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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by smeej on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:03AM (#37927057)
I wish we had the back stories on more of these. Who was it who tied a giraffe to a telephone pole? What disaster ensued, such that "there oughtta be a law!"?
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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by KineticLensman on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:18AM (#37927151)
> I wish we had the back stories on more of these. Who was it who tied a giraffe to a telephone pole?

(Teeters on the edge of this rabbit hole. Pulls back just in time)

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by extraduder_ire on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:31AM (#37929218)
I would guess it's not giraffe's specifically, but anything besides a horse or any animal more massive than a dog in the actual law.

Most of these wacky laws are usually special cases rather than the verbatim text of the law. At least the ones I've looked into.

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