Broken any laws lately?

Say, state or federal, in the last week or so?

I break a state law every single day.

I just hope you don’t break every single state law every single daty.

Oh, and I forgot this…

Tick, tick, tick…

I got 5th amendment rights, ya know! Carmen Miranda, and all that…
:smiley:

I’m not sure if I actually started a thread about it, or just had the idea to do so, but I’ve long been convinced that it’s very close to impossible to go a day without breaking any laws.

Hell, I can’t remember the last time I took a drive that didn’t involve going at least five over the speed limit.

I think this may be closed, soon. I’m not sure if this quite fits the rules! But I did speed into work today. Only a few miles, though.

Are you talking about laws that most people get prosecuted for or those that the cops don’t really care about?

I ran a stop sign riding a bicycle at an empty suburban intersection. Somehow some cops saw it, stopped me, and then did a background check on my driver’s license. When nothing came up, they just said: “Don’t do it again. And by the way, the only reason we stopped you was because the city council has been getting complaints about bicyclists who flaunt traffic laws, so we’re sorry, but we had to stop you.”

I said, “I should have such a job–just kidding, in fact, I appreciate that you’re taking the CIty Council’s mandate seriously, despite the fact that it takes away from more serious duties It’s my duty as a citizen to let the City Council know they’re not allocating police resources effective.”

[Ties on that Magic Hat of Doom]

These threads are always a troublesome decision because a lot of posters don’t realize when a line has been crossed when it comes to what they shouldn’t post about their personal lives. While we normally close these types of threads, we’re going to keep this one opened to see how it fares. Because of that, here are a few things you should note:

1.) This is a public forum. Anything you post here will stay here. If you admit to breaking a law and not getting caught, and then get busted later on because of what you posted, don’t blame us. You handcuffed yourself. (And no, we won’t remove anything you post. Please don’t ask.)

2.) Do not encourage other posters to break the law. I don’t care if it’s speeding or smoking pot or whatnot. If it’s illegal, we don’t want you trying to convince others to be your prison buddy.

3.) Don’t give details on how to break the law. No need for tutorials here.

All-in-all, this thread will be closely watched, so play nicely.

Yes. My pets (which are neither wild nor exotic, and are a far-sight less dangerous than many other acceptable pets) were declared illegal by Rudy Guiliani. Rudy bullied whichever department is in charge of such things to declare a bunch of common, domestic pets illegal and to ignore all factual evidence of their domesticity and to focus only on anecdotal evidence of their dangers. This was the final nail in the coffin to turn me against Emperor Guiliani, whom I had initially liked as a mayor. Even after his top-notch performance following the September 11th attack, I would never vote him into another public office.

I littered on the train today. An ad slipped out of the newspaper, but I didn’t bother to pick it up as I didn’t want to sort out the trash that was already under the seat.

I am so going to jail for this.

White borders on stop sign means the stop is optional if there’s no other traffic, right? And I’ve been known to take the posted speed limit as more of a suggestion than a mandate.

Other than that, my dog is not licensed. HA HA!!! You’ll never take me alive, coppers!!

Bolding mine.

It’s flout, not flaunt. To flaunt something is to show it off. You’ve heard the phrase: “If you’ve got it, flaunt it”, yes? Maybe we need a phrase for this. “Louts flout…” …and I’m sure someone cleverer than I can come up with something that isn’t a random word that rhymes with ‘flaunt’.

As for the topic at hand, I have never broken any state or federal laws in my life. :smiley:

Frequently and daily. (I’ve not transferred my license to this state and I’ve been here more than 30 days.)

According to the TSA, I apparently broke a federal law yesterday:

I gave a couple of presentations at a conference, and even though I was just there a few hours they gave me the conference bag full of tchotchkes, including a Leatherman-type tool. Having never bothered to look at the contents, I just squeezed the conference bag into my carry-on, and the friendly TSA screener at Atlanta just confiscated the contraband.

Yes.

I talk on me cell sometimes in the car.

And I tend to speed a wee bit.
But I don’t litter! And I ALWAYS signal when turning!

(shoudn’t that count for something?)

Yeah, my wife had her nail scissors confiscated at Logan Airport in Boston the other day. She usually remembers to put them in her checked luggage, but this time they somehow ended up in her carry-on, and the security guy confiscated them.

According to dumblaws.com it is illegal to park in Milwaukee for over 2 hours unless a horse is tied to the car. If that is indeed true, I am a law-breaker. Please don’t snitch me out!

Yeah, like I’m telling YOU.

Ferrets?

Well, three of my five cats don’t have current rabies vaccinations. That’s a very serious no-no in the state that has more rabies per capita than any other state, despite the fact that cats are seldom carriers. But since I’m unemployed (actually, not anymore! I start my new job next Tuesday! Yea me!) and living mostly on credit cards at the moment, it just doesn’t seem like a priority.

So I am breaking both a state law, a city ordinance, and I believe a county law all at once, times three.