Some of the Worlds most Strangest Laws
Posted by randomnews.net on 3 March, 2009
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Did you know that it is illegal to die in Britain’s Houses of Parliament? Or that in France it is against the law to name a pig Napoleon?
Some other madcap rules include a Florida law that says single women can be jailed for parachuting on Sundays or a London law that forbids taxis from carrying rabid dogs or corpses.
- Here is a weird London road laws it is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
- It is against the law to die in the Britain Houses of Parliament. Even though a few people wish they did.
- It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down. By the way, Treason is the only type of crime in Britain that still carry’s the death penalty.
- In France, it is illegal to call a pig Napoleon.
- Under the U.K.’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing. Mmmm
- With Alabama road laws, it is unlawful for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.
- Many people query what are the laws in Ohio for underage drinking. But one of the funny laws in the state of Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk. Yes believe it people.
- Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
- In the U.K., a pregnant woman can lawfully relieve herself anywhere she wishes — even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
- In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
- In Miami, Fla., it is illegal to skateboard in a police station. They just have to spoil the fun
- In Indonesia, the punishment for masturbation is decapitation. But which head?
- In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
- London, Freemen are authorized to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.
- In el salvador drinking and driving laws, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
- Now for a UK law that I must remember. a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
- In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
- In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long. So a machete is just fine then
- Chester, England, 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 Boulder, Colo., it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet — the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders.”
- In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
- In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
- In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.
- The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the king; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the queen — in case she needs the bones for her corset.
I think I may start a new page dedicated to the most Strangest
Here is a video clip that i have musted of some more Strangest Laws
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