Ridiculous State Laws OUTSIDE the US

Some of THESE are also TRUE – although a lot of them involve being able to fire arrows at neighbours.

I fear that Windstream have got our area confused with Uxbridge in Canada.

 

 

United Kingdom

• It is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if you have reasonable cause to believe that they are POLISH.
• It is illegal to operate a COW while intoxicated
• By law, any WHALE or GREAT STURGEON is the property of the Queen.
• Oddly enough it is illegal to be drunk in the pub.
• A law still exists from the Middle Ages that requires all males over the age of 14 to be trained in shooting a LONGBOW.
• It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope.
• It is legal to kill a Scotsman within the ancient city boundary of York, but ONLY if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
• An Englishman can shoot a Welshman on a Sunday with a LONGBOW in the cathedral close in Hereford.
• An Englishman can shoot a Welshman with a BOW AND ARROW  inside the city walls of Chester after midnight.
• ALL land MUST be left to the eldest son.
• A bed may NOT hang out of a window.
• It is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas Day.
• In Scotland, it is illegal to kill an Englishman except for pleasure (HEY!)

Australia

• It is illegal to dress up as Batman or Robin.
• It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a CAT BURGLAR.
• It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.

Belgium

• It is against the law to insinuate that someone is SWEDISH.
• It is illegal to wear a red hat while walking down the main street.
• It is still legal to throw Brussel Sprouts at tourists.

Brazil

• WATERMELONS are prohibited.

Canada

• DRIVING ON THE ROADS is not allowed.
• It is against the law to impersonate a foreigner.
• It is illegal to climb trees.
• It is illegal to curse in any language other than French.
• It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.
• It is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man
• No resident of Uxbridge is allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

France

• Any man wearing ONIONS must be given right of way in the streets.
• No PIG may be called Napoleon.

Israel

• It is forbidden to take BEARS onto the beach.

Singapore

• It is against the law to speak to a DONKEY in Chinese.

Sweden

• During the long hours of winter darkness it is illegal to complain that you wish it were sunny.

Switzerland

• It is against the law for any man to unilaterally declare war on another country.

Ridiculous State Laws in the US

At least some of these are TRUE – not sure what the problem is with ice cream and mustaches, nor why we’re only safe from nuclear detonations in Utah.

Pennsylvania, to no-one’s surprise, has the BEST state laws. Perhaps the mystery of why drivers are so bad in the Keystone State may have finally been solved.

Alabama

• It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
• You may not have an ICE CREAM CONE in your back pocket at any time.
• Masks may not be worn in public.
• It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking HORSES.