Tuesday 11 June 2013

Funny, Dumb, Stupid International Laws

In Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. ( Ladies! You’re under no such restrictions!)

In Arizona, donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.( Was there a lot of this happening?)

There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus in Arizona. 

You are not allowed to suddenly start or stop a car in front of a McDonald's or any other drive-in restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas. (That law was probably sponsored by Chili’s, Applebee’s, Denny’s and all the other sit-down restaurants in town lacking drive-ins.)

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour in California. ( How often do you see a vehicle exceed 0 miles per hour without a driver?)

In Denver, Colorado, next-door neighbors may not lend each other vacuum cleaners.( How did that law get on the books in the first place? Was it supported by the vacuum cleaner companies who wanted to sell more vacuums and “clean up”? )

A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.
This is a Minnesota law.

The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen

Thailand
You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubblegum on the sidewalk. If you do not pay the fine, you are jailed.

No one may step on any of the nation's currency.

In Finland, traffic fines are calculated as a percentage of the offender's income

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.

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.
North Dakota

Alabama
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.

California
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

Women may not drive in a house coat.

Florida
Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.

It is illegal to skateboard without a license.

It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
Indiana
It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
Liquor stores may not sell milk.
Michigan

These Laws may b no longer in use now. Mentioned just for ntrtainmnt...

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