Dumb Laws

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 from 7:00 A.

Switzerland

• In a small town in Switzerland it is illegal to ride down hills with a bike.
• Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday.
• You may not wash your car on a Sunday.
• It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise.
• It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.
• A man may not relieve himself while standing up, after 10 P.
• Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell and trade absinth (special alcohol), it is legal to consume it.
• 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.
• If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished.

1. A prince or princess who marries without the consent of the government, that person forfeits the right of succession for his/her children and all other descendants.
2. While prostitution is legal, it is illegal to use the services of a prostitute.
3. You may only own half a meter down in the ground of any land you own.
4. It is illegal to repaint a house without a painting license and the government’s permission.
5. If you release pigs into a acornwood (or a beechnutwood) mutually owned by you and at least one more, and exceeded your quota of allowed pigs, you will have to pay a fine for each each pig to the other owners and to restore any damages caused by the extra pigs.

Singapore

1. If you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying, “I am a litterer.
2. It is illegal to pee in an elevator.
3. The sale of gum is prohibited.
4. Homosexuals are not allowed to live in the country.
5. Oral sex is illegal unless it is used as a form of foreplay.
6. Pornography is illegal.
7. As it is considered pornographic, you may not walk around your home nude.
8. Failure to flush a public toilet after use may result in very hefty fines.
9. It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.
10. Cigarettes are illegal at all public places.
11. It is illegal to come within 50 meters of a pedestrian crossing marker on any street.

Norway

Prostitution is illegal, but being a prostitute is not

Greece

All electronic games are banned.

Canada

You may not wash your car in the street.