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echo: pol_inc
to: MARK LEWIS
from: FRANK SCHEIDT
date: 2004-04-02 09:18:00
subject: Mess in San Francisco

-=> Quoting Mark Lewis to Danny Ceppa <=-

 ml>> divorce... i've yet to hear of anyone being arrested and
 ml>> tried for adultery... then again, i have yet to hear of
 ml>> anyone being arrested and tried for shouting underwater
 
 DC> Is that law for real somewhere?

 ML> yes... it was enacted where fishing was one of the main businesses...
 ML> if folk were to shout underwater, the fish would all be scared off and
 ML> the day's catch would not exist...

 ML> there's a bunch of 'em still on the books about horses, too...

 ML> i also recently heard of something in the laws somewhere that when
 ML> someone got out of jail, they were to be given clothes, some money and
 ML> a shotgun... some guys were getting out and decided to push the
 ML> point... since they were felons, the state gave them money in
 ML> equivilent to what a shotgun would cost and then removed or ammended
 ML> that law... 

I read of one law which required each "horseless carriage" 
entering town to be preceded by a man on foot carrying a red 
lantern.  The idea was to warn all horse-owners to be able to 
control their horses.  

... Dreams tell you nothing; You see them for yourself.

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