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Funny Laws

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Funny Laws

This article is dedicated to bringing you a compilation of some funny laws in different parts of the world. Read them and you will know that law isn’t always a serious affair…

As I said, laws aren’t always a serious kind of affair. They can be terribly hilarious and strangely unbelievable. For instance, one of the several funny laws or crazy laws, as you may call them, in Alabama is that it is considered illegal to blind fold a driver while he is driving. When someone comes to know about this law for the first time, what would you suppose his/her reaction would be? When I came to learn about it, I did not know what to say and what expression to give. I was petrified, to be precise! It is an obvious fact that of course a driver cannot be blind folded while he is driving! Well, if this law seemed strange or funny, then possibly you won’t have any superlatives to describe the weirdly funny laws which I am going to put down in the following.

Funny Laws From Around the World

Here I would be presenting to you some of the most popularly funny laws of some well known places around the world. Here it goes…

  • In Sweden it is illegal to use the services of a prostitute. Prostitution is legal though.
  • Post 10 P.M. do not flush the toilet. It is illegal to do so in Switzerland.
  • Do not leave your house without your underwear, if your house is in Thailand. It is not legal.
  • You will die an illegal death, if you die in the Houses of Parliament in England
  • While still in England be careful with a stamp that bears the image of the Queen. Placing it upside down is a punishable offense.
  • You cannot name a pig Napoleon in France.
  • It is not legitimate for men to make love to male animals in Lebanon. Female animals are allowed!
  • It was a punishable offense to be a homosexual during World War I.
  • Avoid chewing gum in Singapore. It too, is illegal!
  • In Milan, unless for funeral or in hospital, if you do not have a smile on your face, you would have to frown, as you would be fined.
  • Finland does not tolerate the cartoon of Donald Duck, as he does not wear any pants

Funny Laws In the United States

Here are some well known places in the US, which, apart from their attractions, are also known for their strange laws…

Funny Laws In Alaska

Starting off with the funny laws in Alaska, here, it is illegal…

  • For moose to indulge in mating behavior on city streets.
  • To wake up a bear and get some snaps of it. You can hunt it though.
  • To whisper in a person’s ear if he is moose hunting!
  • For a kangaroo to pay a visit to a barber shop at any time.
  • To tie one’s pet dog to the his/her car’s roof.
  • To treat a moose with alcohol.
  • To roam the city while carrying bows and arrows.
  • For a drunk to be allowed to comb his hair in a bar.
  • For dog owners to groom their pets.
  • To throw grenades on the street!
  • To put your dog in the back of your truck.

Funny Laws In California

Next in the list are some funny laws which prevail in California. Here it is illegal…

  • For any kind of animal to do “it” within a range of 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
  • To use a used underwear to wipe off cars.
  • To ride a bicycle in a swimming pool!
  • For anyone to wear cowboy boots unless he/she owns at least 2 cows.
  • For women to wear high heels while in the city limits.
  • To provide act or receive the favor of oral sex.
  • To serenade a woman without a license.
  • To cry while standing in the witness box in Los Angeles courts.
  • To keep a child from playing in puddles of water.
  • To serve alcoholic beverages to a gay person.

Funny Laws In Ohio

In Ohio it is illegal…

  • To get a fish drunk.
  • To kill a housefly without a license, if one is within a range of 160 feet of a church.
  • To breast feed in public.
  • For cars to scare horses.
  • To take mice into captivity without a hunting license.
  • To lean against a public building! If done, then fine is levied.
  • To sell cornflakes on Sunday.
  • To run out of gas.
  • For women to make a public appearance without shaving her face and legs
  • To toss a snake at someone. You can shake the creature at someone though!

Oklahoma – Funny Laws

Weird laws in Oklahoma says it is illegal…

  • To molest an automobile.
  • Dogs without a license, to congregate in groups of three or more, on private property.
  • For anyone taking a bite out of another’s hamburger.
  • To prolong a kiss for more than three minutes.
  • To indulge in pre-marital sex.
  • For anyone to make “ugly faces” at dogs. He/she may be fined and/or jailed.
  • For woman to indulge in a gambling game while wearing in lingerie, towel or or while being nude.
  • To have tattoos.
  • To go for whale watching.
  • To keep or put any hypnotized person in a display window.

Some More Funny Laws in the United States Before I close this piece, you may like to have a look on some more hilarious and unbelievable weird laws in the USA

. Beware, here, it is illegal to…

  • Indulge in sexual activity with Satan, without using a condom.
  • To make love on the wedding day, if the couple is hunting or fishing.
  • To make love with a live fish.
  • To make love with the lights on.
  • For a man to kiss a sleeping woman.
  • To mistreat rats.
  • Selling dead people for money, without license in Delaware.
  • To give false weather reports.
  • To make love with a porcupine in Florida.
  • For unmarried woman to parachute on Sundays.
  • To imitate an animal.
  • To shower naked, in Florida.
  • Eating cotton on Sundays post 6.00 P.M.
  • To indulge in any other sexual positions except the missionary one.

Read some more stupid laws in America and yet more on world’s strangest laws.

These are not all. There are a plethora of such laws and regulations which, when you come to know, you would make you jump out of your skin. But these are the ones which are the silliest and funniest of all. All these funny laws may have already put you in fits of laughter or may be shock or amazement. And for me, I just had one thing to say, ”Why’?’..

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