State Moto's:
Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
Rhode Island: Size ain't everything
Rhode Island: Nobody famous came from Rhode Island
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Dumb Rhode Island Laws:
Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void. -SECTION 11-40-1
(UH OH SORRY RHI?!?)
It is illegal to place a windmill within twenty-five (25) rods of any traveled street or road. (What's a rod?)
Professional sports, except ice polo and hockey, must obtain a license to play games on Sunday. (What's so special about ice polo and hockey?)
Rhode Island recently applied to the US Government to make all the coastal waters of Rhode Island a "No Discharge Zone". The ostensible purpose was to prohibit the discharge of sewage by boats into the state's waters. However, discharge of raw sewage into the state waters was already illegal. What the "No Discharge Zone" actually did was make it illegal to discharge TREATED sewage from a boat into state waters. What now happens is that boats (whose treatment systems far outperform municipal sewage treatment plants) are now required to disable their sewage treatment systems, and carry their sewage to a shore-based facility, which then dumps the partially treated sewage back into Rhode Island's coastal waters.
It is illegal to challenge someone to a duel, or accept a duel, even it it is never actually fought. Penalty: Imprisonment for one to seven years.
Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal. Penalty: Maximum $20 fine and imprisonment for 10 days.
Exercising any labor, business, or work, or using any game, sport, play, or recreation, or causing any of the above to be done to or by your children, servants, or apprentices on the first day of the week (Sunday) results in a penalty of $5 for the first offense and $10 for the second.
It is illegal to coast downhill in your car with your transmission in neutral, or with the clutch disengaged.
It is considered an offense to throw pickle juice on a trolley.
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Dumb RI Town Laws:
Newport
You cannot smoke a pipe after sunset.
Providence
It is illegal to wear transparent clothing. (Yet there are 9 SCs in the city so it must be fine to wear no clothing!)
You may not sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday. (Hey it's one or the other buddy)



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. Although rods and perches of other lengths were used locally in Britain, the king's perch eventually prevailed. The relationship between the rod and the other English distance units was confirmed again by the Parliamentary statute of 1592, which defined the statute mile to be either 320 rods or 1760 yards, thus forcing the rod to equal exactly 5.5 yards or 16.5 feet. 
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