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GlimmerMan

Huge Member
Arizona:

In Glendale, it is against the law for a car to back up.
In Hackberry, gargling is prohibited while flying.
In Nogales, an ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders.
 

GlimmerMan

Huge Member
Canada? There's some cool ones, actually even better than the US!

Canada:

-30% of a radio stations content must be "Canadian Content".
-You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.
-Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
-It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.
-No one in Canada may watch or listen to an encrypted broadcast which is not licensed by the Canadian government. --This means using US satellite systems such as "DirecTV" is illegal.
-It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.
-It is illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft.



Alberta:

-Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
-Wooden logs may not be painted.
-You may never use dice to play craps.
-If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

Cobourg:

If you have a water trough in your front yard it must be filled by 5:00 a.m.

Etobicoke:

Bylaw states that no more than 3.5 inches of water is allowed in a bathtub.

Gananoque:

Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks.

Guelph:

The city is classified as a no-pee zone.

Kanata:

The color of house and garage doors is regulated by city bylaws (a purple door get you a fine). It is also illegal to have a clothes line in your backyard.

You can't work on your car in the street.

Oshawa:

It's illegal to climb trees.

Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks. If sidewalks is not cleaned within 24 hours after a snowfall, city workers will clean it and the cost will be placed on the homeowners tax bill.

Ottawa:

It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

Toronto:

You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday.

Uxbridge:

Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

Wawa:

You may not paint a ladder as it will be slippery when wet.

It is illegal to show public affection on Sunday.
 

GlimmerMan

Huge Member
Hahahaha... here's some for where I live...

England (country)

Under the reign of Elizabeth I, any person found guilty of "harboring a Catholic priest" would be tortured or even hanged. Any priest of the Catholic faith that was caught would be hanged, drawn, and quartered.

With the exception of carrots, most goods may not be sold on Sunday.

All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.

London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats. (Repealed 1976)

The severest Penaltys will be suffered by any commoner who doth permit his animal to have carnal knowledge of a pet of the Royal House (enacted by George I)

It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).

It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

It is illegal to stand within one hundred yards of the reigning monarch when not wearing socks (enacted by Edward VI)

Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.

A bed may not be hung out of a window.

It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.

Mince pies can not be eaten on Christmas day.

Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked manequin.

It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.

Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.

Those wishing to use a television must buy a license. (this SH*T law is still in use today! A TV licence costs over £100 per year!)

It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour.

Destroying or defacing money is illegal.

If a steam locomotive is driven on roads, a man must walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag during the day and a red lantern at night to warn passersby.

All steam locomotives are limited to 4mph on roads.

Anal sex is prohibited.

You may not make out in public.

It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

Committing suicide is classified as a capital crime.

Interfering with the mail or sleeping with the consort of the Queen is classed as treason, and as such, carries a maximum penalty of death.

Placing a postage stamp that bears the Queen (or King) upside down is considered treason.

One may not "blemish the peace".

A license is required to keep a lunatic.

Damaging the grass is illegal.

Jesuits, Seminary Priests and other suchlike disobedient Persons must be banished.

Crazy laws in English cities:

Chester:

You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.

Hereford:

You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

Liverpool:

It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.

London:

Companies may vote in local elections.

York:

Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

This is madness... I am off to play on Virtua Cop 2!

GlimmerMan (the original one)
 
Go figure the most twisted laws would come from the inbred country that started it all :eek: :p ....But you, cookie and storm are cool...oh and that one chick from the SSBB who is never 'round
 

Mama San

Administrator
We have lots of crazy laws on the books!
Most of which the common man has never
heard of, unless one goes delving into the
"law caves"! Of couse that means going into
the city laws, county laws, state laws and then
we have the Federal laws!
Problem is, they enact and/or change the law
faster than I can change shoes! And yet an
inividual is alway supposed to "know the law"!
"Ignorance of the law is never an excuse!"
Bull!!!! Even the judges have to have their clerks
look "laws" up!!
Crazy world!!!
God bless,
Mama san
 

Amos Stevens

New Member
I also like the laws that they don't enforce! GUess because so many break that particular law they don't bother.. so why do they enforce murder & drugs?
 
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