Single? Female? Parachuting in Florida on a Sunday? CRIMINAL!

[DZJ 0]

Came across this on the BBC, was wondering if any of our resident Floridian skydivers can shed any light...

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UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'
A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.
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The top 10 bizarre foreign laws as voted by those polled:

6. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7081038.stm

Is this true?

[livendive 8]

Perhaps Scott Lutz can answer this one for ya.

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[rehmwa 2]

Honestly, who can she meet a nice man in church, or a local pub, if she's off skydiving?

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[BillyVance 35]

That has come up on here a lot, usually in The Bonfire or General Skydiving Discussions.

However, this morning I DID see a news headline saying something about "sleeping naked" in Minnesota was against the law.

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[HeadCone 0]

According to this NY Times article, that law has been struck down. I haven't been able to find more info.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/national/26repeal.html

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[DZJ 0]

Thanks for that. I'd be interested to find out what the original justification was for that law - maybe I'll do some digging.

[kschilk 0]

I think it was Philadelphia, where it's illegal to take a fish into a bar and get it drunk. That's rediculous.....as if any self-respecting fish would even be caught dead, in Philly!

"T'was ever thus."

[kallend 2,148]

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I think it was Philadelphia, where it's illegal to take a fish into a bar and get it drunk. That's rediculous.....as if any self-respecting fish would even be caught dead, in Philly!

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." - epitaph suggested for himself by W.C. Fields that is NOT actually carved on his gravestone.

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[kschilk 0]

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I think it was Philadelphia, where it's illegal to take a fish into a bar and get it drunk. That's rediculous.....as if any self-respecting fish would even be caught dead, in Philly!

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." - epitaph suggested for himself by W.C. Fields that is NOT actually carved on his gravestone.

Yeah, I heard name was actually "Walleye" C.Fields.

"T'was ever thus."

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