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- socialdork, on 05/12/2008, -1/+80"You are not permitted to leave your house without wearing underwear." How do you get on the police force in Thailand?
- ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -4/+78In Illinois, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American.” -- what is this bs? AMERICAN is not a language, it's a nationality!
- BlackVincent, on 05/12/2008, -0/+65The Australian Batman law sounds perfectly reasonable.
- GemStar38, on 05/12/2008, -4/+65"It is illegal to dress up as Batman." - What is wrong with Australia?
- KatherineC, on 05/12/2008, -2/+57Yup. Georgia code section 16-6-2 will get you a 1 to 20 year sentence for consenting to "any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another". Married couples are not excluded from this law.
- HCviolence, on 05/12/2008, -1/+58What kind of douchebag wouldn't give a thirsty horse water?
- SeaweedWater, on 05/12/2008, -18/+79It is illegal to carry a Bible or to talk to someone about Jesus.
-Way to go, Singapore. - JoJones, on 05/12/2008, -2/+53Isn't it still illegal to give a BJ in one of the southern states in the US?
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 05/12/2008, -1/+49The gum and littering laws are not dumb at all
- synystar, on 05/12/2008, -0/+43The law isn't designed to limit freedoms...it's designed to protect Australia's citizens. You have any idea how many fake Batmans got their asses handed to them by Joker, Penquin, Scarecrow, etc. before this was enacted? Believe me...it wasn't pretty.
- MuddyMudskipper, on 05/12/2008, -9/+49In Thailand, it's perfectly fine to buy and sell children into prostitution, you can buy endangered species for pets or food at a flea market in BKK (these may not be legal, but are not enforced), but if you draw a moustache on a poster of the king, you're looking at 15 years in prison. Enlightened place...
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -4/+49In Canada, it's illegal to refuse to give water to someone else's horse. Like if a guy on a horse stops by your house and says my horse is thirsty, you have to provide water.
And another law that I ***** hate in Canada: the duty to retreat. Burglars in your house? You have to flee like a coward, by law. - HotBaconSauce, on 05/12/2008, -1/+36When you outlaw anal, only outlaws do anal.
- feshmania, on 05/12/2008, -1/+35that's funny, because i bet there are tons of dudes in jail breaking that very law on a daily basis...
- Arcesius, on 05/12/2008, -0/+31That horse one would be incredibly fun to play around with. Ride a horse around downtown Toronto and bug all sorts of businesses for water for your thirsty horse. Heheheh
- Lephtovermeet, on 05/12/2008, -0/+29sources would be nice
- kconnors, on 05/12/2008, -4/+35How about it being illegal to use marijuana in the USA. That's an absurd law. But it's okay to consume alcohol. What a ***** joke.
- thewump, on 05/12/2008, -2/+32What's wrong with this? "Littering is a serious offense. If caught littering your punishment includes a fine of several thousand dollars, hours of litter collection, state-sponsored counseling, as well as your picture in the local news."
- feshmania, on 05/12/2008, -6/+34Here I thought the duty to retreat was something only the French did.
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -2/+28"It’s illegal to call or address a pig as Napoleon."
It sounds like Orwell pissed someone in France off! - lukemh, on 05/12/2008, -8/+36EVERY australian law noted is flase. I am a law student. I suspect many of other laws are too. buried.
- talonstriker, on 05/12/2008, -2/+26Singapore has the sanest laws. On a side note, if you're a bowman in York, I'm coming after you.
- Shawshanksr, on 05/12/2008, -1/+24one who has no water for himself
- Sternkrone, on 05/12/2008, -0/+24These lists always stretch the truth...or just make things up.
"-In Illinois, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American.”"
The government of Illinois says...
"Sec. 20. Official language. The official language of the State of Illinois is English."
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?Act ... - rivalius13, on 05/12/2008, -0/+24Yea, another thing about that one, it's false. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?Act ...
(5 ILCS 460/20) (from Ch. 1, par. 2901‑20)
Sec. 20. Official language. The official language of the State of Illinois is English.
(Source: P.A. 87‑273.)
So anything on that list could be fake. - RogerStrong, on 05/12/2008, -1/+26>> in your house? You have to flee like a coward, by law.
False.
However, if the burgler is leaving/fleeing, you do not have the right to shoot at them as they leave - at that point they're no longer a threat to you. - TheMidnight, on 05/12/2008, -2/+25There's something called Quebec up there you know...
- crashbang, on 05/12/2008, -0/+23Not a damn thing. I live in Philly which is like the litter capitol of the world. If I see one more person dumping their ***** disgusting ashtray in the middles of the street while driving, I am pulling them out for a ***** caning.
- localzuk, on 05/12/2008, -1/+22Which means it is not, on its own, a language.
- deviationer, on 05/12/2008, -2/+25ok wtf is going on here, there is at 1-3 front page articles from divinecaroline.com every day now.
that site is mostly man hating *****. - bartofdahammer, on 05/12/2008, -1/+21Yeah in Canada we had this guy (Pierre Elliot Trudeau) that said, "there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" adding that "what's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code", and that was in '68, and at that time all laws concerning acts committed by 2 consenting adults were abolished.
- monalisaa, on 05/12/2008, -1/+21http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWcrawfor ...
the law about 'American' language in Illinois repealed in 1969 - driftin079, on 05/12/2008, -0/+20Trust me, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
- cl2yp71c, on 05/12/2008, -6/+26Wouldn't a LAW student be able to spell properly?
- moogle516, on 05/12/2008, -6/+21Ye, Cause No-freedom of religion and censorship is super cool.
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -1/+16b carefull or ill file a haybeeis korpis.
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -1/+18In Arizona, it's illegal to hunt camels without a permit. Apparently, you can actually get a permit for camel hunting in Arizona, too, which is somewhat worrying.
- KatoHamatsu, on 05/12/2008, -4/+20Sodomy laws protect us all, I feel better knowing they're on the books.
- Tyrghast, on 05/12/2008, -1/+14"Nationalism is the sense that your country is the best, simply because you were born in it." -Oscar Wilde
- Netmonger, on 05/12/2008, -0/+14I see nothing 'absurd' with either Tailland's 'If you drop gum on the pavement, you can be fined up to $600.' or the singapore littering law. Both make alot of sense. Has anyone noticed all the gum spots on the sidewalks of the US lately? 'Disgusting and really really difficult to clean up..
- linharesalex, on 05/12/2008, -2/+16I'd rather get the government out of my bed.
- TheMidnight, on 05/12/2008, -0/+12Welcome to my stream of consciousness. You're up it without a paddle.
- cl2yp71c, on 05/12/2008, -0/+14Poor Scotsmen...
- synystar, on 05/12/2008, -2/+13Next time I go to Canada that's the first thing I'm going to do. Grab my camcorder, rent a horse, and head towards the nearest apartment complex. Can you rent horses? I'll have to figure that out when I get there I guess.
- Paranoidmarvin, on 05/12/2008, -0/+11Thank you captain obvious
- StigNordas, on 05/12/2008, -1/+11Condoms protect better than sodomy laws.
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -2/+13Religious people.
- DekarCorvus, on 05/12/2008, -0/+11I'm debating opeing a scottish pub there that gives out free bow and arrows to scots....
:) oh what fun i'd have!
PS...don't ask how i make the pubs beef jerky.... - havocjaw, on 05/12/2008, -0/+11No it is illegal in Thailand. You are talking about criminal activity in the provinces that are close to borders.
- TheChunt, on 05/12/2008, -0/+9As it should be. I don't need any funk in my Cheddar.
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