30 weirdest world laws
There comes a time in every politician’s life where he finds himself in parliament recovering from a heavy hangover. The following probably resulted from such mornings.
- Thailand: it is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing underwear. Shame!
- Thailand: You must wear a shirt while driving a car.
- Switzerland: Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday.
- Switzerland: Itis illegal to flash the toilet after 10 P.M. And I thought the smell came from the cows!
- Sweden: While prostitution is legal, it is illegal to use the services of a prostitute. Catch 23.
- South Korea: Traffic police are required to report all bribes that they receive from motorists. Often called the Soprano Law
- Singapore: If you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying, “I am a litterer.

- Singapore: It is illegal to pee in an elevator.
- United Kingdom: A bed may not be hung out of a window. (In New York the same law applies for air-conditioners)
- Italy: A man may be arrested for wearing a skirt.
- Australia: Only licensed electricians may change a light bulb. And the must be named Bruce!
- Canada: Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
- Canada: When raining, a person may not water his lawn.
- Canada: – Winnipeg: It is against the law to go naked in your own home if you leave the blinds up. You can, however display it all on your webcam
- China: To go to college you must be intelligent. Another law that should be imported to the States!
- Denmark: No one may start a car while someone is underneath the vehicle. Doesn’t apply to members of the Mafia
- France: No pig may be addressed as Napoleon by its owner.
- Israel: Picking one’s nose on the Sabbath is illegal. See more here
- U.S.-Alabama: It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. Doesn’t apply to Blonde women under the age of thirty
- U.S.- California: Women may not drive in a house coat.
- U.S. – Florida: A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday. Again Doesn’t apply to Blonde women under the age of thirty
- U.S. – New York: The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
- U.S. – Ohio: It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

- U.S. – Texas: It is illegal to milk another person’s cow.
- U.S. – New Jersey: It is illegal to sell cabbage on a Sunday
- U.S. – Maryland: It is illegal to mistreat oysters. Now if someone out there can explain this one I’m waiting!
- Scotland: It is illegal to be drunk and in possession of a cow. If your wife is considered to be a fat cow this might apply to you too.
- Lebanon: Men are legally allowed to have sex with animals so long as the animals are female. It is illegal to have sex with a male animal.
- Hong Kong: A woman is legally allowed to kill her cheating husband, only if she uses her bare hands. The husband’s lover however may be killed in any manner desired.
- Mongolia: All women are required to walk around with their breasts on display at all times. O.K. I took a vote and this has to my our favourite legislation of all time. We have set up a Facebook group to banter all governments world-wide to adopt this law.
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