15 Oct 2008
Crazy laws
My friend Andrea found a list of crazy laws from around the world while doing research. Who knows how true they are but I was amused. The complete list can be found on this blog, but here’s a sampling of them:
– In Bozeman, Montana, a law prohibits all sexual activity from the front yard of a home after sundown.
– In Salt Lake County, Utah, it’s illegal to walk down the street carrying a violin in a paper bag.
– In San Francisco, it‘s illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
– In Devon, Texas, it is against the law to make furniture while you are nude.
– In Oklahoma, you can be arrested for making ugly faces at a dog.
– In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour.
– In Florida men seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown can be fined. (What do they do in the drag clubs in Miami?)
– In South Carolina it is legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.
– In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.
– In Pennsylvania, it’s against the law to tie a dollar bill on a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.
– In New York City, it’s illegal for a restaurant to call a sandwich a “corned beef sandwich” if it’s made with white bread and mayonnaise.
– In California it is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
– In Athens, Greece, a driver’s license can be taken away if the driver is thought to be either “poorly dressed” or “unbathed”
– In Calgary Alberta, there is still a by-law that requires businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses.
-In Wilbur, Washington, it is illegal to ride an ugly horse.
– In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered “simple assault,” but biting someone with dentures is “aggravated assault.”
– In the state of Washington, it is illegal to have sex with a virgin under any circumstances. (Including the wedding night.)
-In Switzerland, it is illegal for a man to relieve himself while standing up after 10pm.
– In Florida, it is illegal to fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays. (How do you enforce that?)
-In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without first having a bath. (However, another law prohibits bathing on Sunday)
-In Samoa, it’s a crime to forget your own wife’s birthday…

Well it should be a crime to forget a wife’s birthday in any country!
anonymous
October 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pmpermalink