Showing posts with label Funny Laws Worldwide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Funny Laws Worldwide. Show all posts

Funny Laws Worldwide

1) In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
2) In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
3)In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
4) Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
5) Flying Kites is Illegal according to Indian Posts and Telegraph Act
6) In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
7) In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
8) In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
9) In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
10) You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
11) In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
12) In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
13) It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!
14) In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
15) In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State 16) Assembly is in session.
16) In Georgia, US, donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
17) It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
18) You are more likely to get a ticket if you drive barefooted.
19) New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.
20) In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
21) A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.
22) In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on 23) haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
24) In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
25) In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
26) Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
27) In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
28) In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
29) California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
30) In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
31) Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
32) Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
33) The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
34) New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
35) Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting!
36) Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick
37) It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.
38) It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
39) It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska!
40) It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
41) It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!