Wednesday, May 18, 2011

A bit of fun: Amusing laws that have never been revoked!



We wanted to share with you a few amusing laws that still exist around the world:

In Florida, try not to have a too big argument with your loved one. It is stipulated by law that if you break more than three plates a day because of an argument; you could end up in jail!

In Kentucky, a law says, “no woman can be seen wearing a bathing suit unless she is with two police officers or equipped with a club”. An amendment has been added later saying that the law doesn’t apply to women who are less than 27kgs or more than 90kgs.

In Kansas it is against the law to ask for ask ice cream if you are eating a cherry pie!

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

In Minnesota, law forbids you to hang out male and female underwear on the same clothesline!

In Kentucky, if a man pushes his wife out of the bed because she has cold feet, he could end up in jail!

In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

In the UK, a few funny laws have never been revoked:
- it is against the law to allow a boy who is less than 10years old to watch a naked dummy.
- It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
- a man who feels the need to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
- a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants; even, in a policeman’s helmet if she requests to.
- It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
- if you are a woman, you are not able to eat chocolate in public transports, says a law of 1800.
- In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
- In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

In Island, it is forbidden to blow on a streetlamp.

In Hawaii, you cannot laugh loudly in public after 10pm.

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