Here's Your Law

For any of you who have seen any of the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour", one of funny man Bill Engvall's most notable routines is one called "Here's your sign". Like fellow BCCT comedian Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck", this routine outlines questions or situations for which you might be handed a sign stating that you are STUPID. I wondered where the concept for such a thing might come (other than the "I'm with Stupid" tee shirts) when it finally it me ...Government. Who better than they could illustrate just how idiotic, ignorant, and aggressively stupid a group of supposedly intelligent people could be if not local, state, and federal governments.  

Now I know that you would probably take this statement on face value, especially coming from me; but I would not insult your intelligence in such fashion. Besides, I have proof:  

City Level in Ohio

• Toledo - It is illegal to throw a snake at anyone.
• Bexley - It is illegal install or operate a slot machine in an outhouse
• Youngstown - It is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi
• Akron - It is illegal to display colored chicken for sale
• Paulding - It is legal for a policeman to bite a dog in order to quiet him

State Level in Ohio

• Women are barred from wearing patent leather shoes for fear that men will be able to see the reflection of their underwear in them.
• It is illegal for more than five women to live in the same house
• It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday
• It is illegal to get a fish drunk

Federal Level

• Bear wrestling matches are illegal
• It is illegal to flick boogers into the wind
• It is illegal to have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time
• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy

The point of this is that lately, our lawmakers at every level do not seem to be happy unless that are creating new rules and regulations to regulate our behavior. From the use of cell phones in cars to the similar use of seat belts, we are barraged with a non-stop and never ending stream of legislation and regulation designed to replace common sense and good judgment.

I have to wonder however, how many of the laws being passed today will be looked at with the same amusement, incredulity, and embarrassment in days to come. Perhaps this is something our all too busy legislators, in their haste to attach their name to the next bit of political nonsense should remember; lest we remember it the next time that they run for election.