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Weird Laws from all over
« on: August 31, 2009, 02:45:10 PM »
# Bolivia, In Santa Cruz it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

# In Canada Any debt higher than 25 cents cannot be paid in pennies. In Toronto, it is illegal to ride a streetcar on a Sunday if you have been eating garlic

# In China - A form of population control? Do not stop for pedestrians, just run em over, there are too many people in China anyway…

    * Drivers who stop at pedestrian crossings may receive a fine or a warning under Article 40 of the Beijing Traffic Laws

    * In China - yep, they have 2 that made the list, In order to go to college you must be “intelligent”.

# Denmark - It is illegal to start a car if there is anyone under it.

    * Denmark - The don’t make the horse feel inferior law - If a car is overtaking a horse-drawn carriage and the horse becomes agitated, the driver must pull over and if necessary cover the car from the horse’s view.

# Finland - Considering its cheaper for air than a ticket, this may be a good thing, unless you are in a hurry. Finnish police do not issue tickets for illegal parking – they just let down the person’s tires. Maybe you can carry an air compressor in the trunk and park anywhere you like.
# France - It is illegal to call a pig Napoleonfr.jpg

    * They may also be a bit paranoid when it comes to alien invasions!

    * It is illegal to sell dolls with alien faces – they must have human faces.

    * It is illegal to land a flying saucer in a vineyard.

# Germany - A pillow is regarded as a “passive weapon”.de.jpg
# United Kingdom - that darn dress code - It is illegal for Members of Parliament to enter the House of Commons in full armour.

    * This is brilliant - It is illegal to drive a car without sitting in the front seat

    * I wonder how this came about, the police helmet I mean, A pregnant woman can legally urinate anywhereuk.jpg including in a policeman’s helmet.

    * In Liverpool it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public unless she is employed in an exotic fish shop.

# Greece - drivers, watch your hygiene - A driver’s license can be revoked if the person appears poorly dressed or unwashed
# Guinea - It is illegal to call a baby “Monica”
# Iceland - A place for quacks or quacked medicine - Anyone is allowed to practice medicine in Iceland provided they display the word Scottulaejnir meaning “Quack doctor”
# Iran - Iranian law suggests that sex play between animals is not recommended – especially when it involves a lioness

    * It is forbidden to eat snakes on a Sunday

# Israel - I guess nose picking may upset the lord. It is illegal to pick one’s nose on the Sabbath

    * I hope you can find matching socks in the dark - No person is allowed to dress or undress with the light switched on.

# Japan - Purple a happy color? It is illegal to wear purple unless you are in mourning.

# Madagascar - Pregnant women may not wear hats

# Malaysia - Oh, I gotta wonder about this one, at least the word “used” is not mentioned. It is illegal for restaurant owners to substitute a table napkin with toilet paper.

# Paraguay - Dueling is legal providing both combatants are blood donors, followed by this gem… A man who catches his wife with someone else in bed is legally permitted to kill his wife and her lover providing he acts immediately.

# Peru - those sexy female alpacas keep getting young men in trouble… with the law - Unmarried young men are not permitted to keep female alpacas in their apartments.

# Russia - It is illegal to drive a dirty car

# Qatar - Just plain out of luck here - If an unmarried woman falls pregnant she is banned from using hospitals or calling for any medical assistance. Her only options are to do without healthcare or leave the country

# Saudi Arabia - Who would have thunk it… it this region of “sexual equalitty” It is illegal for women to appear in public without a male relative or guardian present.

    * Women are not allowed to drive cars
    * It is illegal for male doctors to examine women and female doctors to examine men.
    * A woman can divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.

# Singapore - The toilet flushing police are near, watch out - Failure to flush a public toilet is punishable by a fine or a prison sentence if caught during random checks by special police.

    * If you are caught dropping litter more than 3 times, the penalty is to clean the streets on Sundays wearing a bib saying “I am a litterer”. This will then be broadcast on the local news.

# Turkey - The just in case law - All drivers must carry a hygienic body bag suitable for carrying a body up to 18st 12lbs (120 kilos). Failure to do so will result in a fine and possible a 6 month jail sentence   :what::what:
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Re: Weird Laws from all over
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 03:47:42 PM »
 :D where did you find those?
The garlic / streetcar one should be applied to people not travelling on the london underground system having eaten garlic the night before  :vomit:

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Re: Weird Laws from all over
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 05:43:36 PM »
 :D :D :D ive never heard so much twaddle ;D
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