Craziest Random Laws?

What's the craziest thing you've ever heard is legal/illegal somewhere? The internet may not be a fully reliable source, but some of them are pretty amusing if they are true!

Here are some of my favourites:
In Switzerland it is illegal to own one guinea pig, you have to own at least two.
In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors (but it is legal indoors)

Let's hear them :rofl:

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Reply 1

Changing Skies

I love the guinea pig one, I wish that law existed everywhere! Guinea pigs need company to be happy, we can't have them going lonely :frown:

Reply 2

WhiteyBread101

Original post by Changing Skies

I love the guinea pig one, I wish that law existed everywhere! Guinea pigs need company to be happy, we can't have them going lonely :frown:

I'm sure @CoolCavy agrees too :ninja:

Reply 3

username1292215

Apprently to fall dead in parliament is illegal

Reply 4

WhiteyBread101

Original post by SuperHuman98

Apprently to fall dead in parliament is illegal

I think that's true, I've heard that one before :curious:

Reply 5

SummerStrawberry

In Svalbard, a Norwegian foreign territory, it is compulsory to carry a gun in case of a polar bear attack, but also illegal to die. The cemetery there stopped accepting more people about 70 years ago; it was so cold that the bodies did not decompose, so attracted polar bears to the settlement. Now, if you are diagnosed with a terminal illness or are otherwise expected to die imminently, you are required to leave to mainland Norway.

Reply 6

WhiteyBread101

Original post by SummerStrawberry

I wonder if you have to carry a gun if you're there on holiday :tongue:

Reply 7

SummerStrawberry

Original post by Gingerbread101

I wonder if you have to carry a gun if you're there on holiday :tongue:

If you leave the main settlement of Longyearbyen, you have to go with a gun, and someone who knows how to use it in order to defend against a polar bear attack. So I guess whilst the average tourist needn't carry a gun, someone with one must be with them.

Sensible, really, but it's the law against dying that gets me. Apparently there's actually a number of towns that have banned dying for one reason or another. I'm not sure exactly how they intend to punish those convicted of such a heinous crime, however!

Reply 8

jonathanemptage

Original post by Gingerbread101

It is still an offence to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, although you are allowed to shake a doormat before 8am. (this is from the UK)

it is illegal to allow people to knowingly get drunk in a public house (you can get drunk and the land lord is liable)

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 9

Fox Corner

In Alabama it is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

Reply 10

username2694731

Original post by Gingerbread101

It is perfectly legal to shepherd a herd of Geese!!! over bridges in the city of London. York- can kill any Scotsman outside the city walls

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Reply 11

WhiteyBread101

Original post by DreamlinerFinder

It is perfectly legal to shepherd a herd of Geese!!! over bridges in the city of London. York- can kill any Scotsman outside the city walls

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Pretty sure there's some legal ways of killing Scotsmen with a bow and arrow or something near me around the border :lol:

Reply 12

itsmattpope

Since the 14th century it has been illegal to wear a suit of armour into Parliament. Apparently it was because the king was worried his nobles would try to kill him otherwise?