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 Waffen
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Joined: Oct 25, 2006
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Location: England & Thailand
    
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Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:41 pm Post subject: Stupid Laws |
 
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A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.
Another law which states it is treason to use a postage stamp upside down was placed in second place by those polled by UKTV Gold.
The most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk.
The 3,931 people asked selected the laws from a shortlist of bizarre rules.
A total of 27% of those questioned thought the law against dying in the Houses of Parliament was the most absurd, while 7% voted for the legislation banning placing postage stamps upside down.
In third place, with 6%, came a law stating that only a clerk in a tropical fish store has permission to be topless in public in Liverpool.
Driving blindfolded
Other lesser-known laws making the top 10 included one banning eating mince pies on Christmas Day and another stating it is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.
Almost half of those asked confessed to breaking the mince pie law, which was brought in by Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century.
The unusual international laws on the list included legislation against naming a pig Napoleon in France, driving while wearing a blindfold in Alabama and unmarried women parachuting on a Sunday.
The Law Society last year revealed other bizarre UK laws still in existence on the statute book.
They included a ban on firing a cannon close to a dwelling house (Met Police Act 1839); a ban on the use of any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847); and the prohibition of driving cattle through the streets of London (Metropolitan Streets Act 1867).
Dead whales
The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:
# 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)
# 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)
# 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)
# 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)
# 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)
# 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)
# 7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3.5%)
# 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)
# 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)
# 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)
False teeth
Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:
# In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)
# In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)
# A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)
# In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)
# It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)
# In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)
# Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)
# In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)
# In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)
Does anyone else know of stupid laws where they live?
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 misanthrone
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Joined: Jun 09, 2006
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Location: BC, Canada
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Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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beheading for masturbation  omfg..
freakin' hilarious and sad at the same time..
ok, some from Canada:
You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
Margarine producers can't make their margarine yellow.
The color of house and garage doors is regulated by city bylaws (a purple door get you a fine).
The city is classified as a no-pee zone.
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 cjjeepercreeper
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Joined: Nov 27, 2006
Member#: 2665
Posts: 6146
Location: At the Mountains of Madness
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Some from New Mexico:
Idiots may not vote. 
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911
Article VII. Elective Franchise
Section 1. [Qualifications of voters; absentee voting; school elections; registration.]
Every citizen of the United States, who is over the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in New Mexico twelve months, in the county ninety days, and in the precinct in which he offers to vote thirty days, next preceding the election, except idiots, insane persons and persons convicted of a felonious or infamous crime unless restored to political rights, shall be qualified to vote at all elections for public officers. The legislature may enact laws providing for absentee voting by qualified electors. All school elections shall be held at different times from other elections.
State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
Carrizozo
It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.
Deming
Persons may not spit on the steps of the opera house.
Hunting is prohibited in Mountain View Cemetery.
Las Cruces
You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street.
And I recall a couple from the town where I was born in Illinois:
Des Plaines
Wheelbarrows with For-Sale signs may not be chained to trees.
You must call the mayor and tell him if you are heading downtown.
AND THE BEST LAW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Arizona:
You may not have more than two dildos in a house.
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Joined: Apr 13, 2006
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Posts: 1542
Location: Germany
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: |
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laughing my fuckin nuclear ass off... fuckin funny jeeper  |
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kfoll
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:57 am Post subject: |
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LOL, these are frickin' hilarious!
Here's some from Georgia -- I don't live in the state but I work there (live 2 miles into AL)
The term "sadomasochistic abuse" is defined so broadly, that it could possibly be applied to a person handcuffing another in a clown suit.
All sex toys are banned
It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
Members of the state assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the state assembly is in session.
Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
Signs are required to be written in English.
No one may carry an ice cream cone in their back pocket if it is Sunday. |
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Dami
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Joined: Feb 04, 2005
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Location: Stalag 13
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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That was great, guys (and guyettes of course  !
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Waffen
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Joined: Oct 25, 2006
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Posts: 1421
Location: England & Thailand
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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs. LOL thats fucked up.
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Location: Hangzhou
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: |
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Some more:
Alabama: It is only allowed to beat your wife up with a stick, which is not longer than your thumb
Hawaii: It is illegal to put pennies in your ear
Minnesota: It is illegal to hang male and female underwear out on the same line to dry
Oklahoma: Being whalehunter brings u into prison
USA: Ogden/Utah: policemen may have sex with animals
Denmark: It is not illegal to break out of prison. If one gets caught in the act, he/she has to stop.
UK: english males from the age of 14 have to go for 2 hours a week to a priest to learn the use of bow and arrow
UK: British taxi drivers may not leave their cars on public streets. if they have to pee, they have to pee on their trunk with at least one hand on it
UK: 1647 Christmas was abandoned and forbidden by law
Russia: a train that passes a sleeping man has to stop until that man has ended his sleep
Germany: it is allowed to shoot a bear. But it is illegal to wake him to take a photo
Germany: a fertilized ovule can inherit money, but not a sperm
Germany: it is forbidden to disguise your face with a fake nose, glasses and stuff and go to a public convention
Germany: if u want to go to a public toilet in Sachsen-Anhalt, u have to do it, as presented in the "how to use a public toilet" report
Canada: BC: if u kill a snowman, it is, as if u kill a living human
sources: http://www.fanlager.de/klatsch-und-tratsch/lustige-gesetze-10319.html
http://sinnlose-gesetze.de/
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: |
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Some more:
Israel: to drive a bike needs a bike license
Israel: on saturdays it is forbidden to get rid of your pimples
Israel: Haifa: u are not allowed to take bears to the beach
Bhutan: the younger brother may not have sex, if the older brother still is virgin
China: Drowning ppl may not be saved, cause it would influence their fate
Australia: u may only have sex with a kangaroo, if ur drunk
Canada: if u leave prison, u have the right, to get a gun and a horse
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Waffen
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Location: England & Thailand
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: |
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UK: 1647 Christmas was abandoned and forbidden by law
ahahahahhahaha its a shame that dosen't apply today. I fuckin hate christmas. I wont be one of the sheep this year because they dont celebrate it Thailand Thank fuck for that. Besides I cant afford to buy tons of presents for my kids. I got them a bag of sweets each!!
Australia: u may only have sex with a kangaroo, if ur drunk
Why dosent this surprise me? It must get very lonely in the outback.
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 diginferno
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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I'm too lazy to copy and paste from other sites, so I'd rather post the links to some nice repositories of stupid laws.
- DumbLaws.com
- StupidLaws.com
- IdiotLaws.com
Some of these brilliant pieces of law have even been posted in Times online
Enjoy! 
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 irule
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Location: Canada
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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In Canada:
It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.
In Alberta, it is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man.
In Nova Scotia, it's illegal to water your lawn while it's raining.
You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. in Toronto on a Sunday.
In Quebec, all business signs must be in French. If the business operator wishes to have English on the sign, the French must be at least twice as large as the English is.
In New Brunswick, driving on the roads is not permitted.
In British Columbia, it's illegal to kill a Sasquatch.
In Montreal, spitting in the street will get you a $100 fine.
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beheading for masturbation omfg..
freakin' hilarious and sad at the same time..
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