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Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: slave on 25 March 2003, 10:04
Check out (http://www.dumblaws.com/states/states.php?State=Louisiana) some of the dumb laws on the books in Louisiana (where I live)

Some of my favorite:

It is illegal to shoot lasers at police officers.

Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."

It is illegal to gargle in public places.

You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

No person may predict another's future.

It is illegal to have sex with a cow.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: avello500 on 25 March 2003, 13:00
in arizona you can still be hung for stealing a horse.
also oral sex is illegal
but congress has debated and agreed that every household shall be able to have 6 dildos.
also you can still carry a gun in public, you can carry it concieled w/a permit
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Calum on 25 March 2003, 14:18
there are some really dumb laws in england (there aren't quite so many dumb ones in scotland, but there are a few crackers)

one of my favourite ones is that in one english town (i forget where) it is legal to shoot a welshman (this town is on the welsh border) after the sun has gone down on one particular date of the year (again, i forget which date). the reason is that one high born english nobleman once shot a welshman after dark there on that day and they needed to quickly bring in a law that made it legal!

also if you are a woman and you wear makeup in england then you can still be sentenced to death by burning as punishment.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: flap on 25 March 2003, 16:11
quote:
Originally posted by Calum: crusader for justice & peace:
one of my favourite ones is that in one english town (i forget where) it is legal to shoot a welshman (this town is on the welsh border) after the sun has gone down on one particular date of the year (again, i forget which date). the reason is that one high born english nobleman once shot a welshman after dark there on that day and they needed to quickly bring in a law that made it legal!


It's chester.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Calum on 25 March 2003, 19:29
and your bonus for five, which day of the year is it?
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: flap on 25 March 2003, 19:51
According to the internet it's not a specific day.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: TheQuirk on 26 March 2003, 03:13
http://www.dumblaws.com/ (http://www.dumblaws.com/)
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: xyle_one on 26 March 2003, 03:19
?!!
 
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Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.

wtf. this is in chico by the way.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pantso on 26 March 2003, 05:04
I'm... speachless.   :eek:    :eek:   I'm sure we have really dumb laws here in Greece as well, but I don't know of any one, sorry. This is funny stuff though!   :D
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: cahult on 26 March 2003, 05:07
Didn
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pantso on 26 March 2003, 05:10
quote:
Originally posted by cahult:
Didn
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 26 March 2003, 21:09
In Uxbridge,Canada:

 
quote:
Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Refalm on 26 March 2003, 21:16
The laws over here aren't dumb at all, they are quite cool. Legal drugs and huckers for everyone  :D

http://www.dumblaws.com/countries/countries.php?Country=Netherlands (http://www.dumblaws.com/countries/countries.php?Country=Netherlands)
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 27 March 2003, 04:48
I can't remember where, but in a certain city in the US it is illegal to jump off a skyscraper. The penalty is death.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 27 March 2003, 04:53
quote:
Originally posted by Panos:
I'm... speachless.     :eek:        :eek:     I'm sure we have really dumb laws here in Greece as well, but I don't know of any one, sorry. This is funny stuff though!     :D  


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Couldn't resist posting this, even though its already been posted here.

[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead ]

Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Calum on 27 March 2003, 15:16
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead:
I can't remember where, but in a certain city in the US it is illegal to jump off a skyscraper. The penalty is death.


40 points to whoever thought tha one up!

i can imagine him (whoever it was) sniggering away in his office when he thought of that law!
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Siplus on 28 March 2003, 07:55
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead:
I can't remember where, but in a certain city in the US it is illegal to jump off a skyscraper. The penalty is death.

lol
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: billy_gates on 28 March 2003, 10:24
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead:


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Couldn't resist posting this, even though its already been posted here.

[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead ]


this is why I don't want to leave the US
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Kintaro on 28 March 2003, 12:41
quote:
Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:
It is illegal to have sex with a cow.

Well screw moving to america then :)
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: DJ on 29 March 2003, 22:26
This one is my favorite from New Orleans

 
quote:
It illegal for a woman to drive a car unless her husband is waving a flag in front of it.


Dj
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 30 March 2003, 00:05
X11, have some respect for the late void main for crying out loud!
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: DC on 30 March 2003, 23:28
quote:
Originally posted by Macman: LITERALLY a knucklehead:
I can't remember where, but in a certain city in the US it is illegal to jump off a skyscraper. The penalty is death.


You do, of course, realize that jumping off a scyscraper while wearing a parachute is also jumping off a scyscraper? No idea why people want to do that, but some do.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: slave on 30 March 2003, 23:33
But why is the penalty death?  Even murderers don't usually get the death penalty (except in Texas)
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Canadian Lover on 17 August 2003, 06:02
here's my favrate from my city (Montreal)

 
quote:
The Queen Elizabeth Hotel must feed your horse freely when you rent a room.  
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: jtpenrod on 17 August 2003, 13:51
quote:
Check out some of the dumb laws on the books in Louisiana (where I live)

Some of my favorite:

It is illegal to shoot lasers at police officers.
That isn't a dumb law at all. You need to keep in mind that there are laser gunsights. Shining a laser pointer at a cop could get you killed, as the officer wouldn't have any way to know that he wasn't being targeted from a laser gunsight.
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Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: cahult on 17 August 2003, 16:15
The law allowing M
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Stryker on 17 August 2003, 17:06
quote:
Originally posted by cahult:
The law allowing M
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 17 August 2003, 17:47
M$ is proof that capitalism has failed.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: bossesjoe on 17 August 2003, 19:04
quote:
Originally posted by Macman:
M$ is proof that capitalism has failed.

that goes in my sig
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: cahult on 17 August 2003, 20:13
quote:
Originally posted by Stryker:


hmm... where's that one written?    :confused:  


I hoped we had written one here  ;)
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: jasonlane on 17 August 2003, 20:52
Here in the UK It's still a legal requirement for males aged between 16 and 60 to practice Archery every Wednesday. No t so dumb actually, I'm going to be getting a proper english longbow when I have the money. English War bows had a pulling weight of 150 lb!

Also it's illegal to paint chairs on Blackheath Common (I think it blackheath), Blackheath is an old park in London.

It's also NOT (or last I heard anyway) illegal to urinate on the back wheel of a hackney carriage (Taxi).
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: mobrien_12 on 18 August 2003, 02:22
quote:
Originally posted by Linux User #5225982375:

It is illegal to have sex with a cow.


*wonders why L.U. thinks this is a bad law*

j/k

On a more serious note, the laser law is a very good idea.  Lasers are not weapons like star trek but they make very very effective blinding weapons.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 18 August 2003, 03:45
Yeah, lasers made me go blind, with a combination of reading in the dark.
Title: Dumb Laws
Post by: ciaran on 19 August 2003, 19:37
where i went to university - TCD, Dublin - you were entitled to a glass of port if you presented your sword (with your family coat of arms) before an exam... also as a student your cattle, sheep and pigs were entitled to graze on college green (now a cricket pitch and football pitch)...!!! hilarious...  (http://smile.gif)