Weird Laws

[BurroDiablo 222]

UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.

Another law which states it is treason to use a postage stamp upside down was placed in second place by those polled by UKTV Gold.

The most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk.

The 3,931 people asked selected the laws from a shortlist of bizarre rules.

A total of 27% of those questioned thought the law against dying in the Houses of Parliament was the most absurd, while 7% voted for the legislation banning placing postage stamps upside down.

In third place, with 6%, came a law stating that only a clerk in a tropical fish store has permission to be topless in public in Liverpool.

Driving blindfolded

Other lesser-known laws making the top 10 included one banning eating mince pies on Christmas Day and another stating it is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.

Almost half of those asked confessed to breaking the mince pie law, which was brought in by Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century.

The unusual international laws on the list included legislation against naming a pig Napoleon in France, driving while wearing a blindfold in Alabama and unmarried women parachuting on a Sunday.

The Law Society last year revealed other bizarre UK laws still in existence on the statute book.

They included a ban on firing a cannon close to a dwelling house (Met Police Act 1839); a ban on the use of any slide upon ice or snow (Town Police Clauses Act 1847); and the prohibition of driving cattle through the streets of London (Metropolitan Streets Act 1867).

Dead whales

The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down (7%)

3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)

4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)

5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)

6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (4%)

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the King, and the tail of the Queen (3

[hym 358]

In Kentucky, a land-locked state, it is illegal to go whale hunting from a moving car.

[coolotter88 2]

in new jersey, you may not kill a person while wearing a bullet proof vest

[BurroDiablo 222]

Yeah, I heard about that one... maybe if they open a Sea World in Kentucky it might be viable to kill some Orca... for fast food... lol, Kentucky Fried Whale...

In Chico California, its a $500 fine for detonating a Nuclear Device within the City limits... who the heck would collect the fine? lol

[Insane Child of Bodom 1]

In Chico California, its a $500 fine for detonating a Nuclear Device within the City limits... who the heck would collect the fine? lol

Yeah I remember that one....

imagine only a $500 dollar fine...good deal..if your in LA and yo drive be yourself in the Carpool lane it costs $575

LOL.....man...i hope Iran don't find out....

[coolotter88 2]

bedford massachusetts has a similar law about detonating nuclear devices within city limits.

[Abc987 3]

I don't remember where, but I know that somewhere in the US it is illegal to put an ice cream bar in your left back pocket. Who comes up with these laws?

[octaves 4]

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)quote>

OUCH.

And who made the nuclear device thing?  Same with the "you may not murder" ones...I thought murder was illegal anyway! 

[Cleaner475 150]

Same with the "you may not murder" ones...I thought murder was illegal anyway!

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lol, I certainly hope it is, nice facts El Burro

Richard

[Barbarossa 51]

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[bbfan02 23]

In Washington, it is not allowed to pretend your parents are rich.

[MrVegetable 2]

Illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament? What the heck are they going to do about it? Arrest your corpse and put it in prison for a certain amount of time? What a punishment that would be if you're already dead...It's stupid...

[bbfan02 23]

Here's another one.

It is illegal to have a pet taranchula in Toronto Canada.

[topcliff 1]

I think there's a law in Trenton, New Jersey that says this:

In diners on the third Monday (something like that), it is illegal to slurp your soup. Again, this is off memory as Ii couldn't find it. I can see it now. You're going down punk! It was just minestrone!

[Meg 368]

Until recently, it was illegal to give away ice cream in Tennessee.

http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/04/04/49561858.shtml?Element_ID=49561858

[penguin007 27]

This world is a weird and wonderful place!!!

Will

[BurroDiablo 222]

I found another UK one...

'Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.'

.. yah, what??? lol

And one from Isreal-

'Picking one’s nose on the Sabbath is illegal'

...

[Nerd_Guy 4]

In every state except Hawaii, it is illegal to skydive with a moose.

[bbfan02 23]

You cant even get a Moose to Hawaii through the airport customs!

[Davacardo 0]

In Australia, it is illegal to buy or supply minors with cigarettes, but it's not illegal for minors to smoke them.

Try this site for weird laws:

http://www.dumblaws.com/

[rct3twins 14]

Lol you guys gotta check out this wbsite: http://www.ahajokes.com/dumb_laws.html

These are from new york:

-The penalty for jumping off a building is death. 

-It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.

-Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

[Smarty218 2]

lollollollollollollollollollollol!!!!! Man these are soooo funny!

[granto93 4]

ROFL....these are too funny

It is illegal to take a lion to the movies (Baltimore, Maryland)

It is unlawful for women to appear unshaven (Oxford, Ohio)

You must be intellegent to go to college (China)

[Smarty218 2]

I get the China one. Competition for scholarships there is insane.

[rossjman1 0]

When entering the city of Chicago via motor vehicle, you are required by law to notify the police.

[Zelgadis 638]

Originally posted by: hym In Kentucky, a land-locked state, it is illegal to go whale hunting from a moving car. quote>

My sources say that law is Tennessee. 

However, in Kentucky, the blind may legally acquire a permit to own a handgun.

ISF

[OffTopic 3]

Uh, oh the blind can have guns now to?  Imagine this headline;

"Blind Man Accidently shoots Relative"

[Bookworm 1]

Wow... I have a book of these, for the US. It's illegal to drive faster then a hourse in a small town in Missouri.