You May Not Tie an Alligator to a Fire Hydrant: 101 Real Dumb Laws

by Andy Powell and Jeff Koon

Book Overview

You May Not Tie an Alligator to a Fire Hydrant is a collection of the 101 dumbest real federal, city, and state laws in America, compiled by Jeff Koon and Andy Powell, a couple of high school seniors with a Web site visited by hundreds of thousands of browsers every month. These laws will astonish, possibly outrage, and certainly amuse citizens everywhere.

Here you will learn that forgetting to close a gate is against the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743230655
• ISBN13: 9780743230650
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Advice! Words to live by!

I thought I was doing the nice folks a favor when I tied my dog Snuckles to the fire hydrant while I went into the 7-ll for a slushy and a ding-dong. However to my horror, when I came out of the store I found an alligator swallowing my dog. He then got his head and teeth stuck around the leash. Before I could do anything a police officer came up to me and asked if that was my alligator tied to the fire hydrant. I told him that I had never seen that alligator before in my life. He then asked me if that was my leash and I told him it was. Unfortunately, just then a fire broke out across the street and the fire trucks soon arrived. However, the fireman couldn't get to the fire hydrant as a vicious alligator was guarding it. The whole building burnt down and I was arrested and charged for tying an alligator to a fire hydrant and blocking a fire hydrant that was needed during a fire resulting in thousands of dollars of damage. While I was in court, even though I had argued that the alligator was not mine, it was proved by the prosecutors that it was mine since I had confessed to having my leash on it. In the end I was fined $500 dollars and sentenced to 100 hours of community service and forced to read this book. Without a doubt, had I read this book before, I would not have had to read it now in humiliation after failing to take Jeff's advice. Had I known I could have lied about the leash being mine. Good advice Jeff but a little too late for me! By the way, the alligator and I are now doing fine and I've adopted him as a pet. Poor Snuckles.

Wow

hilarious... worth buying and reading over and over again. see down for mirinda's review. it sums up my thoughts exactly.

Amazing

This collection is sometimes funny, sometimes strange-always interesting.That's why reality-based books like this one and Judy Reiser's book, "And I Thought I Was Crazy! Quirks, Idiosyncrasies and Meshugaas" are so fascinating.

Can't wait for the sequel!

I would not only recommend that these two young men write another equally witty book, but I would love some pointers on how to become so famous at such a young age! This is a great coffee table book for funlovers of all ages. I enjoyed the dry humor, as well as the topic (which, by the way, came from the authors' equally humorous and successful website dumblaws.com). Its not everyday that one sees such a fresh new idea...I mean how many Dilbert or Dr. Seuss cofffee table books can one have?