Olgaa Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Tennessee dumb law
I cannot understand the following dumb law of Tennessee how funny it can seem 
: You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. Why whale? Why exactly a moving vehicle? What's the essense of this law?
: You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile. Why whale? Why exactly a moving vehicle? What's the essense of this law?Top answer
Quite a few states—and countries, for that matter—have odd laws that for one reason or another have never been repealed. I must confess that I find this particular law strange, however, since as far as I can recall, Tennessee is a landlocked state; where would one find a whale to hunt? It looks like a hoax, unless the site where you found it provided a proper reference.
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Quite a few states—and countries, for that matter—have odd laws that for one reason or another have never been repealed. I must confess that I find this particular law strange, however, since as far as I can recall, Tennessee is a landlocked state; where would one find a whale to hunt? It looks like a hoax, unless the site where you found it provided a proper reference.
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Still such dumb laws include issues that are obvious or contradict smth therefore they are dumb, but this one is obscure and i cannot even understand what they wanted to say by that. It seems to be just a set of words for me
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It seems fairly straightforward to me.
"You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile."
"You are not allowed to shoot any wild animals other than whales from a moving car," basically. Since Tennessee is landlocked—meaning there are no whales in the state, unless they're at some park, where they wouldn't be considered game regardless—and the law only mention
"You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile."
"You are not allowed to shoot any wild animals other than whales from a moving car," basically. Since Tennessee is landlocked—meaning there are no whales in the state, unless they're at some park, where they wouldn't be considered game regardless—and the law only mention
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