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State Law

• It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
• Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
• Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
• Signs are required to be written in English.
• No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday.
• All sex toys are banned.

Local Law

Acworth

• All citizens must own a rake.

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.

Cobb County

• At Nickajack Elementary School, all peanut products are banned, even peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

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.
• All Indians must return to their shore of the Chattohoochee River by nightfall. (Repealed)

Conyers

• One may not place a dead bird on a neighbor's lawn.

Dublin

• Rocks may not be thrown at birds.
• A person must obtain a permit to spread rat poison.
• Persons may not wear hoods in public.
• It is illegal to play catch in any city street.
• Cars may not be driven through playgrounds.

Gainesville

• Chicken must be eaten with the hands.

Jonesboro

• It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy."

Marietta

• Though it is illegal to spit from a car or bus, citizens may spit from a truck.

Quitman

• It is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
• Cars are not to drive on sidewalks.

Roswell

• Erotic dancing is prohibited on Sundays.
• The flooring of adult bookstores and video stores must be nonabsorbant and smooth textured.