Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Off with her head!

Trust the government to come to your rescue and put a smile on your face when you feel down in the dump.

I have not been able to look at another shop window display the same way again after reading this.

This got me thinking.

Yes it does happen.

Who makes these laws? I mean, what is the provocation behind this? Is the society a little safer due to this? It also makes you wonder about the person who is 'bothered' when he sees a plastic female figure in underwear. But to be fair, men are also known to get turned on by pictures of female figures. Go figure.

So as a mean to entertain you, I decided to find out some more of these strange laws. Yeah. Absolutely jobless.

In Virginia,USA, chickens must lay their eggs between 8am and 4pm.

In UK , a pregnant woman can legally urinate anywhere she wants, including if she requests, in a policeman's hat.

In Hong Kong, a woman can kill her husband if he has cheated on her. She must use her bare hand though. This isn't a requirement for the man's lover, who can be killed by any means necessary.

In Samoa, it is illegal to forget your wife's birthday.

Portugal makes it illegal to pee in the ocean

In South Carolina unmarried women are not allowed to buy edible panties.

In Singapore chewing gum is illegal

In Israel, you could be prosecuted for picking your nose on Sunday.

In Sweden it is illegal to use the services of a prostitute. Prostitution is legal though

In Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house without your underwear on.

In Lebanon, If a man is caught having sex with a male animal then the penalty is death- sex with a female animal is ok

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.

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

So I guess as long as society exist we can be assured of a good laugh.

Even if it will get us jailed or worse, decapitated.

15 comments:

sanket kambli said...

wow.. what weird laws..maybe people were having fun when they made these..

--xh-- said...

lol...
as long as we have 'creative' people @ power, we will have laws like this :)

Jon said...

Ouch am thankful i am nt in Indonesia

WannabeWriter said...

Are these for real? Wow! And I thought only the Middle East was bad. Headless mannequins seem so tame now! :)

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tys said...

@sankoobaba: actually to be fair, most of these are what is called the invisible laws...those are laws that has lost its relevance and does not get pulled up in the court of law, so no one has bothered to amend it...after all law is made for the people not the other way round..

@xh: creative? most of the jokers in power are just creative about making the life of the people they are supposed to protect miserable.

@jon : me too buddy, me too.

@wanna be: refer the response to sankoobaba...most of the others atleast have that excuse.

Prats said...

Thats one set of weird but thinkable laws that you have so painstakingly, researched...

Some could go through as needed too though :)

Poornima said...

Note to self: ''Youve gotta be pregnant Poori. And no, NOT applicable to a Bangalore police unkle''

And to you, Tys: Cancel those tickets to Israel & Thailand this instant!! :-)

Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan said...

i am soooooo sharing this post on my facebook ... ppl need to read these rules before they travel :D

Sonia said...

Omg did you make up some of these hahaha :))

I knew I should have gone backpacking thru Europe when I was pregnant :( chance gone forever! Sigh..

Sonia said...

Tys, a long time ago, you had given me advice on my dilemma about my birth father. I did reach out and was ignored. But I wanted to say Thank you to you for giving me support and courage :)

Jules said...

Holy shit. Remind me never to visit Indonesia... I can't visit Singapore either. I love gum.

I wish i'd have seen some preggo's when I was in the UK. I'd have loved to dare her to pee in an officer's hat. They have these really funny tall hats there.

Samoa's got it goin on.

Tys on Ice said...

@prats : told you, had too much time in my hand

@poori : already did woman, already did.

@dr.roshan : i had done a facebook suicide long ago...so if you post this there, it will be like my ghost..cool.

@sonia : dont give up yet...iam beginning to realize that peeing into a police mans hat seems to be something all women yearn for...go figure.

@sonia : like i wrote to you earlier...wait and see.

@jules : :) ... samoa rocks!

Anonymous said...

@ TYS

This is good one.

You know it's illegal to eat mince pies on christmas day in uk.

Trade man cannot do his job on christmasday either, he can be do different trade.

You are not allowed to shout taxi on christmas day.

You are not allowed to kiss a women on church doorstep on sunday, but any other day is ok, but if you are a man it's ok to kiss a man.

Not teaching your son archery is an offence in UK.

All these laws are still valid and you can be sent down for it if cops don't like you.

HARRY

BTW these laws are also in sods law book and they are real, even today.

jaqulin said...

There are some weird information in this article. There are lots of facts about the pregnant women around the world which just blew my mind. Thank you so much for letting us know about them. I am also pregnant and following family balancing process by step since it is really effective and was used by the most people.