California Stupid Laws

It is illegal to skateboard on walls “or other vertical surfaces” in Palo Alto. Wearing a sweatshirt inside-out is deemed a “threatening misdemeanor” in Half-Moon Bay. In 1930, the City Council of Ontario (California) passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits. In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the…

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$25 a cup, ‘cat poop coffee’ available in Calgary

The Bean Stop in Eau Claire Market in Calgary has started serving Kopi Luwak – popularly known as ‘cat poop coffee’. The coffee is made from the beans that have passed through the digestive system of a small, tree-dweller, Asian palm civet, found in Thailand. The beans are retrieved from the waste of the animal…

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Stupid laws of Alabama

Stupid Laws of the US state of Alabama It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. In a 1991 issue of Radiance Magazine, author Robert Pelton writes that, “a full-bodied woman should never eat peanuts while attending church in Ryan Crossroads, Alabama….

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Obama pointing fingers at Harper

Does the photo say anything? In the photo above, U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 12, 2010. Some are questioning the ‘greeting’ gestures of world’s most powerful man, Barack Obama and Canadian Stephen Harper. (Photo credits: Reuters) Have your say in comment!

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143-page love letter — to an imaginary lover

A bachelor, Harish Kondakkuli (30), of South India has written a 143-page long love letter. The problem is he is not in love so he had to write it to an imaginary lover to enter the Guinness Book of Records. The letter, in Kannada (local language), begins with ‘Preethiya Abhisarika’ (Dear Abhisarika) and ends with…

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