I talked about some of the top 10 stupid laws in Britain. I feel, there are more such laws – the following quote from a UK newspaper website might be the result of such a law:

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The article was about the 19 year-old hermit ‘hacker’ who was arrested in the UK. The article reveals his mother’s statement about his suicide threats if she took away his computer, his childhood photos and other personal details of Cleary.

If the Daily Mail newspaper can legally publish an article, why can’t the readers comment on it? I am wondering, what legal problem might it arise if one talks about the news?

May be it is another stupid law to curb the freedom of voice!

• 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 same tub at the same time.
• In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• Peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California
• San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
• In Cupertino, California, it is illegal to count backwards audibly in hexadecimal. According to Rick Kitson, Cupertino’s Public Communications Manager, this law is not true. “Amongst many lists of strange laws is an item about Cupertino. Usually, this strange law has something to do with a prohibition on audibly counting backwards in hexadecimal.
• Redwood City has outlawed the frying of gravy.
• In Santa Clara, it is forbidden to dedicate parking spaces to the patron saint of television.
• Prostitutes in San Francisco are not obliged to make change for bills larger than $50.
• The city of Mountain View proscribes calling pet fish by “names of aggressive content, e.g. ‘Biter’, ‘Killer’, ‘Sugar-Ray’”
• Bicycles may not be ridden without “appropriate fashion accessories” anywhere in Santa Clara County (de facto law).
• In Blythe, California, a person must own two cows in order to legally wear cowboy boots in public.
• In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s consent to beat her with a wider strap.
• It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
• Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
• In L.A. it is against the law to complain through the mail that a hotel has cockroaches, even if it is true.
• It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Blvd. at one time.
• It is illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7 am in Berkeley, CA.
• In California, it is illegal to posses bear gall bladders.
• In California, it is illegal to trip horses for entertainment.
• a few more that maybe got missed above, maybe not
• Women may not drive in a house coat.
• No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
• Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.

Stupid Laws by counties

• Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool (Baldwin Park).
• You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows (Blythe).
• It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds (Burlingame).
• Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine (Chico).
• It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time (Hollywood).
• It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
• It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss (Pasadena).
• Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house (Prunedale).
• One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock (Riverside).
• Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash (San Francisco).
• It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner (San Francisco).
• It is illegal to wipe one’s car with used underwear (San Francisco).

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. The pastor has the legal right to make offenders stand in a corner or leave the church until the service is finished.”
• It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
• You may not drive barefooted.
• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
• Masks may not be worn in public.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
• Incestuous marriages are legal.
• It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
• You must have windshield wipers on your car.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

Alabama stupid / dumb or outdated laws by county

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I talked about some strange and funny American laws, one reader commented with some stupid laws from Canada. I am yet to get comment on stupid British laws!

I believe every country has its own share of stupidity in creating laws.

Well, UKTV Gold thought of testing what people think about the stupid law in UK. Their survey gave the following Top Ten stupid Laws in UK:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (four percent)
7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)

If you come across similar stupid laws from other countries please share them in the comment section.

Thanks.

In Texas, it’s against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.

In Philadelphia, you can’t put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.

Alaska law says that you can’t look at a moose from an airplane.

In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.

It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.

California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.

In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.

In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.

In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.

A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.

In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.

In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.

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