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Brian The Pink Shark
11-25-2005, 08:31 PM
ok, apparently here in the Uk it is illegal to stand within 100 yards of the rulling monarch without socks on.

so anyone know of any other bizarre laws?

also please dont use this to show your distaste of the 24 hour drinking bill, even if it is stupid :p :choc:

rubah
11-25-2005, 08:37 PM
The Arkansas River is not allowed to rise over the bridge in Little Rock(state capital).

Rye
11-25-2005, 08:37 PM
In NY, a person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

Anaisa
11-25-2005, 08:38 PM
The 24 hour drinking bill is not stupid! And I think suicide being illegal is laughable.

Primus Inter Pares
11-25-2005, 08:44 PM
The Arkansas River is not allowed to rise over the bridge in Little Rock(state capital).
What, do they fine the river then?

Brian The Pink Shark
11-25-2005, 08:45 PM
i hope you dont arrest it :choc:

Jess
11-25-2005, 09:00 PM
In the UK, if your pregnant - on Sundays your allowed to pee inside a policemans hat :O

Anaisa
11-25-2005, 09:05 PM
Its an offence to knock a policemans hat off. Even if its a sunday, your pregnant, and you intend to pee in it.

Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World
11-25-2005, 09:18 PM
In Washington state, it is illegal to buy a matress or any kind of meat on a Sunday.
Oh, and all lolipops are banned.

Venom
11-25-2005, 09:43 PM
Murder. Such a stupid law.

Alive-Cat
11-25-2005, 09:45 PM
50% of the ten commandments in my opinion are stupid.

raskerino
11-25-2005, 09:49 PM
I have never checked if these are true but here are ones I've heard of:

Somewhere it's illegal to throw pickles at a trolley cart.

In NYC you have to pay a $350 for setting off a nuclear device.

And the last one I think was found by a friend doing a research project:

And it used to be illegal to get a fish drunk on Oklahoma (imagine what would lead to such a law)

Kamiko
11-25-2005, 09:57 PM
It's illegal to make out with stuffed animals in some states.

ff7+ff10 gurl 100
11-25-2005, 10:05 PM
In Massachusetts its illegal to eat more than 3 sandwiches at a wake.
In Oklahoma its illegal to take a bite out of someone elses hamburger.
In Georgia its illegal for a barber to advertise his prices.

Kamiko
11-25-2005, 10:08 PM
No it's not. Barbers advertise here.

Epiphany
11-25-2005, 10:15 PM
South Carolina has some fun ones:

Horses are to wear pants at all times.
Eating watermelons in the Magnolia Street cemetery is forbidden.
Horses may not be kept in bathtubs.
It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
No work may be done on Sunday.
An exception to the above law is that light bulbs may be sold.

And then there's this one:
It is illegal to give or receive oral sex in South Carolina.

fantasyjunkie
11-26-2005, 12:28 AM
When i lived in Lousiana in the 70's we had a blue law where it was illegal to sell anything on Sunday but groceries

SammieBabe
11-26-2005, 03:43 AM
These are some weird ones from my home state, Florida;
It is illegal for an unmarried woman to parachute on Sundays.
Also having sex with a porcupine is illegal. (I've never seen porcupines in the wild here..)
It is illegal to have cottage cheese on Sunday after 6 pm.

We're a bunch of freaks down here...

Rydia of Mist
11-26-2005, 01:57 PM
"The State of Texas is prohibited from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

*cough*

For my state of Vermont:

-- Women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

-- Whistling underwater is illegal.

-- At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.

crono_logical
11-26-2005, 08:33 PM
DMCA :monster:

xtreme112
12-02-2005, 01:08 PM
My brother's t-shirt says its against the law to pee in an elevator in singapore
and there must be a hell of a lot of people doing it to make it a law

Kawaii Ryűkishi
12-02-2005, 01:20 PM
Or, you know, people just make these things up to pad out their chain emails.

Channing
12-02-2005, 01:27 PM
In Georgia it is illegal to purchase alcohol from stores on Sunday, yet you can drink it in commercial restaurants.

Loony BoB
12-02-2005, 01:52 PM
I don't know if any of these are specifically true or not, but apparently they were placed over a hundred years ago and have never been changed, so technically are still in place...

London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

During his reign, Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of mince pies on Christmas day, as they were insufficiently Puritan.

Jesuits, Seminary Priests and other suchlike disobedient Persons must be banished.

Mittopotahis
12-02-2005, 01:57 PM
-- Whistling underwater is illegal.
Is that even possible?

Social Moon Firesky
12-02-2005, 03:31 PM
lol. I'm so going to travel to all these places and film myself breaking all the stupid laws. I mean, they're so ridiculous, they're begging to be broken.

Hawkeye
12-02-2005, 03:34 PM
In Arizona you cant have 2 dildos in one house

Itsunari 2000
12-02-2005, 04:04 PM
In Switzerland it's illegal for males to stand up when doing the toilet after 10.00 pm ... Or back in Nazi Germany it was illegal to call a horse Adolf.

ShunNakamura
12-02-2005, 04:12 PM
Most of the dumb laws as far as I know were put in place long ago and never changed, nor from what I know are they inforced.

One that I always found funny(though unsure if it is actually on the books) was in Indiana(I believe) it is considered statuatory rape if a male over the age of consent has a female passenger under the age of consent in his car without her shoes or socks on. Or something to that effect.

For some funny ones you can look at www.dumblaws.com.... Don't know how valid they are, but they make for a good laugh at least.

MushroomZOMBIE
12-02-2005, 09:47 PM
In Florida,I heard it's illegal to sleep under a bed with a blowdryer on top of it o.0' why the heck they invent stupid laws like this?