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What's the weirdest/funniest law you know of?

I'm from Herefordshir in England and here it is the right of an Englishman to use a long bow to shoot a Welshman if he is on the cathedral grounds on a Sunday...
Fact.
Mental aint it?!


    




old know all
And in York, you can shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow any day of the week.

The only crime in the UK carrying the death penalty is impersonating a Chelsea Pensioner with intent to draw his pension. The European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act effectively ended the death penalty in the UK, but neither can override the Chelsea Hospital's royal charter.


General H
Several.

It's against the law to teach your chimpanzee to smoke cigars in Chicago.

It's against the law to open an umbrella on the sidewalk in Marietta Georgia.

In a certain town in Kentucky it's against the law to leave your dead horse on the side of the road for more than three days.


Take your pick, every state has it's dumb laws.


Andie
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In Utah in America you cannot walk down the street with a violin in a paper bag.. it is illegal!


Pickle
In the Uk it is legal for a pregnant women to urinate where she likes - including a policemans helmet if she asks to!


sheedy129
that it would be illegal to beat the crap out of any of the lads from westlife..... whats the world coming to?


Oswald W
If you run over a mangy Dog ,you are bound to report it to the Police . However if you ran over a prize Cat ,you need not do a thing . Cats are classed as Vermin . Weird .


nosdda
Believe this one then........It is against the law to push a pram on the pavement. This law was made in Queen Victorias days when prams (short for perambulators) were big and bulky and took up most of the pavement. There was very little traffic on the roads then to worry about. It was mostly horses and bicycles. This law still exsists and has never been removed from the statute book.


Ross H
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I don't have a favourite so here's a few!
In Alabama
Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday

You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.

In Arizona

A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

Tucson: Women may not wear pants.

When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses


chris
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well i know in some state in america its illegal to wear funny comical mustaches in church... that make people giggle lol

and its also illegal to murder..... thats strange??!!!


chippie_minton
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I'ts illegal to detonate a nuclear weapon in the city limits of Los Angeles.


graeme b
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In Herefordshire it's legal to kill a Welshman as long as you dont use a crossbow. The law against murder kind of overrides it but its funny.


Andy
Well I was planning on dying in the houses of parliament, but apparently that is illegal...


Legal Beagle
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It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.


RayN-here
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In the U E only straight bananas can be imported not curved bananas It was to get U S imports from south America out But I think they do something else besides eat them I mean have y'all seen their 'man'?


little_duck04
i heard that you couldn't drive round a round-about more than 3 times, and if you hit something in the road, you cant take it but they next person to find it can :)


syke!!
most of them! but i must agree with negaduck on the marijuana thing..its just a plant...scumbag lawmakers *rolls eyes*


oh and you can't spit on the sidewalk in louisiana..idk where else


LetItBe
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Waiting till you are 21 to drink!It is absured!


negaduck
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that growing a marijuana plant is illegal





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