Really Dumb Laws

[leviathanmisha]

So Escapist, do you have any really dumb laws where you live?

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

We also have a law in Chicago that ugly people can't come outside.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

There's plenty of dumb laws here in Ohio..but they're not very widely enforced because of just how stupid and nonsensical they are

 

[Julianking93]

All of them!

 

[Dragon_of_red]

I dont think my town has any, but the nagain i dont know much laws sooo i wouldnt know.

I Heard in New York that if you walk a horse into a bar they are obliged to feed it.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

At one time, margarine was illegal.
It is illegal to kiss on a train.
Livestock have the right-of-way on public roads.

So sayth the google about wisconsin laws

 

[Insanum]

Pregnant women can urinate into a policemans hat. (I dont think he/she doesnt have to wear the hat afterwards)

Seems like a Stupid law to me.

 

[killgannon]

I'm not sure if it's still a law or not but 6 years ago when I was studying law in college my lecturer told us that it's legal to shoot a welshman with a crossbow providing he is standing within the boundaries of a particular castle, I think it's in Cornwall but I may be mistaken.

 

[GodKlown]

Ohio kicked one in this year that says if you don't turn on your headlights when your windshield wipers are going, you can get fined. Their purpose was that if you need to run your wipers, visibility must be poor and you need to inform other drivers that you think you can't see. So if you drive under a flock of birds suffering from the hot poops, turn on your headlights. Quite stupid.

 

[killgannon]

Pregnant women can urinate into a policemans hat. (obviously he/she doesnt have to wear the hat afterwards)

Seems like a Stupid law to me.

I saw that on QI so I asked a policeman when I was out one night, he wasn't impressed.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

All of Britain:

Water Tanks are required by law to be on the upper most levels of the house.

Why? Because if Napoleon rides up the Thames and lights houses on fire, the water needs to run down so London's Burning doesn't happen again. (I am not joking)

Also, in Liverpool, it is legal for a saleswoman in an exotic fish store to work topless.

 

[Bobtowna]

In California, it is illegal to shoot any animal in a vehicle exept for a whale.

 

[evilartist]

ugh If any of these dumb laws existed where I live (near Los Angeles), I just know the police here would enforce them like crazy. Those of you who live around or in L.A. know what I'm talking about.

 

[Psycosis]

Apparently in Australia all taxis are required by law to have a bale of hay in the trunk,
Yeah I don't get it either

 

[Irridium]

Evidently it is illegal to break into houses for shits-n-giggles.

Who's the dumbass who made that law?

 

[ethaninja]

Some country in America "You are not allowed to kiss a woman while she is sleeping". Guess that cancles out the date rape drug I was planning... oh well.

 

[DoctorNick]

The 1934 NFA and the GCA of 1968...

*cough*

Well, here in Idaho:

Riding a merry-go-round on Sundays is considered a crime.
Residents may not fish from a giraffe's back. (Boise)
A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their face. (Pocatello)

 

[Brad Shepard]

Its illigal to Whael in ohio... damnit, now i have to cancel my plans to go to sea world.

 

[blankedboy]

Some country in America

...

QUOTE OF THE DECADE! SOMEONE CALL 4CHAN

 

[Steindorh]

Some country in America

...

QUOTE OF THE DECADE! SOMEONE CALL 4CHAN

Well, he might mean Canada, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, The United States of North America, or any other country on the continent of America, southern or northern. He's just not sure which country it is. I fail to see why this is the quote of the decade. =S

OT : Here in Iceland we probably have many silly laws that no one knows about and aren't enforced, but I do remember that we used to have a law (revoked in 1993) that if you killed a Turk you could not be prosecuted (sorry, don't know the proper way to say that in English).

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

We also have a law in Chicago that ugly people can't come outside.

That is a badass law. Stupid, yes, but it shows Chicago don't fuck around.

Anyways, california has a lot of dumb laws that are actually enforced. Mostly involving budgeting. My college is cutting 406 units and firing 30 teachers. They're also completely tearing down an old building (which needs some minor renovations, yes but is otherwise fine) and replacing it with a new building, which if it's anything like the last one, will cost way more than it's worth with pointless things like "modern art" (aka shit) styling in the archetexture.

Any logical human being would say "just use that money to fix the old classrooms and don't fire the teachers," but they can't legally do that, and if they don't use that money, the state of california (who initially put taxes into it) doesn't get it back, oh no, it goes to the federal government, which is why they're buying a whole bunch of pointless expensive shit.