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		<title>Florida Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Dark Gnat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I will be heading down to Florida this weekend for a conference, I think it is important to get up to speed with their laws. So far, I have learned that a bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle. But does this mean I can get speeding tickets? I have also learned that gay [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_132" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><a href="http://www.newleafchurch.org/lighterphrases/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/unlawful_alligators.jpg" title="Well that is one activity I will be forgoing" rel="lightbox[131]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-132 " title="Well that is one activity I will be forgoing" src="http://www.newleafchurch.org/lighterphrases/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/unlawful_alligators-199x300.jpg" alt="Well that's one favorite pastime I will be forgoing" width="199" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Well that is one activity I will be forgoing</p></div>
<p>Since I will be heading down to Florida this weekend for a conference, I think it is important to get up to speed with their laws. So far, I have learned that a bicycle is <a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.floridabicycle.org/rules/bikelaw.html">legally defined as a vehicle</a>. But does this mean I can get speeding tickets? I have also learned that gay people are <a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/26/national/main5266107.shtml">not allowed</a> to adopt children (though a judge <a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97478955">recently ruled</a> this law unconstitutional). So out of solidarity to my gay friends, I will not be adopting any children while I am in Florida. My research has turned up some <a class="snap_shots" href="http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/florida">more laws</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.</p>
<p>You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.</p>
<p>You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.</p></blockquote>
<p>With all these laws, I may just lock myself in doors, and focus on the conference at hand. I should spend my time networking with other enthusiastic students, sitting at the feet of learned luminaries, and rigorously debating current affairs in Computer Science.</p>
<p>Nah, I&#8217;m going to Disney World.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:smaller">(inspired by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthomas85a/362991661/">bthomas85a @ flickr</a>)</span></p>
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