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dot-matrix:
Here's a few more from:  www.progressiveu.org

Canada
You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies. Citizens may not publicly remove bandages. It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.
It's illegal to climb trees.
"For Sale" signs are not permitted in the windows of moving vehicles.
Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.
You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday.
It is illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft.
It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.

Denmark
Before starting your car you are required to check lights, brakes, steering and honk your horn.
If a horse drawn carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse becomes uneasy, the owner of the car is required to pull over and if necessary, cover the car.
One may not be charged for food at an inn unless that person, by his or her own opinion, is "full".

France
Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, 70% of music on the radio must be by French artists.
An ashtray is considered to be a deadly weapon.

Germany
Every office must have a view of the sky, however small.
It is illegal for ones car to run out of gas on the Autobahn.

Israel
Bicycles may not ridden without a license. Raising a pig on Israeli soil will result in the murder of said pig.
Picking one's nose on the Sabbath is illegal.

South Africa
Young people wearing bathing suits are prohibited from sitting less than 12 inches apart.

Swaziland
Any woman who wears pants faces a possible punishment of having the pants ripped off her and torn to pieces by soldiers.

Cambodia
Water guns may not be used in New Year's celebrations.

Netherlands
Prostitution is legal but the prostitutes must pay taxes like any other business.

Mexico
Bicycle riders may not lift either foot from the peddles, as it might result in a loss of control.
It is illegal to shout offensive words in any public place.

Japan
There is no age of consent.

Italy
A man may be arrested for wearing a skirt. Striking someone with a fist is considered a felony.

Austrailia
A life sentence is 25 years.
It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.
Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
Only licensed electricians may change a light bulb.
Children may not purchase cigarettes, but can smoke them.
You may never leave your car keys in an unattended vehicle.
It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burglar.
It is illegal to read someone's tarot, or give them a psychic reading as these are forms of witchcraft.
Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, your modem can't pick up on the first ring. If it does the ACA permit for your modem is invalid and there's a $12000 fine. - Telecommunications Act 1991

Greece
All electronic games are banned.

Belgium
A driver who needs to turn through oncoming traffic has the right of way unless he slows down or stops.

dot-matrix:
More odd, weird, and archaic United States Laws from http://www.progressiveu.org

It is against the federal law in the USA to say Smokey the Bear's name in vain.
 
In Alabama, boogers may not be flicked into the wind. It is illegal to have ice cream in your pocket at any time.It is illegal to drive cars through city cemeteries for pleasure. No one may visit their departed loved ones late at night. It is illegal to throw rocks at a city street. It is required that you must pay a property tax on your dog. You may not ride a bicycle without having both your hands on the handle bars. Rabbits may not be shot from motorboats. Pedestrians crossing the highways at night must wear tail lights.No one may catch fish with his bare hands.The state game rule prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks. If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.Dominoes may not be played on Sunday and It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.


In Ohio it's illegal for ducks to quack after 10 pm, to fish for whales on Sunday. and to get a fish drunk.

In Blythe, California you are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
Women may not drive in a house coat.

In Indiana It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
Liquor stores may not sell milk.

Kansas Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.

In Nebraska It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.


Louisiana- Spectators at a boxing match may not mock one of the contestants. Persons could land in jail for up to ten years for stealing an alligator. Running an abortion advertisement can land you in jail for a year. It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol. Rituals that involve the ingestion of blood, urine, or fecal matter are not allowed.

In South Dakota- No horses are allowed into Fountain Inn unless they are wearing pants.   Movies that show police officers being struck, beaten, or treated in an offensive manner are forbidden.   If there are more than 5 Native Americans on your property you may shoot them.

In North Dakota Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

In Biddeford, Maine- No person may roller skate on a sidewalk.

In New York- You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.  It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing "body hugging clothing.  A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.  The penalty for jumping off a building is death.   New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.  It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.  AND
A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.

   
In Texas- It is illegal to sell your eye.  It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. Up to a felony charge can be levied for promoting the use of, or owning more than six dildos. Homosexual behavior is a misdemeanor offense.   The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home. It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers. A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
 
In West Virginia A person may be placed in jail for up to six months for making fun of someone who does not accept a challege.  For each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar.  Any person who commits adultery shall be fined at least twenty dollars. Unmarried couple who live together and "lewdly associate" with one another may face up to a year in prison. Roadkill may be taken home for supper.  Whistling underwater is prohibited.  Firemen may not whistle or flirt at any woman passing a firehouse.

In Wisconsin   You must manually flush all urinals in a building and Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons

Susiebell:
A few more crazy laws in the UK:
(From geocities.com/nakedapril00)


Under the reign of Elizabeth I, any person found guilty of "harboring a Catholic priest" would be tortured or even hanged. Any priest of the Catholic faith that was caught would be hanged, drawn, and quartered.


During his reign, Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of mince pies on Christmas day, as they were insufficiently Puritan.


It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.


Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked manequin. 


In Liverpool, It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.


Damaging the grass is illegal.


Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).


Anal sex is prohibited


It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.





Susie

dot-matrix:

--- Quote from: Susiebell on October 09, 2007, 12:47:03 pm --- :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: How can you stop a duck from quacking after 10PM??  ???

--- End quote ---

Yeah and what are they going to do to the duck it doesn't comply?  :-\ 

Kelda:
from BBC NEWs today.

UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'

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%)
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/7081038.stm

Published: 2007/11/06 14:13:41 GMT

© BBC MMVII

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