Laws that make no sense, Texas division

[2muchcoffeeman]

Computer-repair technicians in the Lone Star State have to have a private investigator's license. (At least, allegedly.) To get a PI license, you have to either get a criminal justice degree or spend three years as a PI's apprentice.

http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html
http://cw33.trb.com/news/kdaf-062608-computerspelpina,0,486476.story
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm

In related news, Texans are weird.

 

[slappy4428]

Computer-repair technicians in the Lone Star State have to have a private investigator's license. (At least, allegedly.) To get a PI license, you have to either get a criminal justice degree or spend three years as a PI's apprentice.

http://www.ij.org/first_amendment/tx_computer_repair/6_26_08pr.html
http://cw33.trb.com/news/kdaf-062608-computerspelpina,0,486476.story
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm

In related news, Texans are weird.

Geek Squad must be pretty sparse in tejas

 

[Angola!]

In related news, Texans are weird.

You are just now figuring this out?

 

[Football_Bat]

A Google search for Weird Texas Laws turns up 375,000 hits.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

What municipality has the law concerning elephants on roller skates?

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

Last week Tom Waits performed in Dallas for the first time in 29 years. He blamed his lengthy absence on various arcane Texas laws:

It's illegal for single women to skydive on Sundays
It's illegal to eat at a place that's on fire.
In Dallas it's illegal to say "Oh boy" or "For Christ's sake"