r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 20 '20
r/StupidLaws • u/raven_fire87 • Mar 10 '22
United Kingdom We have a couple in the UK.
1 - it is perfectly legal to be a prostitute but it’s ILLEGAL to use their services. (Don’t ask why I put this as the first one lol)
2 - it’s perfectly legal to consume alcohol in your own home from the age of FIVE.
3 - it’s actually illegal to be drunk in a pub and has been since 1839!
4 - it’s illegal to walk a cow down the street in daylight… gotta stick to those covert night time walks
5 - it’s illegal to hang around at the end of a funeral because you’re preventing the grave diggers from doing their job. This one is actually still current cause someone was fined £160 back in 2015 for doing this.
6 - a law came into effect in 2004 that makes it illegal to import potatoes to the UK from Poland due to ring rot incidents.
7 - according to the 1824 vagrancy act that was never overturned, it’s actually illegal to be homeless
8 - it’s illegal to DRIVE on a pavement in London but not illegal to PARK on one… guess we all just need to initiate our hoverboard car sequences.
9 - it’s illegal for an MP to wear a suit of armour in parliament buildings. Damn… I think BoJo would look awesome in a suit of armour.
10 - finally… Because British stamps depict an image of the Queen's face, it is considered illegal to stick a stamp on an envelope upside down.
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 22 '20
USA The US State of Maine prohibits the sale of cars on Sundays
mainelegislature.orgr/StupidLaws • u/StOv121212 • Nov 20 '20
USA Stupid Self defence of property and self law in vermont
Basically, if your home is being invaded, you cannot attack or drive away the invader, you HAVE to flee. No matter what. Person comes barging in, shouting about destroying everything? Can't touch them, gotta run away!
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 19 '20
In the French town of Sarpourenx, the mayor has issued a proclamation forbidding people from dying in the area unless they had purchased and reserved a burial plot in a local cemetery
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Oct 08 '20
USA Crazy Bathtub Laws in the United States
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Oct 06 '20
France Did you know serving ketchup at schools – the incarnation of Americanism – is banned? So is naming a pig Napoleon. Find out more weird laws in France that still exist today.
r/StupidLaws • u/NaBUru38 • Mar 02 '22
USA West Virginia has bill to ban car software over-the-air updates
fordauthority.comr/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 23 '20
USA In Utah, it is illegal to sell alcohol products if the governor has declared a state of emergency
le.utah.govr/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Oct 07 '20
Australia Is it (still) illegal to change a light bulb in Victoria, Australia?
r/StupidLaws • u/GuudesyTwosie • Mar 11 '15
USA Tennessee school board does not allow same sex couples to go to prom together
r/StupidLaws • u/RoroYT • Mar 15 '22
USA Texting and driving laws in Missouri be like
(not really a big one, but...) Here in Missouri, United States, it is somehow LEGAL to text and drive if you're over 21.
r/StupidLaws • u/JLMJ10 • Mar 20 '21
USA Is there any place where mariachi music is banned in the US?
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 24 '20
Canada In 1989 Nova Scotia passed The Margarine Act, which outlines the regulations for restaurants to serve margarine to their customers.
r/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Nov 21 '20
USA In 2010, the city of Beacon, New York, forced an arcade museum to close because of the city’s ban on pinball machines
r/StupidLaws • u/Complex_Price_8460 • May 12 '21
Biologically Incestuous Marriage Is Legally Possible In Philippines!
self.philippinesr/StupidLaws • u/jenniekns • Oct 10 '20
USA Texas Penal Code § 38.12(a) makes it a felony to talk to someone in hopes of finding employment.
stupidlaws.comr/StupidLaws • u/FindAKidneyDonor-Com • Sep 10 '20
Norway Skateboarding Was Illegal In Norway. Lol.
r/StupidLaws • u/HariboG • Mar 06 '14
USA Massachusetts court says 'upskirt' photos are legal
r/StupidLaws • u/InnerReading • Aug 05 '21
USA Using high beams as warnings
Becuase it could disorient other drivers and can. cause sezers