The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and Other Bonehead Legislation is a 116-page book published in 1976 and written by Dick Hyman[1][2][3][4][5][6] (1904-1995),[7]: iv a newspaper and magazine columnist and feature writer from New York City.[7]: inside flap, back The book includes a posthumously published foreword by Bob Considine[7]: vii, xi and publisher's note by Castle Freeman Jr.[7]: xiv The book is a collection of humorous[8][9] one-sentence summaries of six-hundred unusual[10] ordinances and laws (organized alphabetically by general topic) which the author reports he had gathered from across the United States over the preceding forty years before publication of the book.[7]: xv The book's name comes from one of the unusual ordinances: "A Trenton, New Jersey, ordinance states that it is unlawful to throw any tainted pickles in the streets."[7]: 82
^Bonnie Shucha (2 October 2000). "Recreational Reading and Viewing Materials at the Law Library". University of Wisconsin Law Library. Retrieved 9 August 2018. Humor You can also find books that take a look at the lighter side of the law, such as Legally Correct Fairy Tales and The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and Other Bonehead Legislation. These works are located on the third floor in the call number range KF/184...,
^"BONEHEAD LEGISLATION". 16 May 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2018. In his book The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and Other Bonehead Legislation, journalist Dick Hyman cites 600 examples of absurd laws in America. For your consideration and amusement, here are just a few{...}
^Anthony Wile (7 June 2009). "Richard Maybury Explains Mal-Investment, Crooked Regulations and the True Cost of Economic Fairy Tales". The Daily Bell. Retrieved 9 August 2018. Daily Bell: You say regulations are difficult to understand. Richard Maybury: Here is an example from a book called The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and other Bonehead Legislation, by Richard Hyman. A law in Texas says that when two trains meet at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. Daily Bell: That's extraordinary.
