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ThursdayThirteen#4: Stupid Laws Around The World
Posted by Willa on October 15, 2008 under Writing Memes—–I thought I’ll be run out of idea what to post today for Thursday Thirteen until I heard on the radio this morning,on Bob & Tom,they interviewed a guy and he read them a list of some stupid laws in America,and I was like,hey,I can do that!,then I just type in Yahoo! ,”stupid laws around the world” too bad we only need thirteen because I found plenty of them,Here are they:
- In Bozeman, Montana, a law prohibits all sexual activity from the front yard of a home after sundown.
- In South Carolina,it is legal to beat your wife on the court house steps on Sundays.
- 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.
- In Athens, Greece, a driver’s license can be taken away if the driver is thought to be either “poorly dressed” or “unbathed”.
- In Calgary Alberta, there is still a by-law that requires businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses.
- In Oklahoma, you can be arrested for making ugly faces at a dog. ( What if it’s an ugly dog…?)
- In Wilbur, Washington, it is illegal to ride an ugly horse. ( but can you make faces at him? )
- In Switzerland, it is illegal for a man to relieve himself while standing up after 10pm.( even with the light on? )
- In Jidda, Saudi Arabia, women were banned from using swimming pools in 1979.
- In Samoa, it’s a crime to forget your own wife’s birthday…(don’t you wish your husband live there?)
- In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered “simple assault,” but biting someone with your dentures is “aggravated assault.”
- In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without first having a bath. (However, another law prohibits bathing on Sunday)
- In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is: Death. ( Go figure…
Funny list! Except #9, which I suspect is the only one of those laws that is actually enforced, and is just one of many laws there that is designed to preserve women’s status as second class citizens.
I bet the good citizens of Mass. show up for work very tired every Monday morning! (Thanks for visiting my TT)
Wow, what a great idea for your TT. I can’t believe these are actual laws. How crazy is that? Loved the list. Thanks for sharing and happy TT!
I’m staying off the courthouse steps in SC on Sundays. And out of Mass. on Sundays. In fact, I’m stayinjg in!
Thanks for the fun!
I grew up in a small town in South Carolina where it was illegal to race your billy goat down the main street. It was also illegal to shout support for the Kiser.
Great list!
SJR
The Pink Flamingo
So, you can have sex in the daylight in Montana?? And who made up the beat your wife law?? Id like to kick his butt, because you know it was a man. Happy TT and thanks for stopping by
LOL I love #13.
Great List!
Happy TT!
I wonder who the ugly horse judge was when that law was passed.
Apparently the teeth one is likely due to the difference between attacking someone with a part of your body and attacking them with a foreign object (yes, I really did ask a lawyer). Still weird, but at least there’s an explanation
Hahahah! I love no. 10 the most.
LOL! There are really some ridiculous laws on the books.
OK - Those are some crazy laws. What a great idea for a TT post. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Great list. I have a whole book on the crazy laws of my country, England.
Oh my…no sex in your own front yard. What kind of place is that?! *LOL*
What a funny list. Thanks for stopping by!
I like the one about New York and jumping off buildings.
I think I have seen these before, but they are funny each and every time. Thanks for the chuckles.
Thank you for coming to visit my blog last night.
I’ve enjoyed reading yours this am. Great TT list!
The poorly-dressed drivers law in Athens is definitely my favorite.
Greece has the right idea….get smelly drivers off the road!
Great TT.
Oh these are funny. I never tire of reading these kinds of TTs….that last one…that just cracked me up!!!
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my Thursday blog. You made my day!! Hope your day treats you well.
Hi, Willa,
Great idea for a Thursday 13.
Doesn’t it make you glad, though, that somebody really cared about a dog’s feelings? (Bad about the wife-beating, though!)
Thanks for visiting my Ten on Tuesday.
Great list. I like the Samoa one a lot.
wow that’s quite a list and a lot of work. Just dropping in to say hi. you should see all of the work that MolliPop and I did for Jean with her hand bag tag.
Happy day
Good TT!!
In Carrollton, GA. it is illegal for many women to live in one house. It is then considered a brothel. Therefore the University had to build a dorm and give each floor to a different sorority.
fun tt! please visit mine!
#13 is just too silly! Happy TT
With the price of gas more places might want to consider providing a place to tie up your horse.
#8 should be a law everywhere - lights or not
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On #1, seems like they should prohibit sex on the front yard BEFORE sundown, doesn’t it? LOL
So so funny! Thanks for sharing…
The weird laws in the world never cease to amaze me…especially the ones that are outdated and bizarre but for some reason, still on the books!
Have a great weekend!
Those are so ridiculous. I wonder who is so bored that they think this stuff up?? Thanks for sharing..