Interesting Rules!

I just came across this news article and shucks, I couldn't stop laughing... It is about all the various laws from countries around the world that tourists should be aware of. So I researched a little more and compiled a list of all the wierd rules from the world that are pretty much not taken seriously today.

1. In Milan it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits.
2. In Massachusetts, taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of the car during their shifts.
3. In Denmark, people are legally obliged to honk the horn and check for small children underneath the car.
4. In Thailand, it is illegal for anyone to leave a building without wearing their pants.
5. In Michigan, anyone planning on bathing in public must have their swim suit inspected by a police officer.
6. In Florida, any unmarried woman who parachutes on a Sunday could be jailed. Singing while wearing a swimming costume is also prohibited.
7. In Portugal it is unlawful to urinate in the sea.
8. In Hong Kong the wife of a husband who commits adultery is legally entitled to kill the mistress in any manner desired, and the husband with just her bare hands.
9. In Switzerland flushing the lavatory after 10pm is illegal.
10. In Canada if you are arrested and then released from prison, it is a legal requirement that the felon is given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so they can ride safely out of the town.

Taken From: The Telegraph

More wierd rules:

1. Alaska - It is illegal to take a picture of a live bear. Better shoot it before getting that scenic shot!
2. Arizona - If a thirsty vagrant comes knocking on your door asking for a glass of water, denying to serve them is a punishable offense.
3. Arkansas - Beating your wife once a month? Go for it! More than once a month and the cuffs come out.
4. Colorado - Your pet goat is not allowed to graze on grass that is on city property. Aww, come on.
5. Connecticut - In Devon, Connecticut, it is illegal to walk backwards after sunset.
6. Delaware - Whispering within 300 feet of a church is considered a crime.
7. Florida - All pregnant pigs must be allowed to roam free, anywhere in the state.
8. Idaho - Fishing while on the back of an elephant is strictly prohibited.
9. Illinois - In Chicago, it is illegal to eat in any building which is currently on fire. Well, duh!
10. Kentucky - Throwing tomatoes at a public speaker is punishable by up to one year in jail.
11. Louisiana - In Jefferson Parish, all garbage fed to hogs must first be cooked, no matter what the garbage contains.
12. Massachusetts - It is illegal to park your donkey in a bath tub. Umm, excuse me, what?

Taken From: Amusing outdated laws

EVEN MORE OUTDATED LAWS

1. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
2. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
3. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside
down.
4. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon
5. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.
6. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
7. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
8. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere
she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
9. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
10. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing
squad.
12. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
13. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.
14. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
15. In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
16. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
17. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
18. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.
19. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.

Taken from: The world's strangest laws