The world stupidest laws
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Topic: The world stupidest laws
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Subject: The world stupidest laws
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 08:41
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Some pretty stupid laws have been invented over the years, and some have never been withdrawn...
There is a little book with this name, and I got a few examples which were in a Dutch magazine named Kijk (Look). Sorry for the crappy translation here and there...
So, can anyone tell me: Are these true?
Utah (US): On all highways, birds have precedence.
Denmark: It is illegal to start a car when someone is underneath it. Arizona (US): Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs.
Switzerland: Laundry cannot be hung outside on Sunday.
Schotland (UK): You are not allowed to have a cow with you when you are drunk.
Singapore: Oral sex is forbidden, unless when it is part of the foreplay.
Chico, California (US): Making a nuclear bomb explode within the city limits can be fined with 500 dollar.
Iceland: Everyone can practice medicine, as long as they have a clear sign with ‘quack’ on their doors.
Chicago, Illinois (US): It is not allowed to eat in a building on fire.
Italy: A man can be arrested for wearing a skirt.
Kansas (US): It is not allowed to catch fish with ones bare hands.
France: A pig may not be called ‘Napoleon’ by it’s owner.
Louisiana (US): Citizens are allowed to grow as tall as they like.
Guadalajara (Mexico): Women working for the city council are not allowed to wear miniskirts or other provocative clothing.
Kentucky (US): Everyone must bathe at least once a year.
The Netherlands: Prostitutes must pay business tax like all other businessman.
West-Virginia (US): Roadkill may be taken home to be eaten.
Japan: There is no minimum age for sexual intercourse.
Thailand: It is illegal to stand on Thai money.
Massachusetts (US): It is illegal to use bullets as currency.
England: Boys under the age of 10 may not be exposed to naked mannequin dummies.
Wilbur, Washington (US): It is not allowed to ride through the town on an ugly horse.
Saudi-Arabia: Male docters are not allowed to examine women, women are not allowed to be doctors.
Iowa (US): A man with a mustache may not kiss a woman in public.
Norfolk, Virginia (US): A chicken is not allowed to lay eggs before eight a.m. or after four p.m.
Australia: Children may not buy sigarettes, but they are allowed to smoke them.
Texas (US): It is not allowed to drink more than three draughts of beer while standing up.
Nigeria: Civilians are not allowed to ride an army-green vehicle.
South-Dakota (US): When there are more than five indians on your property, you are allowed to shoot at them.
North-Carolina (US): It is not allowed to use elephants for plouging.
Winnipeg (Canada): It is not allowed to walk through your house naked with the curtains open.
New Mexico (US): A woman is not allowed to appear in public unshaven.
Vermont (US): It is illegal to deny the existence of God.
I can tell you that the one about prostitutes in NL is true....
But what about those frocks in Italy? Must be a bit of a problem in the Vatican?  ------------- 
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Posted By: gcle2003
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:07
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I just pointed out in another thread that the sale of futures in onions (i.e. the sale/purchase of onions to be delivered in the future) is illegal in the US. In fact it's a federal offence.
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Posted By: Constantine XI
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:07
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What is wrong with making prostitutes pay tax? The practice is legal in
Australia, here they are just legitimate business persons who perform a
service and are liable to pay tax. They use roads, healthcare and
benefit from defence spending like the rest of society. In return for a
stable existence in a stable nation, they should be required to
contribute financially to its upkeep.
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Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:15
Yes, same thing here, and I totally agree: the occupation is legal, the employees pay tax and in return thy get access to healthcare etc. Best solution really.
I didn't make the book though, it is an English or American book, and apparently they found it strange. So I was wondering, perhaps the laws I find totally weird are normal to others? Like the one forbidding woman to appear in public unshaven? -------------
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Posted By: Mortaza
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:22
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They gave good taxes, Infact one of that bussiness women becomed biggest tax payer in Turkey. |
Posted By: Constantine XI
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:24
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I also wonder how many of these laws actually find themselves being
applied. I think if many of them did they would find themselves quickly
amended by legislators. For example, some years back a man was charged with raping his wife in Melbourne. The judge ruled that, based on a 17th century English piece of legislation (over a century before first settlement in Australia), the man was not liable for punishment as he had a right to intercourse based on that old law. The case was immediately appealing, the public outcry saw the law amended in the unusually quick period of just 12 days. ------------- |
Posted By: gcle2003
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:34
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I always like the fact that while pretending to practise magic is illegal in England, actually practising it isn't.
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Posted By: NikeBG
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:41
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Perhaps http://www.dumblaws.com/ - this site would be of some interest too? Btw, if you read the Bulgarian laws, you'll find a lot of them to be stupid (or absurd) too... ------------- |
Posted By: Lmprs
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 09:54
So what happens to female patients? ------------- |
Posted By: The Chargemaster
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 10:11
Maybe only the Almighty Alllah take care of their health...   ..................... Actually i think, that in Saudi Arabia are working many christian doctors(+wimen) from Europe. ------------- |
Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 12:29
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The one about prostitutes in NL is the same in the UK.
The one about Thailand is definately false. It's bad manners to tread on any image of the king, but not illegal.
Australia cigarrette law is pretty much the same in the UK for alcohol and cigarettes.
Italy skirt law, there must be severe overcrowding in the prisons after any Italy v Scotland fixture. ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: Gundamor
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 12:38
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Florida - If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing. Parachuting isnt something that old kind makes me wonder about lawmakers. Also I belive alot of states still have the missionary position law. Any other position is illegal  ------------- "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" |
Posted By: Emperor Barbarossa
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 15:07
They aren't "skirts" they are "manskirts". Anyways, I heard about a law in Thailand that it is illegal(or looked down upon) to leave gum on a sidewalk. ------------- 
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Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 15:34
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That's Singapore where it's illegal even to possess the stuff or try and smuggle it in.
Very enlightened people in some respects the Singaporese ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: Anujkhamar
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 15:45
Now thats just stupid. Infact, it's the dumbest on the page. Everyone knows that if you detonate a nuke your balls should be chopped off... |
Posted By: Lmprs
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 15:58
If I remember correctly, she was not a prostitute. She was the owner of a brothel. ------------- |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 21:47
The West Virginia law about roadkill I believe applies to deer struck by a car or truck, if you hit one, you are allowed to take it and have it butchered. I think Penna. has a similar law. ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 21:51
In New York there is a law stating when approaching a corner in a motor vehicle, the driver must stop and fire a shotgun in the air. ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 21:54
Oh my God that is like so awsome. ------------- |
Posted By: Ildico
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 00:07
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While all of them were quite odd on one level or another, I found the no minimum age for sex law in Japan absolutely appalling! I'm sorry, but it is never ok to have sex with a child..... ------------- Beauty is in the eye of that guy behind the spontaneous diversions, set aside for a good explorer, telling a story about the world. |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 05:02
I hope you mean disturbing? -------------
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: çok geç
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 13:48
That is really a stupid law no doubt. Except it doesn't exist.
If a female is giving a birth in Saudi Arabia, why does she go to the hospital if no female doctors are allowed and at the same time, male doctors are not allowed to touch her?
If you restrict men from examining women, obviously you need female doctors. Common sense. Also, many cases were no qualified female doctor is available, priority is always human life and human health, so any doctor can surely examin her.
Anyhow, a good fictional joke. Just only if it was true. Only that. ------------- D.J. Kaufman Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk. |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 13:59
I'm really glad to hear it... I must admit, I thought it sounded pretty unlogical to me... after all Saudi-Arabia is a civilised country. But that's why I asked, to find out if it was true or not... So thanks for the answer.  -------------
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: çok geç
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 17:58
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It was funny though,
You are most welcome.  ------------- D.J. Kaufman Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk. |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 22:10
Excellent ------------- |
Posted By: Lmprs
Date Posted: 02-Aug-2006 at 22:45
Thanks for clarifying. Is it true that women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, or is it just a stereotype too? ------------- |
Posted By: Shapur II
Date Posted: 05-Aug-2006 at 15:00
LMAO!!!!!!!!
women are not allowed to drive in saudi arabia. that is fact. |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 06-Aug-2006 at 22:47
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That law should be international!
kidding. I respect all drivers even if they are Asian ------------- |
Posted By: çok geç
Date Posted: 07-Aug-2006 at 00:04
Yes, that is a fact and a law too.
I tried to keep an open mind and read all the arguments in favor of prohibiting female driving, and so far, it is a complete joke.
It is a matter of time and I'm sure ladies will drive in Saudi Arabia. The pressure is already as all neighboring Gulf states made it a right for female to drive a vehicle. ------------- D.J. Kaufman Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk. |