Never Heard Of This one

In my local newspaper on May 4, 2010 I see where a lady was, “Arrested on charges she harbored an illegal ruckus on her property.”

The Dictionary tells me that a “ruckus” is, “a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus”.

OK, that about what I expected a Ruckus would be but what I don’t understand is the “illegal” part of our lady’s issues with the county.

If you wanted to have a Legal Ruckus at your house, do you have to jump through certain bureaucratic hoops? …

• Do you have to go to the courthouse and get a Ruckus Permit?
• Do you have to pay a fee?
• Why do you have to pay a fee?
• Are you allowed to serve liquor?
• Are there any minimum age restrictions?
• When your Ruckus is over, do you have to notify the authorities that you have terminated your Fully Authorized Legal Ruckus and that you are all Ruckused Out?

If there is a minimum age restriction, I think that would be a great mistake. We should all agree that the young people of the good ole USofA are quite capable of creating quite a ruckus.

“Illegal Ruckus” you can add this to the list of things I don’t understand. That list is getting bigger each day.

Would I kid u?