Top 10 Weird laws of the world

jonny68

Moving to Guam seems like a deadly plan eh


Number 10: Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the following Islamic
law: "After having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a mortal sin to
eat its flesh." (umm OK, I'm sure the lamb appreciates that one)

Number 9: In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male
animal is punishable by death. (OK, like THAT makes sense...)

Number 8: In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's
genitals, but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the
examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
(Ouch!)

Number 7: Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse.
This also applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be
covered with a brick or a piece of wood at all times. (...a
brick?)

Number 6: The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is capitation.
(Wonder how they enforce that one?)

Number 5: There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the
countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege
of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is
expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Now let's just think for a
minute...is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes
close to this?)

Number 4: In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her
adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The
husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
COOL)

Number 3: Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only
in tropical fish stores. (Of course!)

Number 2: In Santa Cruz, Bolivia it is illegal for a man to have sex
with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (We have to presume this
was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law...)

And the wierdest law in the world is...

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the
first time this happens her mother must be in the room to witness the
act. (I shudder at the thought. How many of us would be virgins
today?)

Sleepy

When you look at some of our own laws or things that are perfectly legal here it's hard to point and laugh...

jonny68

Sleepy wrote:

When you look at some of our own laws or things that are perfectly legal here it's hard to point and laugh...

That maybe so but surely none can be as outrageous as those,the Guam one is the best though if it's actually true?

Femelade

jonny68 wrote:

Number 3: Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only
in tropical fish stores. (Of course!)

say wa?

Kernel

The Laws of Gravity... I mean, what the hell causes it. Weird.

Tusky

I would take every one of them with a spoonful of salt.

phantom_lord

jonny68 wrote:

Number 5: There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the
countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege
of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is
expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Now let's just think for a
minute...is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes
close to this?)

What do I put down on the CAO form for that? :rolleyes:

Archeron

In the state of Virginia, its illegal to juggle while making faces at a horse.

Attol

There's a law in some county bordering Scotland that if a a local sees a Scot on the English side of the border the Scot must immediately be killed. Also something about it being illegal not to practice archery every day but Sunday for all men in England. They're just old laws nobody bothered to change.

Merrick

Somewhere in America it's illegal to kiss your wife on a Sunday.

Terry

certain european countries will jail you if you deny that the holocaust happened.
seriously. you can read about it here.

rubadub

In some state in the US it is illegal to peel oranges in hotel rooms.

In ireland you are allowed to cut your face up with a stanley knife until it looks like a dogs dinner yet there are certain plants and fungi you are not allowed to eat for fear of harming yourself!

Oriel

11. In Ireland it is illegal to post 10 made up "laws" on bulletin board websites.

GrumPy

phantom_lord wrote:

What do I put down on the CAO form for that? :rolleyes:

think its "SE123"

Shrimp

sinecurea wrote:

11. In Ireland it is illegal to post 10 made up "laws" on bulletin board websites.

well said..

Kojak

sinecurea wrote:

11. In Ireland it is illegal to post 10 made up "laws" on bulletin board websites.

Sleepy

It's legal for a Protestant to kill a Catholic by shooting a crossbow from a certain window in Trinity College.

jonny68

sinecurea wrote:

11. In Ireland it is illegal to post 10 made up "laws" on bulletin board websites.

it's only a bit of fun FFS :rolleyes:

Aisling(",)

its illegal to leave a horses head in a bin in stepehns green.



ok......

trishw78

if you get the keys to Dublin you can graze sheep in Stephen's Green

paconnors

New York

* 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.
* A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
* The penalty for jumping off a building is death.

Texas

* It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
* It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
* It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
* It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
* 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.
* The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

In Kenosha , Wisconsin it is illegal to have an erection in public. Even if you have clothes on.

Britain

In London, Hackney taxis must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

It is illegal to be drunk in a pub or club, or any other licensed premises.

Oddly, it is illegal to consume a mince pie on Christmas Day.

In Hereford, you may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

However, in Chester you can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.

Also in York, excluding Sundays, it is apparently legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public unless they are a clerk in a tropical fish store.

It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full coat of armour.

Sleeping with a consort of the queen is classified as treason, and as such carries a maximum penalty of death.

Placing a postage stamp of the queen upside down, is also considered treason.

It is unlawful to impersonate an Chelsea pensioner.

It is illegal to sell most goods on a Sunday. It is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also legal to sell it at any price, and to give free gifts with it, such as anything else one might want to buy on a Sunday.

The following are legal though:

# a male may urinate in public, so long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle, and his right hand is on the vehicle.

# all English males over the age of 14 are to carry out approximately two hours of longbow practice a week, supervised by the local clergy.

dlofnep

I like that Guam law. My friend told me his buddy worked over in a monastery there and this fella there smoked opium under a tree for 2 months, and at the end of the 2 months they had a festival where all the virgins about to be married from the village were brought up and "de-flowered" as it were..

Washout

I believe in India you can be arrested for leud behaviour for kissing in public. but major cities have come up with the idea of kissing public parks where its legal to conodol with your loved one

Faith

In a town in Alaska, it's illegal to frown at a cow.

In a town in Kentucky, all bathtubs must be kept in the front yard.

Setun

Imagine the dogging. All these random bushes filled with people spying...

JIZZLORD

by law in mongolia you have to give someone a lift if they're thumbing, but you can charge

jonny68

:d :d :d

Hagar

jonny68 wrote:

Number 6: The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is capitation.

So they give waankers head? Maybe you mean de-capitation?

jonny68 wrote:

Number 2: In Santa Cruz, Bolivia it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

Bolivia, the land of two-willied men.

Sleepy

In the Northern Territories in Australia, it's illegal to pass someone whose car has broken down without offering assistance.

Capt'n Midnight

No female animal is allowed set foot on Mount Athos.

In Minnesota it is illegal to cross the state line with a duck on your head.

In California it is illegal to threaten a butterfly or peel an orange in your hotel room.

In Oklahoma it is illegal to catch whales. ( check an atlas )
Or get a fish drunk.

In Texas you need a special permit ($5) to go barefoot.

Lollipops are banned in Washington state. Also is mandatory for a motorist with criminall intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.

Kirkland, Illinois forbids bees from flying over the town. Also illegal to give a lighted cigar to a pet.

Vermont, underwater whistling is illegal. And women need written permission from thier husband to wear false teeth.

Tulsa - you may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.

Ohio - pets have to carry lights on their tails at night.

Utah - birds have right of way on state highways. In Tremonton it's illegal for a woman to have sex with a man while riding (sic.) in an ambulance.

No parachuting for unmarried women on sunday in Florida. No falling asleep under a hair dryer. No sexual relations with porcupines.

Kentucky - no ice cream cones in your pocket.

In Chico, California, anyone caught detonating a nuclear device within the city limits faced a fine of up to $500 .

In the US the only animal whose evidence is admissible is a bloodhound.

mukki

this all reminds me of the swollowing spiders urban legend

if
a)its on the intenet
and
b)it too amazing to be true

....then its a not true

Terry

Kirkland, Illinois forbids bees from flying over the town.

that's completely understandable. James Tiberius has an allergy to bee stings.

boneless

1. An atheist cannot run for public office in Tennessee.

2. It is illegal to feed beer to a moose in Fairbanks, Alaska.


I can see the reason for the first law, but I gets me kicks from chatting up drunk mooses (mices???)

Terry

i'm just pissed of because nobody got my star trek joke.

i think moose is both the singular and plural.

Our man in Havana

Sleepy wrote:

In the Northern Territories in Australia, it's illegal to pass someone whose car has broken down without offering assistance.

That is a very sensible law in all fairness. Out there it could be days before anyone might pass again. Also the auld mobile phones don't work too well either.

democrates

Bond-007 wrote:

That is a very sensible law in all fairness. Out there it could be days before anyone might pass again. Also the auld mobile phones don't work too well either.

Of course if a single female is passing a rapist feigning a breakdown it might backfire...

Archeron

democrates wrote:

Of course if a single female is passing a rapist feigning a breakdown it might backfire...

Just thought that, cue every axe weilding psycho in the world heading for Australia for fun filled holidays.

CountryWise

In India, @n@l sex is punishable by death!
Meanwhile In greece its a very common practice among women who dont want to lose their flower!

meowCat

jonny68 wrote:

Moving to Guam seems like a deadly plan eh


Number 10: Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the following Islamic
law: "After having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a mortal sin to
eat its flesh." (umm OK, I'm sure the lamb appreciates that one)

Number 9: In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male
animal is punishable by death. (OK, like THAT makes sense...)

I thought this might fit into the discussion


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4748292.stm

faceman

Sleepy wrote:

It's legal for a Protestant to kill a Catholic by shooting a crossbow from a certain window in Trinity College.

Thats true dude, i was actually goin to post it until i read urs. Its so old tho no one has bothered to update it. Wonder what wud happen if someone tried it!

Takeshi_Kovacs

In Tralee, (from April '06) it will be illegal to cycle, rollerblade, skateboard or any other activity considered to cause 'nuisance or annoyance' in the town park, yet anyone who wants to shoot a gun, catapult, bow will be permitted so long as they get written permission from the council... (although i somehow doubt that will happen)..

Terry

faceman wrote:

Thats true dude, i was actually goin to post it until i read urs. Its so old tho no one has bothered to update it. Wonder what wud happen if someone tried it!

good old benevolent british. what would we have done without them?

Hagar

Takeshi_Kovacs wrote:

In Tralee, (from April '06) it will be illegal to cycle, rollerblade, skateboard or any other activity considered to cause 'nuisance or annoyance' in the town park, yet anyone who wants to shoot a gun, catapult, bow will be permitted so long as they get written permission from the council... (although i somehow doubt that will happen)..

Can I take pot shots at the skateboarders ?:D