Classic unintended consequence One of Issac Newton's physics laws is something like force applied in one direction gets equal force in the opposite direction. Same thing goes with laws but most of the time the politicians never see the opposite reaction coming or the special interests see it coming and get the politicians to do it anyway.

How crazy does the world get:

"What do you do for a job?"

"I work for the state of California and try to stop people from bringing Alum cans into the state for deposit redemption"