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WhipOfNight -> Dumb Laws (5/1/2010 9:43:03 PM)

http://www.lawguru.com/weird/part01.html

samples:

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.

Ohio
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

Texas
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.




VaguelyCurious -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 2:36:46 AM)

In London it is legal to urinate in public only if you are a black cab driver, and you keep one hand on the cab at all times (originates from when the cabs were horsedriven and you couldn't just leave the horse in the middle of the road).




DesFIP -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 6:34:37 AM)

On Ocean Beach, Fire Island, a beach community, it is illegal to eat an ice cream cone while walking on the sidewalk.




GreedyTop -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 7:28:40 AM)

quote:

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.


This one kinda makes sense when you consider that Florida is the winter home of Ringling Bros. circus.




LookieNoNookie -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 9:48:50 AM)

Florida:   "Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal"

(And someone would actually do this because....?)




Arpig -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 5:05:32 PM)

I followed the links and checked out the dumb laws from Canada...and most of them are wrong




TheBanshee -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 5:30:06 PM)

In Pennsylvania it is illegal to sleep on top of a refridgerator while outdoors.

You cannot become a Govenor of Pennsylvania if you've ever participated in a duel.

Dynamite is not to be used to catch a fish.




tigreetsa -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/2/2010 5:59:57 PM)

Some from Poland...

All laws in Poland apply equally to Polish nationals living outside Poland.

It is illegal to commit a sexual act with another person which involves a threat, use of force or violence.

It is illegal to make someone else commit a sexual act by use of a threat, use of force or violence.

It is illegal to engage in a sexual act in the 69 position.

It is illegal to possess pornographic images in any place which may be seen by someone who does not wish to see them.

It is illegal to buy or sell contraceptives.

It is illegal to buy ice cream or ice in winter.

In Swidnicy (eastern Poland) owners of four legged animals must keep them quiet between 10pm and 6am.

The minimum age to buy alcohol is 18, but it is legal to drink alcohol from birth.

It is illegal for any bakery to give bread to poor people.






littlegirlangel -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/4/2010 6:15:25 AM)

FR: One that I remember from a long time ago is in Washington State it's illegal to have sex with a virgin. Even on the wedding night. 




SirPumpy -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/4/2010 9:33:40 PM)

There was a law on the books until a few years ago that stated that the Speed limit in Melbourne city (Aus) was 5 Mph and that you had to have a person with a red flag walking in front of the vehicle when it was in motion.




Real0ne -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/4/2010 10:34:30 PM)

quote:

All laws in Poland apply equally to Polish nationals living outside Poland.


now that one is top shelf precious!




team101 -> RE: Dumb Laws (5/5/2010 9:03:42 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: tigreetsa

Some from Poland...

All laws in Poland apply equally to Polish nationals living outside Poland.

It is illegal to commit a sexual act with another person which involves a threat, use of force or violence.

It is illegal to make someone else commit a sexual act by use of a threat, use of force or violence.

It is illegal to engage in a sexual act in the 69 position.

It is illegal to possess pornographic images in any place which may be seen by someone who does not wish to see them.

It is illegal to buy or sell contraceptives.

It is illegal to buy ice cream or ice in winter.

In Swidnicy (eastern Poland) owners of four legged animals must keep them quiet between 10pm and 6am.

The minimum age to buy alcohol is 18, but it is legal to drink alcohol from birth.

It is illegal for any bakery to give bread to poor people.





I can't imagine those.. wow... and 69 is my favorite.

Here are some dumb ones I thought up

Wow I didn't imagine that l

Illegal to smoke crack
Illegal to have a gay marriage
Illegal to not wear a seat belt
Illegal to commit suicide
Illegal to assist a suicide
Illegal to not send kids to school
Illegal to not pay taxes
Illegal to protect yourself from the thugs that try to get your taxes
Illegal to break out of the jail you are put in






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