A recent story on my local news station regarding a dumb crime piqued my curiosity. I began to research some of Georgia’s Laws and discovered that there are some incredibly dumb, and hilarious, Laws still on the Georgia Law Books.
I thought an article advising our potential Georgia tourists about these Laws was appropriate. After all, I would hate to see you get arrested because you used a sling shot made in Alabama, in the great state of Georgia!
Yes, it really is illegal to use a slingshot made in Alabama inside the city limits of Atlanta. If you want to use a slingshot while in Atlanta, be sure to purchase it say, in Texas, and keep your receipt handy!
If you bring a giraffe to Atlanta, do not tie it to a telephone pole or a street lamp. You will be incarcerated. We don’t know will happen to the giraffe under this circumstance.
If you are visiting Atlanta during the hot, humid summer months, and one of your male traveling companions happens to pass out from heat exhaustion, do not carry your male companion on your back. It is illegal for one man to carry another man on his back.
If during a visit to Georgia, you fall in love with our great state and want to move here, be advised that your children will never be served a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at Nickajack Elementary School in Cobb County. All peanut products are banned there, so it is something to consider if you have school aged children.
Often times, visitors like to leave their mark behind by carving their initials in a tree. Don’t even think about it while visiting Georgia. To deface a house, fence or tree in any way inside the city limits of Columbus, Georgia is illegal. Even if you own the house.
If you get upset or angry at someone while in Georgia, do not cuss them out over the phone. Use of profanity over the phone in Columbus is illegal. You must wait until you are face to face with the person, then you can cuss them out.
Do not spit on our sidewalks after dark, during daylight hours it is acceptable, but the spitting after dark is more than us southern folks can tolerate. Be sure and not drive your car on the sidewalk either.
When you pass through Gainesville, Georgia and have a hankering for some southern fried chicken, be sure to eat your chicken with your hands. It is illegal to eat chicken with any type of eating utensils. On the same note, you can rest assured that the chicken you are eating is not road kill, because it is illegal for chickens to cross the road.
If you adhere to these dumb Georgia Laws, your visit with us will be pleasant. And by the way, don’t have a picnic in a graveyard, don’t wear a hat in the movie theater, and above all, don’t set off a stink bomb inside the city limits!
Source: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/georgia/?page=20
