The World's Strangest Laws

[Mid]

The world's strangest laws

August 17, 2007 12:00am

Here is a list of the world's most ridiculous laws... no wonder lawyers earn so much!

- 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.

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news.com.au

heaps more , check the link .......................

Edited August 17, 2007 by Mid

[sceadugenga]

It England, it is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

Err... why is this one ridiculous?

[farangsay]

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

Any mod want to trnsfer this to the ladies' forum ?

[Mid]

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

Any mod want to trnsfer this to the ladies' forum ?

pole touch feet barge forty ..................................

[IvanLaw]

According to my late Farther

Strangest Law was ME

RIP Dad

[Wolfie]

- It England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

hehe this one tickled me, so what they gunna do? lock you up?

pole touch feet barge forty ..................................

Chance no ********

[madjbs]

- In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you can be fined $600.

- In Thailand all cinema goers must stand up during the National Anthem before a film starts.

[lazeeboy]

- In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you can be fined $600.

- In Thailand all cinema goers must stand up during the National Anthem before a film starts.

you can rape your wife in thailand and not be charged ..or did they just change that recently?

[mr_hippo]

It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour and until 1976 cab drivers were required by law to carry a bale of hay to feed a horse.

[Thaddeus]

- In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you can be fined $600.

- In Thailand all cinema goers must stand up during the National Anthem before a film starts.

you can rape your wife in thailand and not be charged ..or did they just change that recently?

Nice comment.... thanks for that..

From that web-site

In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

And, according to legend, if you find a Welshman within the city walls of Chester after midnight, you can shoot him ...... but it has to be with a cross-bow.

[farangsay]

- In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you can be fined $600.

- In Thailand all cinema goers must stand up during the National Anthem before a film starts.

you can rape your wife in thailand and not be charged ..or did they just change that recently?

I think they did look at this one (the current "interim government") and to level the playing field they decided it should also be OK for a wife to rape her husband.

Now there's sexual equality for you !

[sbk]

Actually, spousal rape is legal in a majority of countries in the world, so Thailand isn't so strange or unusual in that respect.

The UK has a good one, have fun enforcing this:

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

[lazeeboy]

Actually, spousal rape is legal in a majority of countries in the world, so Thailand isn't so strange or unusual in that respect.

The UK has a good one, have fun enforcing this:

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

ban on chewing gum in singapore........

[A_Traveller]

Actually, spousal rape is legal in a majority of countries in the world, so Thailand isn't so strange or unusual in that respect.

The UK has a good one, have fun enforcing this:

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

ban on chewing gum in singapore........

Singapore repealed that in 2004 however, users have to give their names and produce identification, further gum will continue to be available only at pharmacies.

Regards

[Austhaied]

The current "what time we can serve alcohol" laws in LOS. Madness.

[chavy]

Also from that Tennessee site....it is illegle to lasso a fish ???????? & it's banned from hunting whale from a moving vehicle !!!!!!!! Not sure about that one though ?

Edited August 21, 2007 by chavy

[dantilley]

Not sure if it's on that site but it's apparently illegal in Cambodia to drive with your headlights switched on in the day time.

[chavy]

what about 'In Arkansas you may not keep alligators in the bath ...sound advice. Or for all you Danes out there.."In Denmark it is NOT illegal to escape from prison"..but beware..."If caught you must serve the remainder of your sentance" !! Hmmm.

[mrbojangles]

It's a pity Boo didn't know about this one before giving birth

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

[chavy]

It's a pity Boo didn't know about this one before giving birth

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet.

Now there's a thought. A pregnant woman relieving herself in a policemans helmet

Why would she want to do that I ask myself?

[Cujobytes]

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

Anyone see the flaw in that?

[donna]

It's a pity Boo didn't know about this one before giving birth

In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet.

Now there's a thought. A pregnant woman relieving herself in a policemans helmet

Why would she want to do that I ask myself?

just because she can. :D

[soundman]

Funny thread Mid. Good stuff!

[DirkGently]

All englishmen over 14 must practice archery on a Sunday. It's true I tells ya!