People do strange things, therefore weird laws are written
to help straighten them out. Some of these bizarre laws
almost seem like urban myths or too ridiculous to be real,
yet odd as they are, they were created for a reason. Some
of these laws date back several hundred years and were
never changed or eliminated and make very little sense in
today’s world, but nonetheless these weird laws found all
around world do exist.
1. In Oklahoma, you can be arrested for making ugly faces
at a dog.
2. In Salt Lake County, Utah, it’s illegal to walk down the
street carrying a violin in a paper bag.
3. In San Francisco, it’s illegal to pile horse manure more
than six feet high on a street corner.
4. In Devon, Texas, it is against the law to make furniture
while you are nude.
5. In Bozeman, Montana, a law prohibits all sexual activity
from the front yard of a home after sundown.
6. In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to
exceed 60 miles per hour. (that would be one clever trick)
7. In Florida men seen publicly in any kind of strapless
gown can be fined.
8. In South Carolina it is legal to beat your wife on the
court house steps on Sundays.
9. In Tennessee, you are breaking the law if you drive
while sleeping. (perhaps they could benefit from one of
these strange gadgets )
10. In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is:
Death.
11. In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be
checked one hour before all fires.
12. In Connersville, Wisconsin, during sexual intercourse,
it is against the law for a man to fire his gun whilst the
woman in having an orgasm.
13. In Pennsylvania, it’s against the law to tie a dollar bill
on a string on the ground and pull it away when someone
tries to pick it up.
14. In New York City, it’s illegal for a restaurant to call a
sandwich a “corned beef sandwich” if it’s made with white
bread and mayonnaise.
15. In San Francisco, California it is unlawful to use used
underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash.
16. In France, it is against the law to sell an “E.T” doll.
They have a law forbidding the sale of dolls that do not
have human faces.
17. In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is
considered “simple assault,” but biting someone with your
dentures is “aggravated assault.”
18. In the state of Washington, it is illegal to have sex with
a virgin under any circumstances. (Including the wedding
night.)
19. In Switzerland, it is illegal for a man to relieve himself
while standing up after 10pm.
20. In Florida, it is illegal to fart in a public place after 6
P.M. on Thursdays.
21. In Massachusetts, it is illegal to go to bed without first
having a bath. (However, another law prohibits bathing on
Sunday)
22. In Jidda, Saudi Arabia, women were banned from
using hotel swimming pools in 1979.
23. In Samoa, it’s a crime to forget your own wife’s
birthday.
24. In Alabama, prison guards are forbidden from referring
to their spouses as “the old ball-n-chain.”
25. In London, England it is illegal for a City cab to carry
rabid dogs or corpses.
26. In England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of
Parliament.
27. In England, it is an act of treason to place a postage
stamp bearing the Queen upside down.
28. In Los Angeles, CA it’s illegal for a waiter to tell a
customer “I’m really an actor.”
29. In Indiana, it’s against the law to dress ‘Barbie’ in
‘Ken’s’ clothes.
30. In Sedona, Ariz., it’s illegal to lie about your
astrological sign.
31. In Texas, it’s illegal to threaten somebody with an
UNLOADED gun.
32. In Australia, it’s illegal to name any animal you plan to
eat.
33. In Cannes, France, it’s illegal to wear a Jerry Lewis
mask.
34. In New Jersey, answering a traffic cop who asks “Do
you know why I pulled you over?” by saying,“If you don’t
know, I’m not going to tell you” is an automatic $300 fine.
35. In York, it is legal to kill a Scotsman within the ancient
city boundary, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
36. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have
the plague.
37. In Kentucky, it’s illegal to paint your lawn red.
38. In Portugal, it’s against the law to pee in the ocean.
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39. In South Carolina unmarried women are not allowed to
buy edible panties.
40. In Italy, anyone considered “obese” is forbidden from
wearing polyester.
41. In Montana, it’s illegal to tear a phone book in half.
42. In California, anyone caught selling a “smoothie” that
has lumps is breaking the law.
43. In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire
hydrant.
44. In Arkansas, it’s illegal for a woman getting married for
the second time to wear a white wedding gown.
45. In Victoria. Australia after mid day on Sunday, it’s
illegal to wear pink hot pants.
46. In Connecticut, night watchmen are forbidden from
drinking decaf coffee while working.
47. In Kentucky, carrying ice cream cones in your pocket
is illegal.
48. In International Falls, Minnesota, you can be fined if
you let your dog chase a cat up a telegraph pole.
49. In Iowa, after 5 minutes of kissing you’re breaking the
law.
50. In Illinois, giving a lighted cigar to a pet is illegal.
51. In the USA- 24 states say that if your husband is
impotent its grounds for a divorce. (Go Viagra!)
52. In Miami, Florida, imitating animals is illegal.
53. In Oxford, Ohio, a woman undressing in front of a
picture of a man is breaking the law.
54. In Baltimore, Maryland, taking a lion to the cinema is
illegal.
55. In Washington, pretending to have wealthy parents is
illegal.
56. In Texas, if you are going to commit a crime, you
legally have to give 24 hours notice to the police.
57. In South Dakota, It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep
in a cheese factory.
58. In Maryland, Randy Newman’s song ‘Short people’ is
still banned on the radio.
59. In St. Louis, Missouri, if a woman is in her night
clothes, it is illegal for a fireman to rescue her.
60. In Victoria, Australia, you need a licensed electrician to
change a light bulb.
61. In France, it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
62. In Indonesia, the punishment for masturbation is death
by decapitation.
63. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be sentenced to
death by firing squad.
64. In Bahrain, male doctors only legally examine a
woman’s genitals through a mirror.
65. In Providence, Rhode Island, selling tooth paste and a
tooth brush to the same customer on a Sunday is illegal.
66. In Alexandria, Minneapolis, it is illegal for a man to
have sexual intercourse with a woman with sardines on
his breath.
67. In Singapore chewing gum is illegal.
68. In Arizona, hunting camels is against the law.
69. In North Carolina, it is illegal to swear in front of dead
people.
70. In Florida having sexual intercourse with a porcupine
is illegal. (ouch… wtf)
71. In Burma it is against the law to access the Internet.
Anyone doing so faces prison.
72. In Iowa, it is illegal for horses to eat fire hydrant.
73. In Vermont, a woman must get written permission
from her husband to wear false teeth.
75. In Los Angeles, it is illegal to bathe two babies in the
same tub at the same time.
76. In Oklahoma, it is against the law to have a sleeping
donkey in your bathtub after 7 PM.
77. In Israel, you could be prosecuted for picking your
nose on Sunday.
78. In Sweden it is illegal to use the services of a
prostitute. Prostitution is legal though.
79. In Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house without
your underwear on.
80. In California, it is illegal to keep a child from playing in
puddles of water.
81. In Oklahoma, it is illegal to molest an automobile.
82. In Germany, it is illegal to stop on an autobahn
(expressway). It is also illegal to run out of gas on an
autobahn.
83. In Turkey, it is illegal for a man above 80 yrs to
become a pilot.
84. In Chicago, it is illegal for anyone to eat in a place that
is on fire.
85. In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to sleep on top of a
refrigerator outdoors.
86. In Eureka, Nevada, it is illegal for men with mustaches
to kiss women.
87. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
88. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police
station.
89. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on
Sundays can be jailed.
90. In Texas, it is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the
second story of a hotel.
91. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the
city limit.
92. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded
while driving a vehicle.
93. In Ames, Iowa, it is illegal for men to have three sips of
beer while they are in bed with their wives.
94. In Chico, California, the law states that anybody who
detonates a nuclear device within the city limits is liable to
a fine of $500.
95. In Tremonton, Utah, it is illegal for a woman to have
sex with a man while riding in an ambulance.
96. In British Columbia, it is illegal to kill a Sasquatch or
Bigfoot if one is ever found.
97. In Lebanon, If a man is caught having sex with a male
animal then the penalty is death- sex with a female animal
is ok (o_O)
98. In Minnesota, it is against the law to hang male and
female underwear together on the same washing line.
99. In Texas, It is illegal to sell one’s own eye.
100. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon
more than six-feet long.
If you know of any other weird laws from around the
world , feel free to share with the rest of us.

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