Dumb law

[spuddyt]

you probably haven't heard of the place, but on the channel island of sark (this law may have been removed, but certainly was here in the last 20 years or so), and i think it goes:
A man may beat his wife on friday, so long as he doesn't use a stick larger than his finger is round

 

[captain awesome 12]

I've put this on other threads, but in Alaska it's illegal to push a moose out of a moving airplane, it is also illegal for a flamingo to be in a barber shop. In North Carolina it is illegal for an Elephant to plow a cotton field, and in Connecticut you can be arrested by the police for riding a bike over 65 miles per hour. The best one though is from New Jersey, where it is illegal to wear a bullet proof vest when committing a murder.

 

[fluffylandmine]

I now want to legislate for the fact of me and my offical buddies can go out and make silly laws.

But first I want to try to break these laws.

 

[letsnoobtehpwns]

in kentucky, it's illegal to shoot an animal from a moving vehicle unless if it's a blue whale.

 

[GrumpyOldSod]

In the City of York in the United Kingdom, it is still legal to shoot a Welshman within the city walls providing you use a longbow. Not one I'd recommend trying.

 

[blackcherry]

In the UK in general, you are allowed to beat your child as long as you don't leave bruising.

This came into conflict with one of the local laws where I live (North Cornwall) in that if children are caught out after 7pm you are allowed to beat them with a oak branch, provided that no other part of the body touched them.

Theres another old law (was changed a while back now) that states any man who kills a sheep will lose possession of his wife.

Perhaps not pointless, but very odd.

 

[Berethond]

In the City of York in the United Kingdom, it is still legal to shoot a Welshman within the city walls providing you use a longbow. Not one I'd recommend trying.

I would so do that.

 

[AngloDoom]

In London, it's forbidden to have the corpse of a person who died of the bubonic plague in your taxi cab.

Also, a taxi should always have a bale of hay in the back.

And, I forget where, but it's totally fine to commit murder in a certain place in the UK. So long as the person is Scottish, you kill them from a certain place, with a box and arrow only. I can't be bothered to look it up.

 

[1337mokro]

Here is one for you this one was set up pretty recently so I liked it for it's utter uselessness.

TITLE XVIII

FISH AND GAME

CHAPTER 207

GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FISH AND GAME

Collecting Seaweed

Section 207:48

In Night. If any person shall carry away or collect for the purpose of carrying away any seaweed or rockweed from the seashore below high-water mark, between daylight in the evening and daylight in the morning, he shall be guilty of a violation.

Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

and here is an old one

On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.

Extract from New Hampshire city laws.

 

[captain awesome 12]

I now want to legislate for the fact of me and my offical buddies can go out and make silly laws.

But first I want to try to break these laws.

Sorry, it's illegal to try and break dumb laws in the United States.

 

[gamebrain89]

In Wyoming if a student rides a horse to school, the principal has to take care of it while classes are in session. Its true, and students have done this at my old high school to get back at the principal for being a idiot. Not really dumb, but its funny.

 

[1337mokro]

I just dug up a great one in London.

All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.

STILL IN EFFECT SO GET PRACTISING.

It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises.

This includes Bars and Pubs!

It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person

Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks. (issued by Edward IV)

A bed may not be hung out of a window.

 

[Simalacrum]

can't remember which state in America, but i'm pretty sure its from America... might be Kansas.

it is against the law to sleep inside a refrigirator.

other laws, possibly from kansas as well:

you are only allowed to wear/own a cowboy hat if you own at least 3 cows.
suicide is against the law. the punishment is death.

one from my own country, Britain! yay!

pregnant women are allowed to urinate in policemens hats.

 

[1337mokro]

I just found the absolute best.

National US law decreed in 1835 up till present day:

Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

And another stupid encrusted gold jewel from Texas.

In 1989 the State of Texas passed an anticrime law requiring criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

 

[mokes310]

In the Danish Jyske Lov (The Danish Jutland Law) it's illigal not to report a dead person that you encounter, and it will mean a fine of 20 Danish crown (Equal to an amount of aprox. 4$).

Phew, so the warrant for me in Denmark is only for $4 because I didn't report that dead body. I was afraid that I was going to be extradited! j/k

That's a pretty strange fine, don't you think? $4 for not reporting a dead body...

At a time before the dollar, 20 crowns was probably a large amount of money for your average Joe.

What about for your average Jesper? OH SNAP! Sorry, had to make that weak joke.

 

[fluffylandmine]

I now want to legislate for the fact of me and my offical buddies can go out and make silly laws.

But first I want to try to break these laws.

Sorry, it's illegal to try and break dumb laws in the United States.

It's illegal to break any laws, I just want to see to which extent they will be inforced.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

can't remember which state in America, but i'm pretty sure its from America... might be Kansas.

it is against the law to sleep inside a refrigirator.

other laws, possibly from kansas as well:

you are only allowed to wear/own a cowboy hat if you own at least 3 cows.
suicide is against the law. the punishment is death.

one from my own country, Britain! yay!

pregnant women are allowed to urinate in policemens hats.

Those ones from Kansas are actually from Ohio.

 

[captain awesome 12]

I now want to legislate for the fact of me and my offical buddies can go out and make silly laws.

But first I want to try to break these laws.

Sorry, it's illegal to try and break dumb laws in the United States.

It's illegal to break any laws, I just want to see to which extent they will be inforced.

Humor, and I believe it's enforced. If you need any help breaking them count me in. Always wanted to push a moose out of a plane.

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

In Florida it is illegal to tie your giraffe to a fire hydrant.
In Alabama (or Arkansas?) a women may not get false teeth without her husbands consent.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Here's a few from Germany

Every office must have a view of the sky, however small.

A pillow can be considered a ?passive? weapon.

It is illegal to wear a mask.

It is illegal for ones car to run out of gas on the Autobahn.