₦airaland Forum

6: Kindly Don't Die in Sarpourenx, S'il Vous Plait
Don't murder, don't steal, don't jaywalk -- easy enough for most people. And if you do choose to break a law or two, at least it's your choice, right? Not always. In the tiny French village of Sarpourenx, the mayor has declared that anyone without a plot at the local cemetery will be "severely punished" for dying. The decree stems from the lack of space at the only cemetery in town. When plans to expand the cemetery were denied, the mayor felt the only sensible solution was to outlaw dying altogether.

Strangely enough, Sarpourenx isn't the only town that strongly discourages its citizens against dying. In the Norwegian town of Longyearbyen, residents must arrange plans for having their bodies transported out of town once they finally kick the bucket. The reason? The town's soil is too cold to allow bodies to decompose -- a fact that the town's residents didn't initially realize when they buried their departed.

Heading to Indiana after your trip to France? A word about bed linens is in order.

5: Absolutely No Short Sheeting the Bed in Indiana
We can be thankful that states require teams of inspectors to make sure our elevators are safe and our restaurants are clean, but the state of Indiana may have taken things too far. In an effort to ensure weary travellers never check into their rooms only to find their bedding comes up short, Indiana law places some very specific rules on sheet sizes and placement. For starters, all top sheets must be, at a minimum, 99 inches by 81 inches long (251 centimeters by 206 centimeters). What's more, the sheets must be long enough to fold back over the top of the blanket or other bed covering with at least 2 feet (0.6 meters) to spare. And don't even think about using an undersheet not large enough to completely cover the mattress.

Of course, the only bed-and-breakfasts required to follow these regulations are those that "furnish beds and bedding for guests" in the first place, so don't be surprised if they have you sleep on the floor rather than risk a fine.

We'll travel south to Mississippi next to see how the southern state treats deceitful Don Juans.

4: Don't Trick a Young Lady Into Loving You in Mississippi
Deserved or not, men have developed quite a reputation for shady behavior when it comes to romance. And while some say "all's fair in love in war," the state of Mississippi says otherwise. If a male suitor is caught seducing a woman of "previous chaste character" by tricking her into believing they'll get married, he's violated Section 97 of the state's criminal code.

The law doesn't explicitly state how a man -- or anyone, for that matter -- is supposed to determine which women are considered chaste or not, and you might take issue with the fact that, if you're deemed "unchaste" suitors are free to seduce you any way they can without penalty. Still, it's fun to think of a scheming Romeo getting the book thrown at him for his deceit.

As long as it isn't you of course.

3: Don't Bring Dastardly Comics to Canada
Most people can agree on the merits of a law abiding and orderly society, but it's hard to deny that criminal behavior makes for great comic books. Why have superheroes at all if they don't have supervillains -- and their dastardly behavior -- to fight at every turn? According to Canadian law, however, comic books depicting bank heists, epic battles and any other illegal activity might be, in fact, illegal.

The law states that comics cannot "exclusively or substantially" depict the commission of criminal activity. To stay on the safe side, Canadian cartoonists might want to stick to love stories and comical fare. After all, they don't want to get thrown in jail along with the bad guys in their story.

Stay tuned for advice on what not to wear in British Parliament.

2: Don't Wear Armor to Parliament
If you have official business in the United Kingdom's Parliament, you'll naturally want to put on your very finest suit. Just make sure it's not made of metal; wearing armor to Parliament is against the law. To be fair, the law bars all weaponry -- in addition to clanking suits of armor -- from the hallowed halls of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

A vestige of medieval Europe's violent past, the law was issued in 1313 by King Edward II in an attempt to keep things civil in the country's legislature. Today, of course, the law makes about as much sense as banning catapults from cricket matches, but that hasn't prompted U.K. legislators to take the law off the books.

Last, we'll save you exhibitionists from getting thrown in the slammer in Singapore.

Most of us will never spend any time dredging through the mountainous volumes of laws that constitute a legal code, which is a shame. Because hidden among the expected laws barring disorderly conduct and reckless driving are some astoundingly weird decrees. In Louisiana, for instance, there's a law specifically aimed at alligator thieves. The law goes so far as to state what parts of the alligator are protected from theft and, based on the value of a given alligator, what the penalty is for stealing it (for the curious, the maximum penalty includes 10 years in prison and a $3,000 fine).

As peculiar as such laws are, they offer a unique glimpse into the societies where they're enforced. So read on to learn more about the top 10 weird laws around the world. You'll thank us the next time you're considering bear wrestling in Alabama.

1: Hey Naked People, Close Your Blinds in Singapore
Plenty of countries around the world have laws banning public nudity, and Singapore is no exception. But the country, famous for its strict laws against graffiti and littering, takes things even further. If you happen to walk around your house naked without remembering to close the blinds, you can be prosecuted under the same law and, if convicted, be required to pay a fine of up to &36;2,000 or spend up to three months in jail. What's more, a police officer is allowed to break down your door to arrest you if necessary, and, if an officer isn't available, a fellow citizen can legally arrest you as well.

But while some people protest that Singapore's laws are too harsh, it's hard to argue with their effectiveness. For instance, a United Nations study on crime showed Singapore's homicide rate to be among the lowest in the world and more than eight times lower than the United States.' It's not a stretch to imagine their indecent exposure rates follow a similar trend.

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.

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.

Culled from: http://itthing.com/

If you know of any other weird laws from around the world, feel free to share with the rest of us.

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.

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.

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.

39. In South Carolina unmarried women are not allowed to buy edible panties.

40. In Italy, anyone considered “obese” is forbidden from wearing polyester.

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.

Mangoro
Charlie Boy

Guy, if you dey owe them some kabadash, them go reject your applico until you pay up your debt. If you dey involved in some kinda disciplinary issues too, they go wan tidy you first before they finally discharge you.

My 2002 Acura TL Type S engine requires a SAE 5W20 graded engine oil. I searched the length and breadth of Naija, but couldn't get the oil, so I had to settle for Total Quartz 9000 graded SAE 5W40. I believe that would also work for you. As for the guy saying Mobil 1 is 5W20, I don't think that's true, Mobil 1 is graded 0W50. See the pictures attached below.

Eyaaah!
Sorry o.
Make I post o so that e go better for me jare.

peterjero: i dont agree with you because it doesnt happen to toyota cars so why only honda and again toyota is very popular which make chinese part very popular too so why dont we get d same issues with then. honda front tyres keep pulling off you see them on d highway, i guess its only the Pilot that isnt affected

You just lied, I have seen it happen to Toyotas, especially the 1997-2002 4Runner. I was actually riding in one when it happened.

Idrismusty97: Absolutely totally confidentially Yes!.even if i am in NYSC i can leave to start afresh for bachelor Degree

Its either You are very myopic, childish, foolish or retarded.
Even if you study in Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cambridge, Oxford, etc;
1. You will still have to come and do the NYSC you abandoned.
2. There are no ready made jobs anywhere in the world, even in the so-called advanced countries and as such you will be up against the same local boys you abandoned, more especially if you have to come back and work here.
3. You will have the problem of trying to eventually adjust to the Nigerian situation if you will have to come back and work in Naija.
4. How many Nigerian Governors and Presidents ever had this foreign education you think and feel is the numero uno in your life?

NB: Naija may be be retarded in development, but she sure has her own ways that are perculiar and works for her and her alone. And where do you learn this ways from? its in good ol' Naija. The motherland is offering the kind of education that works for her, whether you like it or not, and thats what every other country is doing, providing the kind of education they desire and not that desired by other countries. In essence, our education, work environment, life, etc are perculiar to we and we alone and to make a headway, its better you learn the rudiments from here.

#JustMyTenCentsAnyways#

jesus on top: i tink im goin to puke

Puke? Haba! You dey form like say you no dey shiite?
Guy! bone. No come dey form for your father here jare.

ajasa4link: ...lol... but Na HARP King David dey always play when he dey write Psalms

Haba jama ha! Na STAR them see, take know say them don born Jesus na. lol.

valmunich: Crystal lies!!! Alcohol is a killer period! Will never taste that so far ℓ exist!

If you eat cakes and still swear like this, then you are a very big hypocrite and the biggest liar on Nairaland.

I have been using sandals made from tyres way back from my Uni days, that's as far back as '99. So what's the big deal. Some guys are just slow to thought and novices in this world.

We invented the tyre sandals, re-invented it, redesigned it and finally remodelled it before passing it on. So, guy make U stand straight, there is no big deal to it except that you are just discovering what we have forsaken. Next time, try and be ahead of peers. By the way, Seun, why is this on the FP?

Secondly, Christians, most especially Nigerians go to church for miracles and breakthroughs, thus making it very easy for fraudsters to con them of their hard earned cash. From the foregoing, it is abundantly clear that they are not interested in making heaven, rather they seek to be blessed here on earth abundantly so that people would know that they are worshipping a "true and living God". Thus, disregarding Christ's admonition that it is easier for a carmel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to make heaven, yet Nigerian Christians want to be rich.

As for me, I stopped going to church from the day I discovered that if I continue to mingle with such people who call themselves Christians, believes in tithing because of the so called blessings attached to it and are hypocrites of the highest order, I would never make heaven.

That's the first question I ask every tithe preaching Pastor.
Jesus, the Christ himself made it clear that one can't serve Mammon and God at the same time. In essence, if you go to church because you want to be rich and be blessed abundantly, it would be very difficult for you to make heaven, because you have already received your reward here on earth.

I used to own and drive a 1987 Honda Prelude with auto transmission and a dohc 2.0l caburretor engine back in 2011. My wifey nicknamed it Okpolor, because of the way the head lights operated. I swear that car can go, e no dey fear trailer.

I also owned and used a 1984 Mercedes Benz 190e W201 with a 2.0l engine with auto transmission back in 2011. This car can even make a U-turn in my bedroom (sorry for the exaggeration). I was so impressed with its performance that I thought of buying the 1993 model. If no be my wife wey fight me day and night say old things have passed away and all things have become new, I would have still had that car in my garage. I still dream about that car and long to drive one.

No wonder my account balance with them has remained N1,028.20K since 2006.
Ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!

Right now, One is begging me for money as we speak.

SniperInADiaper: I'm curious how much of your income you save every month? Percentage only is fine..

100% with extra money from my other businesses and investments.

Krosswells: It took me to 6hrs to drive from Sydney to Perth in Australia with my Bugatti instead of 20hrs, it good to drive a good car

Please, wake up from your sleep (dream) its 7.00am around here.

pweetie Harby: Have you ever tired mixing two kinds of food together in way that is wired. if u can eat any of the food listed below without feeling disgusted then be my guest. Here are my recipes:
1. yam and garri
2. cooked rice n milk
3. indomie n butter
4. pepper soup n sandine
5. eba n corned beef
6. fufu n tea
7. amala n fried egg
8. garri n chin chin
9. salad n bread
10. pap n spaghetti
11. mayonnaise n golden morn
12. corn flakes n lipten

What do you think?

I don't think anything is wrong with the bolded.
More especially, Salad and Bread.
Note here that Burger is basically salad and bread except for the meat in it.

U go fear Church name na

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of
Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a
friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”

Matthew 11:18-19