I had no idea...

Apparently in Missouri it is illegal to scare a baby.
Here are some other things that are illegal in Missouri:


* Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
* Buckner: In this small town of only 4,000, yard waste may be burned any day except Sunday.
* Children can buy shotguns in Kansas City, Missouri... but not toy cap guns.
* Excelsior Springs: Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. Worrying squirrels is not tolerated.
* In Ballwin, Mo., the only place you can use vulgar, obscene or indecent language is in your home.
* In Merryville women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
* In Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling their goods while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at passing vehicles.
* In St. Louis, it's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.
* In St. Louis, a law on the books makes it illegal to park your car without turning off the engine. This was to avoid scaring horses.
* It is not illegal to speed.
* Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols, however they may buy shotguns freely. Installation of bathtubs with four legs resembling animal paws is prohibited.
* Marceline: Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
* Marquette: It is illegal for more than four unrelated persons to occupy the same dwelling (The Brothel Law).
* Minors can buy rolling paper and tobacco but not lighters.
* Minors in Kansas City, Missouri, are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they may buy shotguns freely, however.
* Mole: Frightening a baby is in violation of the law.
* Natchez: It shall be unlawful to provide beer or other intoxicants to elephants.
* Purdy: Dancing is strictly prohibited.
* St. Louis: It's illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket. This law refers back to the extinct Italian celebration, Hill Day, when beer was served in buckets. A milk man may not run while on duty.
* University City: Four women may not rent an apartment together.


Who knew?
The law about drinking beer on the curb reminds me of "Bucket Joe". He was a homeless man who was well known in south St. Louis city around the area of Chippewa & Morganford. If I remember correctly he was always wore army fatigue shorts and he used to carry around a gallon milk jug filled with beer. I wonder what ever happened to Bucket Joe...

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