Apparently, your'e not allowed to sleep in bed with your socks and shoes on in North Dakota without disobeying the law.
Post any other strange laws that you find out about here, along with where they are effective! :D
-In Quebec province, there are cities where you can get fined for $100 if you walk on the grass in public parks, yet if you are mentally insane (temporarily or permanently) and murder someone, you can get away with it if they judge that you were unaware of what you were doing.
-In the city of Lévis, in Quebec, it's illegal to use bicycle tracks between 11 PM and 7 AM, which is ridiculous considering they are trying to promote alternatives to cars as mean of transportation and that there's no bus transit at night.
Wow. Okay.
A few more for the list(NY, USA):
-The penalty for jumping off a building is death, if you manage to survive.
-A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.
-On Staten Island, You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
-Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 PM.
And also, a fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.
Quote from: Dudeman313 on April 12, 2016, 10:47:49 PM
-On Staten Island, You may only water your lawn if the hose is held in your hand.
This rule makes sense if there was a drought or something. It would prevent people from using automatic watering solutions which may consume more water than if a lawn is watered by hand.
I do agree. Many towns regulate lawn watering, municipal rulings usually goes from the even side of the road on certain days and the odd side on other days and on certain hours to banning watering methods. A few towns might get creative on this, though.
Also that time in 1894 when Indiana tried to pass into law an obviously incorrect way to square the circle with π = 3.2, among others. The Senate just laughed it off and indefinitely postponed it. People just turn crazy stuff into laws sometimes.
Also another law I find weird (also controversial, what I state is my personal opinion) is the ban on pitbulls, I do find it's a bit unfair to people who raise their dogs correctly. Because most people who raise their dogs incorrectly so they become killing biting machines often choose pitbulls? Anyway, the whole shebang on taking care of a dog correctly in general and the rulings on that is just plain weird. (Disclaimer: I'm a crazy cat guy and the waifu material in my avatar is a dog.)
In Korea, kids below 18 years old (i think) are not allowed to play video games from midnight - 6 am.
Quote from: GuyInFreezer on April 13, 2016, 02:15:02 AM
In Korea, kids below 18 years old (i think) are not allowed to play video games from midnight - 6 am.
But that was an actual issue that needed to be addressed
In a country that has StarCraft as it's national sport ;)
Yeah juju in my city they have water use restrictions like that during Summer when it doesn't rain for a long while during hot weather.
GuyInFreezer: I heard that teens often had video gaming addiction there x.x. Was the ban on nightly gaming in response to the kids who died from dehydratation and starvation while gaming for several days straight?
Quote from: GuyInFreezer on April 13, 2016, 02:15:02 AM
In Korea, kids below 18 years old (i think) are not allowed to play video games from midnight - 6 am.
@Araidia and
@DJ Omnimaga have a point. That's not exactly a bad thing. :P And nice new avatar, btw.
So apparently, comic books depicting crime are illegal in Canada. O.O
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Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on April 13, 2016, 03:01:33 PMWas the ban on nightly gaming in response to the kids who died from dehydratation and starvation while gaming for several days straight?
a worthy death O.O
In Germany if you are following a "tribe" of bees and want to catch the queen, you are permitted to cross any borders (personal belongings are restricted areas don't matter, the bee queen is more important!)
Also if the bee queen has landed on a tree, you just have to knot a "Handkerchief" around the tree to mark the bees as yours. You then may leave and get your tools to catch the bees. Noone is permitted to touch the bee as long as there is already someone else's "Handkerchief" attached the tree ^^
(those laws are super super old but they forgot to remove them, they're still active) :thumbsup:
Lol, that is weird. Although in the future I bet there will be laws forbidding the killing of bees.
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 07, 2016, 05:25:40 PM
Lol, that is weird. Although in the future I bet there will be laws forbidding the killing of bees.
Naww. It's really cool. That can be misused and taken advantage of in so many ways. *insert shady face here*
still wayting for these stupid bees to fly into the area of a big festival... or over some secret military base ;D
*but I'm actually not sure if it would allow me to enter restricted military areas...
who's mightier? Military or insect queen? ^^
As long as it's not the military of some country luring all the world's bees to their underground base as an attempt to mutate them into killer bees that can spread diseases and kill billions in another country when released there. <_<
there's no money in dead people, neither in healthy ones. The money is in the middle. Let's use mutant bees to make half of humanity ill so they need our expensive medicine :thumbsup:
Isn't there a law that prohibits giving alcohol to deers or something like that? ^^
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 07, 2016, 05:25:40 PM
Lol, that is weird. Although in the future I bet there will be laws forbidding the killing of bees.
Killing bees
is illegal in Germany, and can incur a fine of up to 50,000 EUR depending on the circumstances ;)
Also this law about following a tribe of bees is really not that weird. If you're a beekeeper, you need to be able to follow and reclaim your tribe when it decides to swarm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_%28honey_bee%29), as they regularly do in late spring.
Quote from: Juju on April 13, 2016, 02:06:30 AM
Also that time in 1894 when Indiana tried to pass into law an obviously incorrect way to square the circle with π = 3.2, among others. The Senate just laughed it off and indefinitely postponed it. People just turn crazy stuff into laws sometimes.
Nah, I heard that story a little bit different. Actually, that person did even try to make money from it, with the Indiana education system being the only ones who are allowed to use his 'innovative' solution for free. And the senate didn't really know anything about this law, but they were luckily a mathematician happened to be inside the building, and got curious and then telled them what c they were about to sign :P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
In Canada, it's illegal to remove your bandages in public and if you sleep at Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, the staff must feed your horse.
Quote from: utz on November 08, 2016, 11:23:35 AM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on November 07, 2016, 05:25:40 PM
Lol, that is weird. Although in the future I bet there will be laws forbidding the killing of bees.
Killing bees is illegal in Germany, and can incur a fine of up to 50,000 EUR depending on the circumstances ;)
Also this law about following a tribe of bees is really not that weird. If you're a beekeeper, you need to be able to follow and reclaim your tribe when it decides to swarm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_%28honey_bee%29), as they regularly do in late spring.
somewhere near my area someone burned down 4 bee "families"... :'(
(dunno he correct word sorry)
In Tennessee, where I live, it is illegal to share your Netflix password.
It is also illegal to connect to wifi without explicit permission.
TIL that liquor stores must remain closed on Sundays in some American states. We are in 2017 and this makes Quebec's laws about business hours look modern.
Also, regarding business hour restrictions, here are some wacky laws from Quebec (although I think some Sunday restrictions are fine, because this allows employees that work in retail to continue having a life outside their job):
-In Quebec, only supermarkets which sells 51% of food items, including liquor stores, as well as convenience stores, pharmacies, book/music/movie/video game stores, bars and restaurants are allowed to remain open after 5 PM on Saturdays and Sundays and after 9 PM from Monday to Friday. Stores located in specifically designed touristic neighborhoods (such as Vieux-Québec) are exempt from this law and can open 24/7 if they want to.
-Supermarkets that are allowed to remain open outside business hours cannot use more than 4 workers at a time between 8 PM and 8 AM on weekends and between 9 PM and 8 AM on week days. This used to be 5 PM to 8 AM on weekends, which caused ridiculous lineups at grocery checkouts.
Quote from: SiphonicSugar on January 18, 2017, 04:06:50 AM
In Tennessee, when I live, it is illegal to share your Netflix password.
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