Really Dumb Laws

[The Bread is Delicious]

I don't know any specifically for my area, but I heard once that there was a flawed law in Germany (probably been repealed or just not enforced since) that banned video games.

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.

I have heard of that too, but I can't remember where either.

 

[A random person]

Here in South Carolina, it's legal to beat your wife on the courthouse steps on Sunday. Also, oral sex is illegal, you have to bring a rifle to church on Sundays if you're an adult male to fight off Indians, permits are needed to tell fortunes and fire missiles, and you must be at least 18 to play pinball.

 

[blankedboy]

Some country in America

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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).

Eh, good point. False alarm

 

[Nargleblarg]

My areas laws aren't too crazy. But in New York City it is legal for a woman to walk around topless, no one would want to do it but it is still legal.

 

[bassdrum]

Apparently, it's illegal to walk across Boston Common without a gun, which means that a hell of a lot of tourists are now fugitives. So that's funny.

 

[Poofs]

I live in Ohio and i can think of 2 major ones
Riding a Merry Go Round on sunday is a misdemeanor

Duels are legal
as in if you take part in an officially sanctioned duel and kill the other person they cant do anything to you
did i mention this is legal?

 

[Xyphon]

It is illegal to gargle in public places.

You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

Only two people may picket on a sidewalk at a time, and they must stay at least five feet apart at all times.

Every time a person is seriously burned, he must report the injury to the fire marshal.

Louisiana is a strange place.....

 

[MeputthecaninthebininHL2]

It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burgular.

Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, a modem can?t pick up on the first ring.

Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

It is illegal to wear hot pink pants after midday Sunday.

Until the Port Arthur Killings it was legal to own an AK-47 but not legal to be gay.

Children may not purchase cigarettes, but they may smoke them.

 

[asinann]

The University of Washington must, by law, build a new building every calendar year.
It is also illegal to have sex with a virgin in Washington, but perfectly legal to have sex with an animal as long as "the animal is not in apparent distress."

 

[SeanthePsycho]

I live in Georgia...apparently it is illegal if you are 16 and play pinball after 11 pm

Also, if anyone wants to expand on their "irrational law" knowhow, you may want to visit this site. http://www.dumblaws.com/

 

[hopeneverdies]

It's considered stupid now, but back in the day it actually meant something.

In Kentucky it is illegal to carry and ice cream cone in your back pocket.

Why was this considered an offense, worthy enough to go to jail for? Simple, horses like the smell of sweets. Some thief simply puts something like ice cream in his pocket and leads a horse away while it's owner is unaware. Nowadays, travel by horse isn't exactly common so the law sort of slipped by the wayside.

 

[RebelRising]

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.

"Obviously" has no place in that statement.

 

[Insanum]

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.

"Obviously" has no place in that statement.

*sigh* i missed that Typo. Edited.

 

[Pingieking]

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

Question: The way that's worded makes it a bit ambiguous. Is it that I can't shoot an animal while the animal is in the vehicle? Or is that I can't shoot the animal while I am in a vehicle?

I don't know of any stupid laws in Nova Scotia.

 

[presidentjlh]

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.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

 

[presidentjlh]

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

...I'm okay with this.

 

[Spaghetti]

These are all British by the way

-I believe that is Illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
-It is Illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day
-It is an act of treason to place a stamp bearing the reigning Monarch's head up-side down. (Apparently I've commited treason by accident )
-In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

 

[Hyldago]

i believe there is a law in some states that says you cannot slurp your soup and another law says your pet giraffe cannot be taller then tellaphone wires.

 

[ribonuge]

The god damn blasphemy law was passed in Ireland and came into effect on January 1st. It is the biggest load of hypocritical bullshit I have been witness to in my lifetime. There's a potential ?25,000 fine for blaspheming.

But look at this

Spoiler

Micheal Martin, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, opposing attempts by Islamic States to make defamation of religion a crime at UN level, 2009: 'We believe that the concept of defamation of religion is not consistent with the promotion and protection of human rights. It can be used to justify arbitrary limitations on, or the denial of, freedom of expression. Indeed, Ireland considers that freedom of expression is a key and inherent element in the manifestation of freedom of thought and conscience and as such is complementary to freedom of religion or belief.' Just months after Minister Martin made this comment, his colleague Dermot Ahern introduced Ireland's new blasphemy law.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/01/irish-atheists-challenge-blasphemy-law

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

"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"

Fuck yeah texas


It is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday. That'n's a local one

And in case anyone is curious: YES it is illegal to urinate on the alamo