Park Registration Sheet Comments

Actual comments received in 1996 from the Bridger Wilderness registration sheets and comment cards:

• Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands.
• Instead of a permit system or regulations, the Forest Service needs to reduce world-wide population growth to limit the number of visitors to wilderness.
• Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals.
• All the mile markers are missing this year.
• Found a smoldering cigarette left by a horse.
• Trail needs to be reconstructed.
• Please avoid building trails that go uphill.
• Too many bugs and leaches and spiders and spider webs.Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests.
• Please pave the trails so they can be plowed of snow during the winter.
• Chairlifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them.
• The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals.
• A small deer came into my camp and stole my jar of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call __ __ __.
• Reflectors need to be placed on trees every 50 feet so people can hike at night with flashlights.
• Escalators would help on steep uphill sections.
• Need more signs to keep area pristine.
• A McDonalds would be nice at the trail head.
• The places where trails do not exist are not well marked.
• I brought lots of sandwich makings, but forgot bread. If you have extra bread, leave it in the yellow tent at V Lake.
• Too many rocks in the mountains.

Oregon Crazy Law

• Canned corn is not to be used as bait for fishing.
• Ice cream may not be eaten on Sundays.
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• Dishes must drip dry.
• It is illegal to buy or sell marijuana, but it is legal to smoke it on your own property.
• You may not pump your own gas in service stations.
• The "Peer Review Statute" prohibits you from finding out details of any written or oral discussion about your medical treatment. Not even a court of law can. All you can access is what the doctor or nurse voluntarily records in your chart.
• One may not bathe without wearing "suitable clothing," i.e.,that which covers one's body from neck to knee.
• Beaverton- You must buy a $10 permit to be allowed to install a burglar alarm.
• Eugene- It is legal to conduct a horse race or a symphony concert.
• It is illegal to show movies or attend a car race on Sundays.
• (Repealed in the 1970s) Hood River Juggling is strictly prohibited without a license.
• Klamath Falls- It's illegal to walk down a sidewalk and knock a snakes head off with your cane.
• Portland- People may not whistle underwater.
• It's against the law for a wedding ceremony to be performed at a skating rink.
• (Repealed in 1989) You cannot wear roller skates in restrooms.
• Marion- Ministers are forbidden from eating garlic or onions before delivering a sermon.
• Myrtle Creek- One may not box with a kangaroo.
• Salem- Women may not wrestle in Salem.
• Springfield- It is illegal to own a reptile within the city limits, unless you are a school or city, as a pet.
• Stanfield- No more than two people may share a single drink.
• Cloth towel dispensers are banned from restrooms.

Oklahoma Crazy Law

• It is illegal to have the hind legs of farm animals in your boots.
• Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
• It is illegal to wear your boots to bed.
• Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus.
• Tissues are not to be found in the back of one's car.
• Oklahoma will not tolerate anyone taking a bite out of another's hamburger.
• No one may spit on a sidewalk.
• Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.
• Cars must be tethered outside of public buildings. (Repealed)
• Anyone arrested for soliciting a hooker must have their name and picture shown on television.
• It is against the law to read a comic book while operating a motor vehicle.
• Whaling is illegal.
• Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog.
• Tattoos are banned.
• Residents are taxed for the furniture in their homes, and any other personal belongings. (Repealed 1998)
• People who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed.
• Ada If you wear New York Jets clothing, you may be put in jail.
• Clinton Molesting an automobile is illegal.
• It is unlawful to put any hypnotized person in a display window.
• Oklahoma City - No one may walk backwards downtown while eating a hamburger.
• Schulter - Women may not gamble in the nude, in lingerie, or while wearing a towel.
• Tulsa - You may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
• Elephants are not to be taken into the downtown area.
• Wynona - One's mode of transportation must be tied up while not attended.
• Mules may not drink out of bird baths.
• Clothes may not be washed in bird baths.
• Yukon - It is illegal to tie a horse in front of city hall.
• While passing another vehicle, you must honk your horn.