Banned: Fine Food and Fun

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When Chicago's ban on the sale of foie gras came into force last week, liver lovers revolted. One pizzeria began serving pies topped with the fatty delicacy to protest a law that even Mayor Richard Daley called silly. Chicago isn't the only place with rules drafted by the Ministry of Loopy Laws. Here are four others.

• NO BAD HABITS If you're in Alabama, don't dress up as a nun, priest or rabbi for Halloween. Impersonating "a minister of any religion" is punishable by fine or jail.

• NO BIKE BAGGAGE If you're biking in Palm Bay, Fla., you'd better go it alone. City law says bikers may not drag anything behind them, including a "sled, person on roller skates, wagon [or] toy vehicle."

• NO LAPSES OF STYLE Fashion police alert! Check the mirror before going out in Carmel, N.Y. A decades-old ordinance prohibits men from donning a mismatched jacket-and-pants combo.

• NO PLAYING IN THE STREET Hopscotch in front of the house? Street hockey? Not in Chico, Calif. "Baseball or any other game" is banned from any "sidewalk, lane or alley."