Dumb Laws

[Camaroyenko]

It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.

That can be easily misinterpreted...

 

[Ross]

In White Mountain National Park, New Hampshire...

If a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or many other kind things without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for ”maintaining the national forest without a permit”.

Oops, I went skiing in this exact place and picked up litter.

 

[Slash]

I knew of a few of these. So stupid.

 

[Liquid]

A commonly quoted dumb law in the UK goes as thus;

If a pure blooded Welshman is within the city walls of the English border city of Chester on a Sunday at 00:00, an Englishman may kill him using a longbow and arrow.

However, this is false. Murderer would be sent straight to jail, not passing Go and not collecting £200.

 

[Carbonox]

In Florida there's no death penalty, but an old law is in place that the penalty for horse theft is hanging...

 

[Omnis]

Except judges provide sentencing.

 

[Carbonox]

In California, there's even weirder stuff.

It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

 

[Slash]

In NY it's a felony to shoot at anything from a moving vehicle. But I can see why here. ^^^That's just dumb.

 

[hawkeye122]

In the Near-by city of Chico, CA (Once home to Playboys' "Party University of the Year- CSU Chico) There is a law which bans the possession of Nuclear weapons

City Governments with too much time on their hands...

Edit:
"No person shall produce, test, maintain, or store within the city a nuclear weapon, component of a nuclear weapon, nuclear weapon delivery system, or component of a nuclear weapon delivery system under penalty of Chapter 9.60.030 of the Chico Municipal Code."

 

[Crispy]

^Well, I don't think they'll really be able to fine that person anyway...

 

[Lizard]

Fine is rather small compared to what people will give you under the threat.

 

[RTSolvalou]

Troll thread. Some of the australian ones have got to be fake.

 

[hawkeye122]

^Dont believe me?

http://www.chico.ca.us/government/municipal_code.asp

Go to this link, Click on "Title 9", allow the PDF to open, and find Chapter 9.60

 

[Famine]

A commonly quoted dumb law in the UK goes as thus;

However, this is false. Murderer would be sent straight to jail, not passing Go and not collecting £200.

Sort of.

The law is there as written and has never been repealed. So it is an extant dumb law. It's just it has been superceded by other laws and effectively annulled without being literally repealed, so it'd result in a murder charge if you were a good shot.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Only licensed electricians may change a light bulb..

I was talking to a friend last week who worked at a construction site, he mentioned that the light went out in the toilets at the site and they actually had to stop one of the electricians there from doing their job so they could change the light bulb!

 

[plate88]

Ohio drivers education manual states that you have to honk your horn when passing another car. I tried this awhile back and got nothing but some real nasty looks or the "you're number one" finger.

In Ohio, no one may be arrested on Sunday or the Fourth of July.

Its illegal to get fish drunk in Ohio.

Its illegal to fish for whales on Sunday in Ohio.

Illegal to have more than five women living in the same house in Ohio. I'm going to have to agree with this one.

Columbus, OH: Its illegal to sell Corn Flakes on Sunday.

Lima, OH: A map that does not clearly show the town Lima may not be sold.

Marion, OH: You cannot eat a doughnut and walk backwards on a city street.

Paulding, OH: A policeman may bite a dog to quiet him.

So if I just happen to be fishing for whales on Sunday, I can't be arrested. What, wait.......

Best thread ever. I love some of these laws.

 

[axletramp]

UK Laws:

One may not drive a cow while drunk. The Licensing Act of 1872 explains that operating a cow while intoxicated carries a prison sentence or a £200 fine.

Any whale discovered on the British Coast, must be offered to the Crown. The head belongs to the King and the tail goes to the Queen for use in making her corsets.

 

[afbarnes]

Heres one you may or may not know but in the UK it is illegal to die in the houses of parliament.

For saleswoman in Liverpool they are allowed to go topless but only in shops selling tropical fish

In Germany it is illegal to run out of petrol on the autobahn

In Glendale AZ it is illegal to reverse a car

It is illegal to carry a comb in your pocket in Alabama

It is illegal to hang a bed out of a window in the UK

I can't qoute on my iPhone but who ever asked about not being able to urinate standing after 10pm that's in Switzerland

 

[Lizard]

Although repealed in the 1800's this existed.

Suicide is a crime punishable by death.

 

[DG_Silva]

In Germany it is illegal to run out of petrol on the autobahn

It's illegal in the UK too.

 

[Frostyboys]

I live in georgia
hmmmm

 

[Wenders]

I was talking to a friend last week who worked at a construction site, he mentioned that the light went out in the toilets at the site and they actually had to stop one of the electricians there from doing their job so they could change the light bulb!

At my work we have to call in the electrician to change a light bulb too, sounds pretty dumb and I think he had to come down to your work to buy the light bulb to put in the light socket last time we needed one changed. Sounds silly but it is all to do with Occupational Health & Safety Laws.

 

[Ibonibo]

Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'

http://news.yahoo.com/critics-blast-tennessees-no-holding-hands-bill-141632130.html

rofl, I will not comment as some might take it as an attack against their national pride, but....

 

[Bobert power]

Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill'

http://news.yahoo.com/critics-blast-tennessees-no-holding-hands-bill-141632130.html

rofl, I will not comment as some might take it as an attack against their national pride, but....

As a native of Tennessee, i agree of how stupid this is. Sometimes, I wish we had our old governor.

 

[Famine]

In California:

It is illegal to buy, sell, produce or consume foie gras.

 

[W3H5]

In California:

It is illegal to buy, sell, produce or consume foie gras.

I disagree with it being a dumb law as it doesn't really startle one with its stupidity.

I will, however, agree that it is ridiculous to ban such a great tasting food because of its production method. (If that's the reason for the ban)

 

[marluxiaXI11]

Now I wonder what it tastes like.

 

[W3H5]

Similar to liver pate. Goes great with some French bread!

 

[marluxiaXI11]

I'll have to see if I can try some next time I go to Arizona.

 

[W3H5]

Well worth it. If you can imagine peanut butter's texture but with the taste of gooseishness...

I've usually had it as an entrée but it's very easy to eat a whole can of it by yourself!