The Virginia-Pilot offers a lengthy article on stupid laws around the nation. For instance it's illegal to fall asleep in a cheese factory in North Dakota. And it Texas you can get busted for carrying a concealed ice-cream cone.

What is striking about the story is that while most states have one or two stupid laws, the list for the "less-government-is-best" Beehive State goes on and on.

Here is the legacy of your hard-working lawmakers:

Utah

• It is a crime to curse on a bus.
• Discriminating unfairly in the purchase of milk, cream or butterfat is a crime.
• Prosecutors can seek death for anyone who kills an on-duty poultry inspector.
• A drive-by shooting could get you five years in jail and a $5,000 fine, but you could spend 15 years in prison and pay $10,000 for altering the license plate stickers on your car.
• You must yield to birds while driving on the highway.
• Parents can give written permission to teachers to spank their children. Even though all 40 school districts prohibit corporal punishment by policy, legislators have declined to repeal the law.
• First cousins may marry, but only if they are beyond child-bearing years.
• It is slander - punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine - to falsely accuse a female of being unchaste.
• Raffles are defined in the law as illegal lotteries. But this particular form of gambling is routinely used by nonprofit organizations and charities to raise money.
• Nightclubs may be licensed to serve alcoholic beverages only if they promise they are a real club or association, and not a business out to make a profit. Apparently, lying is not a crime.