The World's Strangest Laws
And just to highlight a few.




In Victoria Australia it is forbidden to wear pink hot pants after mid-day on a Sunday.


It England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.


In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.


In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.


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 UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.


In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.


In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.


In the UK, 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.
(Six-feet is as long as my tall cousin)


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 Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.


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.


In Eureka, Nevada, USA, it is still illegal for men with moustaches to kiss women.


In Alexandria, Minnesota, USA, it is still illegal for a man who has garlic, onions or sardines on his breath to have sex with his wife.


In Logan County, Colorado, USA, it is still illegal to kiss a woman while she is asleep.


In Providence, Rhode Island, USA, it is still illegal for shop owners to sell toothpaste and toothbrushes to the same customer on a Sunday.


In St. Louis, Missouri, USA, it is still illegal for firemen to rescue women who are still in their nightdresses.


In Ames, Iowa, USA, it is still illegal for men to have three sips of beer while they are in bed with their wives.


In Oklahoma, USA, it is still illegal to make faces at a dog, a crime that could result in a prison sentence.


In Texas, USA, criminals are still required to give their victims at least 24 hours oral or written notice giving details of the crime they are about to commit.


In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, it is still an offence to take a lion into a cinema.


In Oxford, Ohio, USA, it is still illegal for a woman to undress in front of a picture of a man.


In Miami, Florida, USA, it is still illegal for anyone to imitate an animal.


In Afghanistan the Taliban militia banned women from wearing white socks just in case men find them attractive. The police are also ordered windows to be painted black to stop women being seen from the outside.


In the USA impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states.


In Iowa, USA, it is against the law to kiss for more than five minutes.


In Kentucky, USA, it is illegal to carry and ice cream cone in your pocket.


In Louisiana, USA, if you bite someone with your own teeth it is classed as 'Simple assault' but if you bite someone with your dentures it is classed as 'aggravated assault.'


In Lebanon any man may legally have sex with any animal just as long as it is a female.


In Oblong, Illinois, it is illegal to make love while fishing or hunting on your wedding day.


In Willowdale, Oregon, USA, no man may curse while having sex with his wife.


In Kingsville, Texas, USA, it is against the law for pigs to have sex on airport property.


In Florida it is illegal to have sex with a porcupine.


During World War I anyone found to be a homosexual in the French army was executed.


Hundreds of years ago in Japan anyone who attempted to leave the country was instantly executed.


Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore. *cheers*


In Bangladesh it is against the law for schoolchildren to cheat at school exams. Pupils as young as 15 can be imprisoned for this.


Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he never wore pants.


In Indiana, USA, during the 1950's, all Robin Hood films were banned because authorities thought that robbing the rich to give to the poor was an act of communism.


In Basle, Switzerland, in 1471, a cockerel was found guilty in a court of law for laying an egg "In defiance of natural law". The bird was then burnt at the stake as a "Devil in disguise".


In Stelvio, Italy, in 1519, a court issued a warrant for the arrest of a gang of moles that had severely damaged crops. The moles were sumoned to court but when they failed to appear they were sentenced to exile.


In South Bend, Indiana, USA, a monkey was once found guilty of smoking a cigarette.


In Turkey, during the 16th and 17th centuries, it was illegal to drink coffee and anyone caught doing so was sentenced to death.


In Singapore it is illegal for a person to walk around the house naked and not flushing the toilet. Also a person can be executed if they are found in possession of more than 200g of cannabis resin. Oral sex is banned unless it is used only during foreplay and if a person is caught littering the streets he is forced to make an appearance on TV with a bib around his neck saying "I'm a litterer."


In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you can be fined $600.


In Switzerland it is against the law for men to urinate standing up after 10pm which is the same time that it is illegal to flush the toilet.


In London, England, wife beating is legal just as long as it is not after 9pm and it doesn't disturb the neighbours.


In Minnesota, USA, it is still against the law to hang male and female underwear together on the same washing line.


In England, in 1837, a law was passed that entitled a woman to bite off a man's nose if he kissed her against her will!


In California, USA, in 1986, Judge Samuel King became so annoyed that jurors were absent from his court because of heavy rain that he issued a decree which stated "I hereby order that it cease raining by Tuesday."
Amazingly it stopped raining on Tuesday and California suffered a 5 year drought.
In 1991 the judge then decreed "Rain shall fall in California beginning February 27th." Later that day California had the heaviest rainfall in ten years.




Our little red dot appeared twice. Happy National Day.