The Further Adventures of "BORING BUT TRUE"

Just a few niblets to add to Boring But True - The Saga Continues...which contains all of the editions of this little idea.  I thought I might be adding to it now and then, but seems I've created a monster, as I keep finding these interesting facts that having absolutely nothing to do with anything.  Read up: 

In Massachussetts snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.  It is also still on the books as being illegal in this clean State to retire to your bed without first taking a bath.  Say:  how do they enforce that?  ( See further on for more weird and useless laws - funny, but useless ). 

Noah Webster (yes, THAT Webster!) was referred to as "The Question Mark" in his school days at Yale. 

The short-term memory capacity for most people is between five and nine items or digits.  This is one reason phone numbers are kept as short as possible.      

More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.  The most common drink given to children is, you guessed it.  However, in all fairness the alarming rate of asthmatic and allergic conditions in children is partly to blame for their miriad illnesses. 

A year as we know it comprises 365 days.  A "cosmic" year is the amount of time it takes our sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way, about 225 million of our years (give or take).

Any wine-fanciers?  Then you'd know of the rich embrosia "trokenbeerenauslese" an extremely rare German wine made from vine-dried grapes, so scarce and singularly unique that it can take a skilled picker one full day just to gather enoughto fill a single glass.  Probably more expensive than a pair of Reboks!  (yea, a zillion of them). 

And now for some WEIRD AND STUPID LAWS absolutely still in effect - I'm more frightened that people thought they needed these laws!  Have a read:

In Ohio is it illegal to get a fish drunk.

In Arizona, you may not hunt camels ( and I don't mean the ciggies lol ).

In Paraguay, you may not participate in a duel if you're not a legal blood donor.  ( has an odd logic ... )

In Nebraska if you wish to serve beer, your bar must also have a kettle of soup simmering on the stove. 

In North Dakota, it's illegal to serve pretzels with beer.

In Atlanta, GA, you may not tie your giraffe to a phone pole or street lamp.

In Florida you may not sleep under the hair dryer ( even if you own the salon ). 

In New York you can do most anything for fun.  You can throw baseballs all your want, too.  But if you throw it at someone's head in anger, you'll be arrested.  Now, I have to ask:  why is this even on the books like that?  Isn't this called assault or some such thing? 

In Pacific Grove, CA, it is illegal to threaten or harrass a butterfly.  I don't dare imagine what they'd do to someone who killed one!   

In Alabama you may not wear a fake moustashe to church.  But you may certainly wear your favorite cowboy hat. 

Once again, stay tuned for more episodes of BBT and remember:  People will always tend to judge you based on the worst day of your life. 

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