen and ink drawings by Ward Schumaker. Each law is set off with a description, comments and a complete legal reference, making this a perfect book for the huge audience captivated by The Darwin Awards and Our Dumb Century. |
| Illustrations: |
40 illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Pocket Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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