its Against the law to sell a 7 lb bag of potatos in PA

jeff of pa

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it's Against the law to sell a 7 lb bag of potatos in PA

So who was the Moron ?
Who are the potato police ?
& why ?

[h=3]Bill would end state's sack-of-potato regulations[/h]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - It's not exactly a hot potato at the Capitol, but it isn't small potatoes either.
Pennsylvania has long been regulating how large a sack of potatoes consumers can purchase. They can buy them in three-pound bags, and five-pound bags, and bags of 10,15, 20, 25, 50 and 100 pounds, or multiples of a hundred.
But not eight-pound bags, or 11-pound bags. Sell a 13-pound bag, and you're breaking the law.
Bill would end state's sack-of-potato regulations - WSET.com - ABC13
 

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Ha! I love the old odd laws we have. I wonder what prompted them to make this law?
 

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Ha! I love the old odd laws we have. I wonder what prompted them to make this law?

Control. Just a bunch of control freaks. Those old control freaks evolved into today's control freaks.

Jeff, do you have permission to ask that question? :BangHead:
 

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Back in the 1950s, Illinois was considering cancelling the old law, "Only English is allowed to be spoken in this state." Whether they did or not, I don't know......I 'escaped' Illinois and moved out 40+ yrs ago.
 

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