PA Legislature: No Speaking With Forked Tongue

In among the bills introduced in the Pennsylvania state legislature last week was HB 645, which regulates tattoo, body-piercing and corrective cosmetic artists; limiting tongue splitting; providing for powers and duties of the Department of Health; and imposing penalties.

Yes, you read that correctly, the state legislature wants to limit tongue splitting. Here are the specifics:

General rule.--A person shall not perform tongue splitting on another person unless the tongue splitting is performed by a physician or dentist licensed in this Commonwealth.

The bill has a number of good proposals in it, but the "forked tongue" reference in connection with politics was too good to pass up.