Georgia Lawmakers have a sense of Humor?

Every state has some crazy laws, check out Crazytopics: Craziest Laws in America for a list of them all, but here are the ones discovered in Georgia:

• Acworth: All citizens must own a rake.
• A Kennesaw, Ga. law makes it illegal for every homeowner not to own a gun, unless you are a convicted felon, conscientious objector or disabled.
• Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
• Atlanta: Against the law to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp; One man may not be on another man’s back.
• Columbus: Can’t cut off a chicken’s head on Sunday; It is illegal to carry a chicken by it’s feet down Broadway on Sunday.
• Gainesville: Chicken must be eaten with the hands.
• In Columbus, Georgia it is illegal to sit on one’s porch in an indecent position.
• In Georgia, movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must reserve one showing a month for religious material.
• It is illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse.
• In Quitman, It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
• It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.
• It is illegal to say “Oh, Boy” in Jonesboro.
• It is illegal to take a bath of orange peel.
• Marietta: Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.
• Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
• Signs are required to be written in English.
• St. Mary’s: No spitting on the sidewalk is permitted after dark.

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