We have all heard of some pretty silly laws. Here are twenty-five of the craziest I have ever heard of. (With the exception of #25, I think it is an unwritten law everywhere...)
1. In Bozeman, Montana, a law prohibits all sexual activity from the front yard of a home after sundown. 2. In Salt Lake County, Utah, it's illegal to walk down the street carrying a violin in a paper bag. 3. In San fransisco, it's illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner. 4. In Devon, Texas, it is against the law to make furniture while you are nude. 5. In Oklahoma, you can be arrested for making ugly faces at a dog. ( What if it's an ugly dog...?) 6. In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour. 7. In Florida men seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown can be fined. 8. In South carolina it is legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays. 9. In Tennessee, you are breaking the law if you drive while sleeping... 10. In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is: Death. ( Go figure...) 11. In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires. 12. In Pennsylvania, it's against the law to tie a dollar bill on a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up. 13. In New York City, it's illegal for a restaurant to call a sandwich a "corned beef sandwich" if it's made with white bread and mayonnaise. ( I agree 100%! ) 14. In California it is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license. 15. In France, it is against the law to sell an "E.T" doll. They have a law forbidding the sale of dolls that do not have human faces. 16. In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away if the driver is thought to be either "poorly dressed" or "unbathed" 17. In Calgary Alberta, there is still a by-law that requires businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses. 18. In Wilbur, Washington, it is illegal to ride an ugly horse. ( but can you make faces at him? ) 19. In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered "simple assault," but biting someone with your dentures is "aggravated assault." 20. In the state of Washington, it is illegal to have sex with a virgin under any circumstances. (Including the wedding night.) 21. In Switzerland, it is illegal for a man to relieve himself while standing up after 10pm.( even with the light on? ) 22. In Florida, it is illegal to fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays. 23. In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without first having a bath. (However, another law prohibits bathing on Sunday) 24. In Jidda, Saudi Arabia, women were banned from using hotel Swimmin Pools in 1979. 25. In Samoa, it's a crime to forget your own wife's birthday...
BTW I took a shower before I went to bed last night and I live in Mass. Am I breaking rule #23? :P Or the other whatever rule that prohibits you from bathing on Sunday
Just thought I would add one from here in the UK since there aren't any on the list.
It is illegal to die while in the houses of parliament.
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Until recently (like the 70s or something) all taxis were required to carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats in the boot of the car on Sundays. The other one that springs to mind is that it is legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow & arrow after midnight within the walls of Chester on something like the first Monday of the month or something.
We have all heard of some pretty silly laws. Here are twenty-five of the craziest I have ever heard of. (With the exception of #25, I think it is an unwritten law everywhere...)
16. In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away if the driver is thought to be either "poorly dressed" or "unbathed" War_Munger
no i'm from athens,greece and that's not real,don't know who came up with this:P.But a law that is a little strange is that you can't walk on the street naked from the waist and above.Well for women it's pretty logical,but that includes men too:)
6. In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour.
This strangly makes sense, if you saw topgear you'ld know that a motocylyist doing 120mph was caught by a speed camera but as he had fallen off the bike he claimed he wasn't contorling the vehicle and so he got no speeding fine
In the U.S, laws are made at state level... It's kinda stupid how a lot of them are totally random. I think most of them are just made up on the spot as jokes...
And about it being illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament here in the UK: Wtf? I think I have heard that one before somewhere and I just find it rather stupid... Say the Primeminister was to have a heart attack in there, will his corpse be prosecuted? lol, such random stuff...
And shooting Scotsmen with a Bow and arrow within those constraints? SWEET! I'm gonna take my Scottish mate there and shoot him.. :D
Any more random and stupid UK laws? I wanna go break some really pointless ones, lol
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