New Jersey’s Capital Hates Pickles

I know a lot of people who hate pickles, but oddly enough cities can hate them too. At least New Jersey's state capital, Trenton, does. Nobody tell Snookie.

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Okay, so the city may not actually hate pickles. However, they have laws against certain pickle situations. Yes, that was laws, plural with an "s." Trenton has two different pickle laws. I want to say that may be a record. I can't imagine many other places having pickle laws. I hear Patrick Henry calling out "Give me pickles or give me death." That's how the quote goes right?

Law 1:

"You may not throw a bad pickle in the street."

I want to know what happened that caused this law to be made. Who was throwing pickles into the street? Why was it becoming such a problem that they had to make a law about it? Was there a pickle protest? I have so many questions.

Law 2:

"Pickles are not to be consumed on Sundays."

WHAT?!?!?! Again, why? What could be the reasoning behind this law? How do you enforce a law like that? It's not that I eat pickles everyday, but if it was against the law to eat pickles on Sundays I know I would crave pickles on Sundays only. It's kind of like how you really want Chick-fil-A on Sundays.

Trenton isn't the only place with pickle laws. In Connecticut it is not officially a pickle unless it bounces. They have high standards for their pickles. In Rhode Island it is illegal to throw pickle juice from a trolley. Why were people throwing that much pickle juice from trolleys that they had to make a law for it?

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