Wondering what our British friends think of it. We sure do have our own stupid laws in this country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_afp/britainlawsoffbeat
2007-11-07 07:25:38 · 17 answers · asked by Lady G 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I figured turnabout was fair play...
Did you know that in the United States it’s illegal to:
• Fish while wearing pajamas in Chicago, Illinois?
• Enter a theater within three hours of eating garlic in Indianapolis?
• Offer cigarettes or whiskey to zoo animals in New Jersey?
• Fall asleep in a cheese factory in South Dakota?
Englishman Rich Smith discovered these little-known laws during a great American crime spree that took him from coast to coast in search of girls to kiss (it’s illegal to kiss for longer than five minutes at a time in Kansas), oranges to peel (which the law says shouldn’t be done in hotel rooms in California), and whales to hunt (unlawful in Utah).
2007-11-07 09:37:06 · answer #1 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Strange indeed! I will never work in a tropical fish store in England now! LOL
Here's a good one they're working on in Utah. The DABC (alcohol and beverage commission) is working on a law that would make it mandatory for restaurants that serve liquor to have a purple curtain that will be kept drawn to cover all bottles of alcohol so that non drinking patrons will not be offended by the mere sight of liquor. Maybe my glass of wine will be served in a paper cup with a straw instead.
2007-11-07 07:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yikes how amazing.....
Well I have obviously broken rule 2..I know on more that one occasion I have put my stamp on upside down when I could not find me glasses. S'pose I am lucky not to be hanged.
I have also broken rule 4 with the mince pies.
Rule 6...yes I could not find a policmans helmet, they are never around when you need one so I had to use a telephone box instead...something I am not proud of....sorry....
And rule 3....well I have lived in Liverpool all me life and never noticed a topless clark in fish shop. No wonder a lot of these places have closed down.....phew.!!!!
Thanks for the info it was really interesting.....
2007-11-07 10:31:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hadn't seen those. I know each US state has silly laws. Here's a couple from NC.
It's against the law to sing off key
Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields.
2007-11-07 09:40:05 · answer #4 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In South Carolina if you are with a member of the opposite sex after midnight you are married.
I am a bigamist then because I have had the overnight shift with American Red Cross and had 80 police and firemen come in and I served them dinner.
2007-11-07 08:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by slk29406 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
being English I know there is a law that a taxi cab must carry a bale of hay but it does not happen the same as those laws stated
2007-11-07 08:17:59 · answer #6 · answered by Diamond 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
How about those crazy US laws........
Whistling underwater is illegal in Vermont.
It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory in South Dakota.
Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed in Florida.
Etc etc etc
2007-11-07 07:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by Very happily married. 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I read that this morning! Funny! I have read similar articles about silly laws in the US too...It's remarkable they still are on the 'book's isn't it?
2007-11-07 07:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No. Maybe it has yet to reach the editors of www.monthlyreview.org or possibly it was no
accident I've been spared reading nonsense.
2007-11-10 18:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of them may be useful lol, especially about the pregnant women.
2007-11-07 08:12:32 · answer #10 · answered by doxie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋