This is the guide that police in Flint, MI, have provided to help you navigate the tricky waters of sagging pants without gettting fined and/or thrown in jail. They wrote “crackdown.” Ha. Haha.

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1. Via Stuffparty
2. Anti-Sagging Laws
3. Banning Saggy Pants

FOOD BUZZ: Is it really illegal to fart on a sandwich? Am I allowed to make the B in my BLT stand for boogers? Not in all states…but for our North Carolinian pizza-making friends…maybe. In Ohio, probably not. Slate takes a look.

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1. Is It Really Illegal To Put Boogers in a Sandwich?
2. Slate Investigates If It’s Really Illegal To Fart On A Sandwich

POLITICS BUZZ: Various cities have instituted a laws to deter people from sagging their pants. In Lynwood, Illinois people caught showing three or more inches of underwear will be fined $25 and in Delcambre, Louisiana, the penalty can be as stiff as a $500 fine and a six-month jail sentence. The American Civil Liberties Union thinks this targets young men of color, although one might argue that it simply targets the sloppily dressed. I wonder if they’ll ever go after all those fixed-gear bike riders with one pant leg rolled up.

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1. It’s Illegal In Lynwood, Illinois For You To Look Like You Took A Deuce In Your Pants
2. It’s the law: No sagging pants in Chicago suburb
3. Punishments for Sloppy Dressers - A Year In Jail for Baggy Pants
4. Sagging Pants Now A Criminal Offense
5. Are Your Jeans Sagging? Go Directly to Jail.

A map of which states have legalized fireworks. This is only a very general guide — laws also vary from city to city, and the definition of what constitutes a consumer firework (not to mention a “safe and sane” firework) changes state by state. Still, it’ll be nice to know which laws you are violating this holiday weekend.

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The Best Links:

1. National Council on Fireworks Safety — State Laws
2. American Pyrotechnics Association