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    In Eureka, Nevada, USA, it is still illegal for men with moustaches to kiss 
    women.
  2)

    In Alexandria, Minnesota, USA, it is still illegal for a man who has garlic, 
    onions or sardines on his breath to have sex with his wife.
  3)

    In Logan County, Colorado, USA, it is still illegal to kiss a woman while 
    she is asleep.
  4)

    In Providence, Rhode Island, USA, it is still illegal for shop owners to sell 
    toothpaste and toothbrushes to the same customer on a Sunday.
  5)

    In Zion, Illinois, USA, it is still illegal to offer cigars to your pets.
  6)

    In St. Louis, Missouri, USA, it is still illegal for firemen to rescue women 
    who are still in their nightdresses.
  7)

    In Ames, Iowa, USA, it is still illegal for men to have three sips of beer 
    while they are in bed with their wives.
  8)

    In Maryland, USA, it is still illegal for radio stations to play Randy Newman's 
    song 'Short people'.
  9)

    In Oklahoma, USA, it is still illegal to make faces at a dog, a crime that 
    could result in a prison sentence.
  10)

    In Texas, USA, criminals are still required to give their victims at least 
    24 hours oral or written notice giving details of the crime they are about 
    to commit.
  11)

    In Washington, USA, it is still an offence to pretend that you have rich parents.
  12)

    In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, it is still an offence to take a lion into a 
    cinema.
  13)

    In Tremonton, Utah, USA, it is still an offence for a woman to have sexual 
    intercourse with a man in an ambulance. She can be charged with a misdemeanour 
    and have her name printed in the local paper.
  14)

    In Oxford, Ohio, USA, it is still illegal for a woman to undress in front 
    of a picture of a man.
  15)

    In Miami, Florida, USA, it is still illegal for anyone to imitate an animal.
  16)

    In Afghanistan the Taliban militia banned women from wearing white socks just 
    in case men find them attractive. The police are also ordered windows to be 
    painted black to stop women being seen from the outside.
  17)

    In the USA impotence is grounds for divorce in 24 states.
  18)

    In Illinois, USA, it is against the law to give a lighted cigar to a pet.
  19)

    In Iowa, USA, it is against the law to kiss for more than five minutes.
  20)

    In International Falls, Minnesota, USA, it is against the law for a dog to 
    chase a cat up a telegraph pole and dog owners can be fined for this.
  21)

    In Kentucky, USA, it is illegal to carry and ice cream cone in your pocket.
  22)

    In Louisiana, USA, if you bite someone with your own teeth it is classed as 
    'Simple assault' but if you bite someone with your dentures it is classed 
    as 'aggravated assault.'
  23)

    In Massachusetts, USA, it is illegal for mourners to eat no more than three 
    sandwiches at a wake.
  24)

    In Chico, California, USA, the law says that anybody who detonates a nuclear 
    device within the city limits is liable to a fine of $500.
  25)

    In Lebanon any man may legally have sex with any animal just as long as it 
    is a female.
  26)

    In Conorsville, Wisconsin, USA, it is illegal for a man to fire a gun while 
    his wife is having an orgasm.
  27)

    In Tremonton, Utah, USA, it is illegal for a woman to have sex with a man 
    while riding in an ambulance.
  28)

    In Oblong, Illinois, it is illegal to make love while fishing or hunting on 
    your wedding day.
  29)

    In Bahrain it is illegal for a doctor to look directly at a woman's genitals 
    while he is examining her although he is permitted to see their reflection 
    in a mirror.
  30)

    In Ames, Iowa, USA, a husband may not take more than three gulps of beer while 
    lying in bed with his wife.
  31)

    In Hastings, Nebraska, USA, the law says that hotel owners have to provide 
    a clean white cotton nightshirt for each guest. Also no couples are allowed 
    to have sex in the hotel unless they are wearing these nightshirts.
  32)

    In Willowdale, Oregon, USA, no man may curse while having sex with his wife.
  33)

    In Indonesia the punishment for masturbation is execution by decapitation.
  34)

    In Kingsville, Texas, USA, it is against the law for pigs to have sex on airport 
    property.
  35)

    In Florida it is illegal to have sex with a porcupine.
  36)

    During World War I anyone found to be a homosexual in the French army was 
    executed.
  37)

    Hundreds of years ago in Japan anyone who attempted to leave the country was 
    instantly executed.
  38)

    The very first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in 1787.
  39)

    In Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, in 1917, it was illegal to tie a male horse 
    next to a female horse.
  40)

    In the USA there is a lawsuit every 30 seconds.
  41)

    In San Diego, USA, hypnotism is banned by public schools.
  42)

    Although the USA has only 5 percent of the world population it has 70 percent 
    of the worlds lawyers.
  43)

    Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore.
  44)

    In Paraguay duelling is legal just as long as both parties are registered 
    blood donors.
  45)

    In Milan, Italy, there is still a law that requires citizens to smile at all 
    times or risk a hefty fine. The only exceptions are visiting hospitals and 
    funerals.
  46)

    In Switzerland every citizen is required by law to have access to a bomb shelter.
  47)

    In Burma it is illegal to get internet access. If a person is found in possession 
    of a modem he can be imprisoned.
  48)

    In Bangladesh it is against the law for schoolchildren to cheat at school 
    exams. Pupils as young as 15 can be imprisoned for this.
  49)

    Until 1984 Belgians were made to choose their children's names from a list 
    of 1500 drawn up in the days of Napoleon.
  50)

    In Romania, in 1935, Mickey Mouse was banned because the authorities thought 
    that the sight of a 10ft high rodent on screen would terrify the nation's 
    children.
  51)

    Donald Duck comics were once banned in Finland because he never wore pants.
  52)

    Belgium is the only country that has never imposed censorship on adult films.
  53)

    Karate films were banned in Iraq in 1979.
  54)

    In Indiana, USA, during the 1950's, all Robin Hood films were banned because 
    authorities thought that robbing the rich to give to the poor was an act of 
    communism. 
  55)

    In Iceland it was once against the law to own a pet dog.
  56)

    The bloodhound is the only animal in the world whose evidence is admissable 
    in court.
  57)

    In New York City, USA, in 1978, a new law made it compulsory for dog owners 
    to clean up after their pets. Before this there was an estimated 40 million 
    poundweight of dogsh*t deposited on the streets every day.
  58)

    In Basle, Switzerland, in 1471, a cockerel was found guilty in a court of 
    law for laying an egg "In defiance of natural law". The bird was 
    then burnt at the stake as a "Devil in disguise".
  59)

    In Stelvio, Italy, in 1519, a court issued a warrant for the arrest of a gang 
    of moles that had severely damaged crops. The moles were sumoned to court 
    but when they failed to appear they were sentenced to exile.
  60)

    In South Bend, Indiana, USA, a monkey was once found guilty of smoking a cigarette.
  61)

    In the USA a dog was once sentenced to life imprisonment after it attacked 
    and killed the Governor's pet cat. The dog ended up doing six years in jail.
  62)

    In Munster, in 1670, the courts banished a plague of fleas from the city, 
    prohibiting them from returning for ten years.
  63)

    In Seville, Spain, in 1983, an alsatian dog was arrested for snatching handbags 
    from shoppers.
  64)

    Judge J.H. Logan from California, USA, created the Loganberry fruit. He crossed 
    a wild blackberry with a cultivated raspberry and came up with his own fruit.
  65)

    In ancient Sparta men were required by law to eat at least two pounds of meat 
    every day. This was supposed to make them brave.
  66)

    In Turkey, during the 16th and 17th centuries, it was illegal to drink coffee 
    and anyone caught doing so was sentenced to death.
  67)

    In Venice all gondolas have to be painted black unless they belong to a high 
    ranking official.
  68)

    In England, in 1865, a law was passed stating that any self propelled carriage 
    on an English highway had to have a crew of three, one of whom had to walk 
    in front of the carriage with a red flag to warn horse drawn vehicles of it's 
    approach.
  69)

    In Rome, 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar banned chariots from the centre of 
    Rome to ease congestion.
  70)

    In London, England, there is still a law that states London Taxi cabs must 
    carry a bale of hay at all times.
  71)

    In Bermuda, up until 1948, all private cars were banned.
  72)

    At one time it was against the law to slam car doors in Switzerland.
  73)

    In Britain, in 1888, a law was passed which stated that every cyclist had 
    to constantly ring the bell on his bicycle non-stop while the machine was 
    moving.
  74)

    In Singapore it is illegal for a person to walk around the house naked and 
    not flushing the toilet. Also a person can be executed if they are found in 
    possession of more than 200g of cannabis resin.

    Oral sex is banned unless it is used only during foreplay and if a person 
    is caught littering the streets he is forced to make an appearance on TV with 
    a bib around his neck saying "I'm a litterer."
  75)

    In Birmingham, England, it is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex on 
    church steps after sundwon.
  76)

    In Iowa, USA, it is illegal for horses to eat fire hydrants.
  77)

    In Denmark it is not illegal for a convicted prisoner to escape from prison. 
    If the escapee is caught he only serves the rest of his sentence.

    It is illegal however to start your car without first checking to see if there 
    are any children asleep underneath it! 
  78)

    In Thailand it is illegal to step on a banknote, leave your house without 
    wearing underwear and if you drop a piece of bubblegum on the pavement you 
    can be fined $600.

    Also all cinema goers must stand up during the National Anthem before a film 
    starts.
  79)

    In Australia it is illegal to smoke cannabis in any part of the country except 
    for Canberra.

    In Victoria only a licensed electrician is allowed to change a lightbulb and 
    it is forbidden to wear pink hot pants after mid-day on a Sunday!
  80)

    In Switzerland it is against the law for men to urinate standing up after 
    10pm which is the same time that it is illegal to flush the toilet!
  81)

    In Canada, by law, 1 out of every 5 songs on the radio must be sung by a Canadian 
    and in British Columbia it is illegal to kill a Sasquatch or Bigfoot if one 
    is ever found.

    In Alberta a released convict is entitled to a gun and a horse to ride out 
    of town on.
  82)

    In London, England, it is illegal to use a camera tripod, throw a stick for 
    your dog or use an offensive powder like pepper on your jacket potato in any 
    park.

    Also wife beating is illegal just as long as it is not after 9pm and it doesn't 
    disturb the neighbours.

    It is also illegal to impersonate a Chelsea pensioner which once carried the 
    death sentence in the 19th century.
  83)

    In the Lebanon men are allowed to have sex with any other animal just as long 
    as it is a female. If a man is caught having sex with a male animal then the 
    penalty is death.
  84)

    The Taliban once sacked 84 civil workers for trimming their beards! Maulawi 
    Rafiullah Muazin, the Taliban's President of the Department for Promoting 
    Virtue and Preventing Vice, said at the time, "Beards must be long enough 
    to come out of a clenched fist held at the base of the chin. It does not matter 
    who the person is - if he has trimmed his beard, we will dismiss him." 
  
  85)

    Non-Christians have been banned from being within 20 metres of churches in 
    Rovato, Italy. The move, instigated by the local government, has angered police 
    because a major highway passes within 15 metres of one of the churches. Officers 
    claim that they cannot be expected to stop motorists and demand to see a Baptism 
    Certificate.
  86)

    North Carolina has a law to ban people from swearing in front of cadavers. 
    The law also sets out guidelines transporting the recently deceased after 
    one funeral firm was caught piling stiffs onto the back of a pick-up truck. 
    It outlaws 'profanity, indecent or obscene language in the presence of a dead 
    human body' making it technically illegal to say the 'f' word in front of 
    a hearse!
  87)

    In Minnesota, USA, it is still against the law to hang male and female underwear 
    together on the same washing line.
  88)

    In Indiana, USA, in the 1950's anything to do with Robin Hood was banned on 
    the grounds that robbing from from the rich to give to the poor was a communist 
    act! 
  89)

    In olden times witches who were tried by the Bible were often declared innocent.

    The accused witch and the Bible were weighed and if the witch weighed more 
    than the Bible then she was released.

    Not a good time to be suffering from anorexia we think!
  90)

    In England, in 1837, a law was passed that entitled a woman to bite off a 
    man's nose if he kissed her against her will!
  91)

    The Egyptian government banned male belly-dancing in 1837 because of the enthusiastic 
    riots that it caused.
  92)

    In Arizona, USA, it is illegal to hunt camels.
  93)

    In California, USA, in 1986, Judge Samuel King became so annoyed that jurors 
    were absent from his court because of heavy rain that he issued a decree which 
    stated "I hereby order that it cease raining by Tuesday."

    Amazingly it stopped raining on Tuesday and California suffered a 5 year drought.

    In 1991 the judge then decreed "Rain shall fall in California beginning 
    February 27th."

    Later that day California had the heaviest rainfall in ten years.
  94)

    In Alexandria, Minneapolis, USA, it is against the law for a man to make love 
    to a woman with the smell of sardines on his breath.

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