Dumb Laws Around the World!
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Residents of Goa might be surprised to learn about this one. Apparently, nude bathing is illegal in the country. Actually, they might not be too surprised, considering that many couples have probably been denied this pleasure when sharing some delightfully close moments on Goa's beaches. But this law will probably come as a revelation to people in other states, especially those who have not had the benefit of basking on Goa's shores on a holiday. However, laws such as this in India, strange though they might sound, simply cannot compare in weirdness value when it comes to dumb laws prevailing in certain other countries. For instance, in Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing underwear. Well, either they are super-hygienic in our neighbouring country or they are trying to prevent women from throwing their gear at rock stars. In any case, we wonder how their poor cops arrest such defaulters. While musing on the eccentricities of our fellow human beings in other parts of the world, we thought it might be interesting to put down a pick of them right here for our readers' benefit. And if any of you feel patriotic at the end of it, feel free to go ahead. 1. Switzerland seems to have some queer laws when it comes to relieving oneself – in the loo. Check this out: It is illegal in that country to flush the toilet after 10 p.m. A man is also not allowed to stand up and pee after 10 p.m. Is this because it's supposed to be lights out at this time (don't wake up the neighbours, dude... keep it down)? 2. In South Korea, traffic police are supposed to report all bribes that they receive from motorists. (Do they also get to keep it as a reward?) 3. In Italy, men are not allowed to wear skirts. Well, we suppose all they have to do, if they feel the urge very strongly, is just hop across to Scotland. 4. In Canada, comic books that depict any kind of illegal activity is banned. (We assume lawmakers and cops don't get too much time for comic books anyway). 5. In China, if you want to go to college you must be intelligent. (And if you don't go to college, you become a dumb lawmaker). 6. In Wisconsin, whenever two trains meet at an intersection of tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has (provided they haven't crashed into each other first). 7. New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage over irreconcilable differences until both parties agree to it. (And if they can agree to that, they can probably try agreeing to everything else too... and they might find out then that they won't need to divorce after all... very smart, the Americans). 8. In the Philippines, cars whose license plates end with a 1 or 2 are not allowed on the roads on Monday, 3 or 4 on Tuesday, 5 or 6 on Wednesday, 7 or 8 on Thursday, and 9 or 0 on Friday, after 7 a.m. (Well, we have nothing to say... except that the lawmakers who came up with this one were probably high). |