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Weird Chicago & Illinois Laws

  • If you're an unmarried female in Chicago you must be careful how you address any bachelors you might meet. The proper title to use is "Master," not Mister.
  • Drivers are required to contact the Chicago Police Department before entering the city in one of those dangerous, life-threatening contraptions known as an automobile.
  • A hat pin is considered a concealed weapon in Chicago. It is part of the same law that makes it illegal for people to carry switchblades.
  • In Chicago, it is a criminal offense for anyone except a police officer to use a slingshot.
  • It is illegal in Illinois for a human being to give a lighted cigar to a cat, a dog, or any other domesticated animal kept as a pet.
  • Illinois has a law that forbids citizens from giving whiskey to dogs.
  • There is a Chicago law that makes it illegal for male Chicagoans to fish in their pajamas.
  • It is illegal for Chicago residents to take their French poodles to the opera.
  • There is an Oak Park ordinance prohibiting them from crowing before six in the morning.
  • Illinoisians are forbidden by law to speak English. You wanna talk to da neighbors? Speak American.
  • Illinois cities and towns are allowed by law to force all their citizens between the ages of 21 and 50 to labor in the streets for free two days each year.
  • Chicago city law gives police the right to arrest for vagrancy anyone who does not carry a minimum of one dollar in his/her person.
  • If you ever decide to go to a dance in Chicago, make sure you don't take a nap on the dance floor, or you could get arrested.
  • Flying kites within Chicago city limits is forbidden by law.
  • It is LEGAL for anyone seventeen and under to protest naked in front of City Hall.
  • Illinois law prohibits people from dancing barefoot? It is also illegal for state residents to take a bath during the winter.


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