Weird Laws from Around the World Quotes

“03. Jumping off a building is punishable by death.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“62--32. Weird Laws -- New York 01. It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun. 02. It is against the law to do a puppet show in a window 03. Jumping off a building is punishable by death.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“08. Brussels: It is LEGAL to throw Brussels sprouts at tourists.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“08. A pillow is classified as a "passive weapon" and hitting someone with one can lead to charges of assault.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“Alberta: It is against the law to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden-legged man.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“a Leprechaun (a creature, like a little man, with magic powers) calls at your door you must, by law, give him a share of your dinner.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“It is against the law to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“It is against the law for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“a man cheats on his wife she is legally allowed to kill him but with only her bare hands.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“Stores can only sell dolls with human faces; alien faces are prohibited.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“It is against the law to crush a can of beer between your breasts.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“01. Children as young as 15 can be sent to jail for cheating on their annual exams.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

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― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“If an older brother asks to marry your girlfriend, by law and honor you, and your girlfriend, must agree.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“No man may say to his wife that she is "uglier than her mother". The penalty is up to 1 year in prison.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“City- Daytona Beach: It is against the law for any person, either as the owner, occupant, lessee, agent, tenant, or otherwise, to store or deposit, or cause or permit to be stored or deposited, any abandoned, junked or discarded motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon any public or private property within the city.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

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― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“60--30. Weird Laws -- New Jersy 01. It is against the law to sell handcuffs to a person under 18 years of age. [Source: Sec. 2C:39-9.2] 02. It is against the law to wear a bullet-proof vest while engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, criminal escape, or assault. [Source: Sec. 2C:39-13]”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“01. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the highway as reasonably possible. [Note: No mountain highways exist in Nebraska]”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“01. It is against the law to use high-altitude decompression chambers or electrocution for killing dogs and other animals.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“City- Baltimore: It is against the law to take a lion into a cinema. Naturally.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“It is against the law to curse firefighters while they are performing their duties. 02. It is against the law to ingest human or animal blood or human or animal waste.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“City- Little Rock: It is against the law to sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 p.m. [Source: Sec. 18-54]”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“It’s prohibited to pronounce “Arkansas” incorrectly. “It should be pronounced in three (3) syllables, with the final ‘s’ silent, the ‘a’ in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables. The pronunciation with the accent on the second syllable with the sound of ‘a’ in “man” and the sounding of the terminal ‘s’ is an innovation to be discouraged.” In simple words, you should pronounce it as ar-kan-saw. [Source: Arkansas Code 1-4-105]”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“No person (including foreign tourists) is allowed to eat, or drink in a public place during the day of Ramadan.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“03. It was against the law to drink coffee during the 16th and 17th centuries. It was punishable by death. 04. It is mandatory to have a reflective early warning device, a fire extinguisher, and a first aid kit in the vehicle. 05. Married women are forbidden from taking a job unless they have their husbands' consent. 06. Stealing olives before they are ripe can result in a jail sentence of up to 2 years.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“08. It is against the law to ski down a mounting while reciting poetry. 09. At one time it was against the law to slam car doors in Switzerland. 10. It is required that every car with snow tires has to have a sticker on its dashboard which tells that the driver should not drive faster than 160 km/h with these tires. 11. People must pass verbal and written tests before they are allowed to own a dog.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“04. It is against the law to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. in an apartment building. The government considers it noise pollution.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“03. It is against the law for banks to refuse vault owners to store dead relatives in their vaults - provided the period of storage does not exceed 7 months.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World

“Any woman who wears pants faces a possible punishment for having the pants ripped off and torn to pieces by soldiers.”
― Manik Joshi, Weird Laws from Around the World