- In Victoria Australia, only a licensed electrician is allowed
to change a lightbulb.
- In Victoria Australia it is forbidden to wear pink hot pants after
mid-day on a Sunday.
- It England, it is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry
rabid dogs or corpses.
- It England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of
Parliament.
- It England, it is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the
British monarch upside down.
- In France, it is forbidden to call a pig
Napoleon.
-Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegalnot to tell
the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though youdon’t have to tell him anything you don’t
mind him knowing.
- In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a
vehicle.
- In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
- Royal Navy ships
that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of
London.
-In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere shewants – even, if
she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
- In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being
asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
- In Miami, Florida, it
is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
- In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is
decapitation.
- In the UK, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow
practice a day.
-In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across LondonBridge
without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drivegeese down Cheapside.
- In San
Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
-In the UK, a man who
feels compelled to urinate in public can do soonly if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right
hand on hisvehicle.
- In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be
jailed.
- In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet
long.
- In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from
staying after sunset.
-In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within
theancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
-In Boulder, Colorado, it
is illegal to kill a bird within the citylimits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens,
legally speaking,are merely “pet minders”.
- In Vermont, women must obtain written permission
from their husbands to wear false teeth.
- In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if
you have the plague.
-In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but
isforbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he mayonly see their reflection in
a mirror.
- The head of any deadwhale found on the British coast is legally the property of
the King;the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen – in case she needsthe bones for her
corset.
- In Eureka, Nevada, USA, it is still illegal for men with moustaches to kiss
women.
-In Alexandria, Minnesota, USA, it is still illegal for a man who hasgarlic, onions or
sardines on his breath to have sex with his wife.
- In Logan County, Colorado, USA, it is
still illegal to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
-In Providence, Rhode Island, USA, it is
still illegal for shop ownersto sell toothpaste and toothbrushes to the same customer on a
Sunday.
- In Zion, Illinois, USA, it is still illegal to offer
cigars to your pets.
- In St. Louis, Missouri, USA, it is still illegal for firemen to rescue
women who are still in their nightdresses.
- In Ames, Iowa, USA, it is still illegal for men
to have three sips of beer while they are in bed with their wives.
- In Maryland, USA, it is
still illegal for radio stations to play Randy Newman’s song ‘Short people’.
- In Oklahoma,
USA, it is still illegal to make faces at a dog, a crime that could result in a prison
sentence.
-In Texas, USA, criminals are still required to give their victims atleast 24 hours
oral or written notice giving details of the crime theyare about to commit.
- In Washington,
USA, it is still an offence to pretend that you have rich parents.
- In Baltimore, Maryland,
USA, it is still an offence to take a lion into a cinema.
-In Tremonton, Utah, USA, it is
still an offence for a woman to havesexual intercourse with a man in an ambulance. She can be
charged witha misdemeanour and have her name printed in the local paper.
- In Oxford, Ohio,
USA, it is still illegal for a woman to undress in front of a picture of a man.
- In Miami,
Florida, USA, it is still illegal for anyone to imitate an animal.
-In Afghanistan the
Taliban militia banned women from wearing whitesocks just in case men find them attractive. The
police are alsoordered windows to be painted black to stop women being seen from
theoutside.
- In the USA impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states.
- In Illinois,
USA, it is against the law to give a lighted cigar to a pet.
- In Iowa, USA, it is against
the law to kiss for more than five minutes.
-In International Falls, Minnesota, USA, it is
against the law for a dogto chase a cat up a telegraph pole and dog owners can be fined for
this.
- In Kentucky, USA, it is illegal
to carry and ice cream cone in your pocket.
-In Louisiana, USA, if you bite someone with your
own teeth it isclassed as ‘Simple assault’ but if you bite someone with your denturesit is classed
as ‘aggravated assault.’
- In Massachusetts, USA, it is illegal for mourners to eat no more
than three sandwiches at a wake.
-In Chico, California, USA, the law says that anybody who
detonates anuclear device within the city limits is liable to a fine of $500.
- In Lebanon
any man may legally have sex with any animal just as long as it is a female.
- In
Conorsville, Wisconsin, USA, it is illegal for a man to fire a gun while his wife is having an
orgasm.
- In Tremonton, Utah, USA, it is illegal for a woman to have sex with a man while
riding in an ambulance.
- In Oblong, Illinois, it is illegal to make love while fishing or
hunting on your wedding day.
-In Bahrain it is illegal for a doctor to look directly at a
woman’sgenitals while he is examining her although he is permitted to seetheir reflection in a
mirror.
- In Ames, Iowa, USA, a husband may not take more than three gulps of beer while
lying in bed with his wife.
-In Hastings, Nebraska, USA, the law says that hotel owners have
toprovide a clean white cotton nightshirt for each guest. Also no couplesare allowed to have sex in
the hotel unless they are wearing thesenightshirts.
- In Willowdale, Oregon, USA, no man may
curse while having sex with his wife.
- In Indonesia the punishment for masturbation is
execution by decapitation.
- In Kingsville, Texas, USA, it is against the law for pigs to
have sex on airport property.
- In Florida it is illegal to have sex with a
porcupine.
- During World War I anyone found to be a homosexual in the French army was
executed.
- Hundreds of years ago in Japan anyone who attempted to leave the country was
instantly executed.
- The very first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in
1787.
- In Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, in 1917, it was illegal to tie a male horse next to a
female horse.
- In San Diego, USA, hypnotism is banned by public schools.
- Chewing
gum is illegal in Singapore.
- In Paraguay duelling is legal just as long as both parties are
registered blood donors.
-In Milan, Italy, there is still a law that requires citizens to
smileat all times or risk a hefty fine. The only exceptions are visitinghospitals and
funerals.
- In Switzerland every citizen is required by law to have access to a bomb
shelter.
- In Burma it is illegal to get internet access. If a person is found in possession
of a modem he can be imprisoned.
-In Bangladesh it is against the law for schoolchildren to
cheat atschool exams. Pupils as young as 15 can be imprisoned for this.
- Until 1984 Belgians
were made to choose their children’s names from a list of 1500 drawn up in the days of
Napoleon.
-In Romania, in 1935, Mickey Mouse was banned because the authoritiesthought that
the sight of a 10ft high rodent on screen would terrifythe nation’s children.
- Donald Duck
comics were once banned in Finland because he never wore pants.
- Belgium is the only country
that has never imposed censorship on adult films.
- Karate films were banned in Iraq in
1979.
-In Indiana, USA, during the 1950’s, all Robin Hood films were bannedbecause
authorities thought that robbing the rich to give to the poorwas an act of communism.
- In
Iceland it was once against the law to own a pet dog.
- The bloodhound is the only animal in
the world whose evidence is admissable in court.
-In Basle, Switzerland, in 1471, a cockerel
was found guilty in a courtof law for laying an egg “In defiance of natural law”. The bird wasthen
burnt at the stake as a “Devil in disguise”.
- In Stelvio,Italy, in 1519, a court issued a
warrant for the arrest of a gang ofmoles that had severely damaged crops. The moles were sumoned to
courtbut when they failed to appear they were sentenced to exile.
- In South Bend, Indiana,
USA, a monkey was once found guilty of smoking a cigarette.
- In Munster, in 1670, the courts
banished a plague of fleas from the city, prohibiting them from returning for ten years.
- In
Seville, Spain, in 1983, an alsatian dog was arrested for snatching handbags from
shoppers.
-Judge J.H. Logan from California, USA, created the Loganberry fruit. Hecrossed a
wild blackberry with a cultivated raspberry and came up withhis own fruit.
- In ancient
Sparta men were required by law to eat at least two pounds of meat every day. This was supposed to
make them brave.
-In Turkey, during the 16th and 17th centuries, it was illegal to
drinkcoffee and anyone caught doing so was sentenced to death.
- In Venice all gondolas have
to be painted black unless they belong to a high ranking official.
-In England, in 1865, a
law was passed stating that any self propelledcarriage on an English highway had to have a crew of
three, one of whomhad to walk in front of the carriage with a red flag to warn horsedrawn vehicles
of it’s approach.
- In Rome, 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar banned chariots from the centre
of Rome to ease congestion.
- In London, England, there is still a law that states London
Taxi cabs must carry a bale of hay at all times.
- In Bermuda, up until 1948, all private
cars were banned.
- At one time it was against the law to slam car doors in
Switzerland.
-In Britain, in 1888, a law was passed which stated that every cyclisthad to
constantly ring the bell on his bicycle non-stop while themachine was moving.
- In Singapore it is illegal for a
person towalk around the house naked and not flushing the toilet. Also a personcan be executed if
they are found in possession of more than 200g ofcannabis resin. Oral sex is banned unless it is
used only duringforeplay and if a person is caught littering the streets he is forcedto make an
appearance on TV with a bib around his neck saying “I’m alitterer.”
- In Birmingham, England,
it is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex on church steps after sundwon.
- In Iowa,
USA, it is illegal for horses to eat fire hydrants.
-In Denmark it is not illegal for a
convicted prisoner to escape fromprison. If the escapee is caught he only serves the rest of
hissentence.
- In Denmark it is illegal to start your car without first checking to see if
there are any children asleep underneath it.
-In Thailand it is illegal to step on a
banknote, leave your housewithout wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on
thepavement you can be fined $600.
In Thailand all cinema goers must stand up during the National
Anthem before a film starts.
-In Switzerland it is against the law for men to urinate
standing upafter 10pm which is the same time that it is illegal to flush thetoilet.
- In
Canada, by law, 1 out of every 5 songs on the radiomust be sung by a Canadian and in British
Columbia it is illegal tokill a Sasquatch or Bigfoot if one is ever found.
- In Alberta a
released convict is entitled to a gun and a horse to ride out of town on.
-In London,
England, it is illegal to use a camera tripod, throw a stickfor your dog or use an offensive powder
like pepper on your jacketpotato in any park.
- In London, England, wife beating is legal just
as long as it is not after 9pm and it doesn’t disturb the neighbours.
-In London, England, it
is illegal to impersonate a Chelsea pensionerwhich once carried the death sentence in the 19th
century.
- InLebanon men are allowed to have sex with any other animal just as longas it is a
female. If a man is caught having sex with a male animalthen the penalty is death.
-
Non-Christians have been bannedfrom being within 20 metres of churches in Rovato, Italy. The
move,instigated by the local government, has angered police because a majorhighway passes within 15
metres of one of the churches. Officers claimthat they cannot be expected to stop motorists and
demand to see aBaptism Certificate.
- North Carolina has a law to ban peoplefrom swearing in
front of cadavers. The law also sets out guidelinestransporting the recently deceased after one
funeral firm was caughtpiling stiffs onto the back of a pick-up truck. It outlaws
‘profanity,indecent or obscene language in the presence of a dead human body’making it technically
illegal to say the ‘f’ word in front of a hearse!
- In Minnesota, USA, it is still against
the law to hang male and female underwear together on the same washing line.
-In Indiana,
USA, in the 1950’s anything to do with Robin Hood wasbanned on the grounds that robbing from from
the rich to give to thepoor was a communist act!
- In England, in 1837, a law was passed that
entitled a woman to bite off a man’s nose if he kissed her against her will!
- The Egyptian
government banned male belly-dancing in 1837 because of the enthusiastic riots that it
caused.
- In Arizona, USA, it is illegal to hunt camels.
-In California, USA, in 1986,
Judge Samuel King became so annoyed thatjurors were absent from his court because of heavy rain that
he issueda decree which stated “I hereby order that it cease raining by Tuesday.”
Amazingly it
stopped raining on Tuesday and California suffered a 5 year drought.
In1991 the judge then
decreed “Rain shall fall in California beginningFebruary 27th.” Later that day California had the
heaviest rainfall inten years.
- In Alexandria, Minneapolis, USA, it is against thelaw for a
man to make love to a woman with the smell of sardines on hisbreath.
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