What are some crazy laws in your country?

[Masquerouge]

The Norway part of that site is absolutly dreadful. Some of those laws are perfectly rational.

Well let's see the French part.

Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, 70% of music on the radio must be by French artists.

True. That's the whole "cultural exception" thing. Wether it's stupid or not is a whole different matter.

It is illegal to kiss on railways in France.

Might be true, but is certainly not enforced.

No pig may be addressed as Napoleon by its owner.

Might be true, but is certainly not enforced.

It is illegal to take photos of police officers or police vehicles, even if they are just in the background.

Might be true, not enforced.
(there's a pattern here)

It is forbidden without a cemetery plot to die on the territory of the commune.

An ashtray is considered to be a deadly weapon.

again.

What bothers me is that there is not one single link to the French Civil Code, where all French laws are written.

 

[Riesstiu IV]

Cresskill, NJ (near my hometown):
All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.

That actually seems like an ok law to me, even though I doubt it would be enforced. Not to long ago, our neighbors cat killed a Cardinal that was nesting in our tree.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

Minors are not allowed to handle alcoholic beverages in resturants. The other day my family went to a family-owned Indian resturant and my parents boy ordered a beer. However, it took ten minutes to get it because the one waiter was the 17 year old son and it would be illegal for him to carry two beers 20 feet from the fridge to the table.

 

[Cuivienen]

It's not minors, IIRC it's anyone under 21.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

[qoute="dumblaws.com"]It is illegal to repaint a house without a painting license and the government's permission.[qoute]
My neighbour was fined $3 000 for that (and rebiulding the outside of his house)

 

[Whomp]

Arizona is still the wild, wild west where one doesn't need a permit to carry a gun but the weapon has to be obvious and visible when worn. I was in a dive bar in Tucson once and the bartender kindly asked a guy to put his gun behind the bar while he was on the premises.

I still think it's illegal in Phoenix to walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on.

 

[Red Door]

In Virginia, it's illegal to take a bath outdoors.

 

[salty mud]

In Edinburgh it's legal to kill a man with a crossbow!

 

[salty mud]

Well let's see the French part.


True. That's the whole "cultural exception" thing. Wether it's stupid or not is a whole different matter.


Might be true, but is certainly not enforced.


Might be true, but is certainly not enforced.


Might be true, not enforced.
(there's a pattern here)

again.

What bothers me is that there is not one single link to the French Civil Code, where all French laws are written.

This is a thread to state stupid laws in your country, not show if they are in use or not, because they obviously aren't.

 

[Masquerouge]

This is a thread to state stupid laws in your country, not show if they are in use or not, because they obviously aren't.

Ah but see the first French law on dumblaws.com is still very much enforced!

 

[NKVD]

Enforced in Quebec : Margarine cannot be yellow...only butter...

 

[NKVD]

[qoute="dumblaws.com"]It is illegal to repaint a house without a painting license and the government's permission.[qoute]
My neighbour was fined $3 000 for that (and rebiulding the outside of his house)

isnt only on historic houses? that makes sense and also the case in Canada

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

"In Calgary there is a by-law that is still on the books that requires businesses within the city to provide rails for tying up horses."

 

[Whomp]

Pennsylvania residents can't fire a cannon at a wedding and gubernatorial candidates cannot participate in duels.

 

[Rossiya]

In some US state, I think California, it is illegal to walk backwards down a hill eating a banana.

 

[Mirc]

Really? Where did you hear that? It sounds a little made up...

 

[BirraImperial]

In my country it is illegal to sell alcohol the day before, the same day, and the day after elections.

I don't know if this is stupid or crazy.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

In my country it is illegal to sell alcohol the day before, the same day, and the day after elections.

I don't know if this is stupid or crazy.

It's both! You need alcohol the day before when you think about any of the candidates leading your country, the day of when you think about actually having to elect one of them, and the day after when you see that one of them actually won.

 

[Rossiya]

Really? Where did you hear that? It sounds a little made up...

No, I think I heard it from a school assembly or something.

 

[Sidhe]

In my country it is illegal to sell alcohol the day before, the same day, and the day after elections.

I don't know if this is stupid or crazy.

Sounds quite sensible, have you ever tried making a rational and considered decision with a hangover

And going on a three day bender generally makes you quite bad tempered at least in my experience. It's never wise to mix anything with politics particularly not booze.

The only crazy laws I can remember are that it's illegal to steal firewood from the Kings land, punishment is having your knackers cut off, old Saxon law, Driving a pig across London Bridge is illegal. And of course the famous it's legal to shoot a Welshman with a crossbow in Shropshire on the weekend, damn Celtic savages

I believe also it is still legal to unrinate on the offroad side of a cabs back wheel, and if you need to urinate, a policeman is legally bound to find a place for yopu to do so, although I'm not so sure about this one and it may well mean you spend a night in the cells, since you can do it there