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Mike posted a thread asking where we were all from... Well, I found this interesting website that gives you a list of all the dumbest laws each one of your city,state,country..etc... has. Plus! It is international. You can read up on the dumbest international laws. Hope you all enjoy!I really did!
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what??there's no way those laws can be for real
In Washington DC it used to be illegal to fly a kite in a national park!
Susie
Sweden didn´t have any funny stupid laws. :/
Or wait, maybe I should be thankfull. :)
Thanks for the link!
I found a really stupid one from my state:
*Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.*
Nothing's mentioned about MEN doing their own hair...
Talk about discrimination! LOL
Schools have to pay a certain amount of money to the Author Right Agency for singing songs.
My country is out of wack...
Well, the dumbest law in Oregon I think was "It is illegal to whisper "dirty" things in your lover's ear during sex."
There were two entries for the Netherlands, but I didn't think the ones stated were dumb... Excuse me for the mild political nature of this post :-).
"Dumb" laws:
1) It is legal to smoke pot, buy it, or have less than 5 grams with you.
2)Prostitution is legal but the prostitutes must pay taxes like any other business.
Why is 2 dumb? This way brothels can be monitered. Legalisation has allowed law-enforcement in this area: Social- and health laws can be enacted to ensure that prostitutes are not victims of trafficking. There are prostitution unions that also help maintain control of the prostitution.
All these advantages versus the moral issue of it all. Well. It's an easy choice for the Dutch :-).
I never really looked at the netherlands laws. I think your laws make absolute sense ;-)!
Indiana:
They got me covered...
"Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide."
Darn those immoral puppet shows...
"If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices."
Close enough for government work apparently...
"The value of Pi is 3."
So that's what that stench is...
"Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March."
And we wonder why health care is so messed up...
"You can get out of paying for a dependent's medical care by praying for him/her."
There are a bunch more. Thankfully, Colorado's aren't nearly as bad.
Yeah, well, at least you can cross state lines with a duck on your head. (Minnesota)
Wonder if that's good for hair...probably not if the duck hasn't...um...done anything for a while. ;-)
Mouse