Laws are an important way to keep society in check, but some are downright strange. While most laws are pretty universal, every place has a few particularly weird ones on the books. Did you know it’s illegal to steal used kitchen grease in North Carolina? Or that you’re not allowed to give fish alcohol in Ohio? It makes us wonder what brought these laws into existence, because you know that something extraordinarily odd had to happen to lead to their creation.
While we can poke fun at laws from other places all day, Milwaukee is no exception when it comes to having some seriously strange rules. Here are seven extremely weird laws in Milwaukee that totally leave us scratching our head.
- It’s illegal to serve margarine.
sam chills / Flickr Only real butter here, folks.
- All cheese must be “highly pleasing.”
Mary Lee Hahn / Flickr All Grade A cheddar must be “highly pleasing,” whereas Grade B only needs to be “fairly pleasing.” Who gets to judge this… and where can we sign up?
- Business hours must operate under Central Time.
Flickr / Edward Webb Though it’s uncertain why a business would want to be in a different timezone… in Milwaukee…
- All livestock gets the right-of-way.
Sammo Hoi / Flickr It’s only the polite thing to do.
- Adultery is a Class I Felony.
kphotographer / Flickr Cheating can get you a $10,000 fine and up to three years in prison!
- You can’t shoot animals from an airplane.
Travis Olbrich / Flickr Hunting is big in the Midwest, but don’t even try to kill any deer from up in the air.
- If two trains meet, neither should proceed until the other has.
tristangage / Flickr Wait… what? What does that even mean?!
Did you know you about these unusual crimes in Milwaukee? What other weird laws have you heard about? Let us know in the comments!
sam chills / Flickr
Only real butter here, folks.
Mary Lee Hahn / Flickr
All Grade A cheddar must be “highly pleasing,” whereas Grade B only needs to be “fairly pleasing.” Who gets to judge this… and where can we sign up?
Flickr / Edward Webb
Though it’s uncertain why a business would want to be in a different timezone… in Milwaukee…
Sammo Hoi / Flickr
It’s only the polite thing to do.
kphotographer / Flickr
Cheating can get you a $10,000 fine and up to three years in prison!
Travis Olbrich / Flickr
Hunting is big in the Midwest, but don’t even try to kill any deer from up in the air.
tristangage / Flickr
Wait… what? What does that even mean?!
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