Krazy Texas Laws/Cal

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SportsFan68 · #1 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:09 pm

Was this passed to give prosecutors an additional charge to hit offenders with?

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Criminals in Texas are required, by law, to give their victims 24 hours notice, either written or orally, explaining the nature of the crime to be committed. So, when your neighbor says he's going to kill you, at least he's following proper procedure.

http://cbs11tv.com/slideshows/Krazy.Tex ... 01073.html

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:38 pm

That's an awesome law!

TheCalvinator24 · #3 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:58 pm

I would have liked it if they had cited the Statute. I've never heard of that one, and without the cite, I have practically no way to research it.

TheCalvinator24 · #4 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:01 pm

Now, I'm pretty sure they got these from some internet site.

This one:

"In Texas, a couple is legally married if they introduce themselves in public as husband and wife three times."

is simply untrue.

TheCalvinator24 · #5 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:02 pm

And this one:

"It is illegal to make a u-turn in Richardson."

would be an invalid law because the Transportation Code would take priority.

TheCalvinator24 · #6 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:07 pm

This one:

"A husband in Texas is legally allowed to beat his wife, so long as the object he uses is no larger than his own thumb."

is pure Urban Legend

wintergreen48 · #7 Post by **wintergreen48** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:29 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:I would have liked it if they had cited the Statute. I've never heard of that one, and without the cite, I have practically no way to research it.

Yes, whenever someone spouts about those 'crazy laws,' the fact that they never give a citation pretty much confirms that it is bogus.

SportsFan68 · #8 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:31 pm

Crud.

I used to hang around on a Bored where if the first post was yours, and if you deleted it, you deleted the entire thread. That Bored crashed due to profanity, and TPTB never put it back up with Otto installed. Last night I typed mis-hit on a board where Otto has things battened down pretty tight, and I got mi@@@@.

I'm glad we don't have that first-post-delete feature on this Bored, except for this thread right now.

BackInTex · #9 Post by **BackInTex** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:42 pm

SportsFan68 wrote:Crud.

I used to hang around on a Bored where if the first post was yours, and if you deleted it, you deleted the entire thread. That Bored crashed due to profanity, and TPTB never put it back up with Otto installed. Last night I typed mis-hit on a board where Otto has things battened down pretty tight, and I got mi@@@@.

I'm glad we don't have that first-post-delete feature on this Bored, except for this thread right now.

I would think you'd be more embarassed about admitting you didn't like ET. You have no heart.

SportsFan68 · #10 Post by **SportsFan68** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:23 pm

BackInTex wrote:
SportsFan68 wrote:Crud.

I used to hang around on a Bored where if the first post was yours, and if you deleted it, you deleted the entire thread. That Bored crashed due to profanity, and TPTB never put it back up with Otto installed. Last night I typed mis-hit on a board where Otto has things battened down pretty tight, and I got mi@@@@.

I'm glad we don't have that first-post-delete feature on this Bored, except for this thread right now.
I would think you'd be more embarassed about admitting you didn't like ET. You have no heart.

LOL! Yep, no heartlight here...

Ritterskoop · #11 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Thu May 08, 2008 8:30 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:This one:

"A husband in Texas is legally allowed to beat his wife, so long as the object he uses is no larger than his own thumb."

is pure Urban Legend

This was true in England about 800 years ago, for real. That's where we get the phrase "rule of thumb".

Or not. Research is inconclusive whether this one is based in fact or myth.

andrewjackson · #12 Post by **andrewjackson** » Fri May 09, 2008 9:19 am

I sent the station an email saying that I was a law librarian and was unable to find some of these "Krazy" laws in the Texas Code and asked for citations to the written notice law, the marriage declaration, and the "rule of thumb".

I'll report any response.

And the one about the no U-turns in Richardson? How is that a "Krazy" law? U-turns are illegal many places.

TheCalvinator24 · #13 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:19 am

andrewjackson wrote:I sent the station an email saying that I was a law librarian and was unable to find some of these "Krazy" laws in the Texas Code and asked for citations to the written notice law, the marriage declaration, and the "rule of thumb".

I'll report any response.

And the one about the no U-turns in Richardson? How is that a "Krazy" law? U-turns are illegal many places.

Richardson is a pretty big city with lots of intersections. If they have a "No U-turn" City Ordinance, it would be invalid (but that's not to say that people don't get tickets for it). If they went to the trouble of properly approving a "No U-Turn" sign for every intersection, that would be valid. I can assure you that there is not a "No U-Turn" sign at every intersection in Richardson.