Salt Lake City has a law on the books from 1873 that bans all shoes more than 13 inches in lengths from toe to heel. It is unclear why this law was passed, but there are two competing theories. One is that it was a measure designed to keep lawless cowboys out of the city by banning their long boots. The other theory is that male prostitutes were in the habit of wearing extra-long shoes as a clandestine advertisement of the length of their penises.

In 1459, the English community of Stang Foot made the decision that they could not accept a local lord that they did not respect and so passed a local law that the local lord had to accept a "blow to the nose from the stoutest man in the county" on his 18th birthday. This tradition lasted until 1876. The results can be seen in family portraits. The local male aristocracy is often depicted with a smashed and malformed nose.

In an effort to get tough on prostitution, the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut recently enacted an ordinance that made public display of "ass crack" an offense punishable with a stiff fine and jail time. Unfortunately, the very first person to be punished under the ordinance was a plumber.

In Portland, Oregon it is illegal to kick a fish.

In Lubbock, Texas it is legal for a person to shoot a car whose car alarm has been going off continually for more than 5 minutes. This law led to a series of car shootings when a band of green activists walked around town and set off car alarms on purpose so that they could then shoot them and lessen the number of cars on the road. The group shot 37 cars before an emergency injunction was issued to stop this behavior. None of the owners of the cars were reimbursed by their insurance companies.