Some offbeat Texas laws, courtesy of the Rev. Stephen Sprinkle, a Texas minister who spoke in Toledo this week:
When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.
You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times (unless you’re gay, of course!).
It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don’t need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.
It is unlawful for a person to consume an alcoholic beverage while operating a motor vehicle upon a public roadway, if the person is observed doing so by a peace officer.
The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
It is illegal to idle or loiter anyplace within the corporate limits of Abilene city for the purpose of flirting or “mashing,” which is seeking to force one’s attentions on a woman.
