Brooklyn NY: Why is there a regulation prohibiting donkeys from sleeping in bathtubs?

Elsewhere in NY:

In Greene, New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when a concert is on.

The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless. New York law dictates that if a man can be somewhere without a shirt, a woman gets the same right. The decision came after arrests of women testing the ordinance on the subways. A transit police spokesman said they would comply with the new rule, but "if they were violating any other rules, like sitting on a subway bench topless smoking a cigarette, then we would take action." Smoking is not allowed in the subways.

Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, N.Y.

In New York, you can teach your pet parrot to speak, but not to squawk.

A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.

In Carmel, N.Y., a man can't go outside while wearing a jacket and pants that do not match.

For your enjoyment, dopey laws from other states.

http://www.yuksrus.com/justice_dumblaws.html

Most of those lists are fake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_laws

Once upon a time, one Sir Edmund Gaavin, a British-born settler living in New York in the 1700s, customarily allowed his donkey to sleep in his bathtub. The donkey, of course, became accustomed to this, and one day, Sir Edmund Gaavin fell ill. He was unable to return home to lead his donkey up to the bathtub to sleep, and so as night fell, the donkey kicked the door in and went up the stairs himself. Unfortunately, Sir Edmund Gaavin's maid was also in the house and happened to be cleaning the bathroom at the time. On account of the loud echoes of her scrubbing in the marble bathtub, she did not hear the donkey climbing up the stairs. Since the maid was wearing a white apron, the donkey did not see her (as he was old and had poor vision), so as he climbed into the tub to go to sleep, he crushed the maid, killing her instantly. And that, children, is why donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in Brooklyn, NY.

Seriously?! Fact or fiction.

If the former, where did you find this?

Does that sound true to you? Come on!

Once upon a time, one Sir Edmund Gaavin, a British-born settler living in New York in the 1700s, customarily allowed his donkey to sleep in his bathtub. The donkey, of course, became accustomed to this, and one day, Sir Edmund Gaavin fell ill. He was unable to return home to lead his donkey up to the bathtub to sleep, and so as night fell, the donkey kicked the door in and went up the stairs himself. Unfortunately, Sir Edmund Gaavin's maid was also in the house and happened to be cleaning the bathroom at the time. On account of the loud echoes of her scrubbing in the marble bathtub, she did not hear the donkey climbing up the stairs. Since the maid was wearing a white apron, the donkey who was easily excitable tried to mount the maid. This was the first donkey show and why donkeys aren't allowed to sleep in bathtubs.

What the heck wrote:[quote]What the heck wrote:

Does that sound true to you? Come on!

Maybe? ..... I'm gullible to a fault.

Well played, sir. 9.6/10

odd habits wrote:

The New York City Transit Authority has ruled that women can ride the city subways topless.

It's more widespread than that.

From the people versus Ramona Santorelli and Mary Lou Schloss, 1992/

New York is one of only two states which criminalizes the mere exposure by a woman in a public place of a specific part of her breast.