Top 10 Most Pointless Laws Around the World
We all know never to break the law. Rules are rules, right? You don't want to go to jail, get fined, or end up with a criminal record, so don't break the law!But sometimes, laws are... well... sad. Ridiculous. Useless. Pointless. And downright hilarious!
So, here are the top ten funniest and most useless laws from around the world.
This is a pretty big head-scratcher, but I guess people in the government were traumatized by the chicken crossing the road joke when they were kids, and now they've made it illegal. It's pretty funny, though, and extremely pointless.
Who cares if your chicken crosses the road? Only you do, because you don't want your chicken to walk straight into a marsh and drown, get hit by a car, or escape. I'm sure that particular classic joke is quite common in Quitman more than it is here.
Of course, they can't know whether people there did let their chickens cross the road or not, so this can't be enforced strongly or maybe even at all. At this point, the government probably doesn't even remember that it exists.
Why, Arizona? Why? I hope none of you were taking a big sip of water while reading that because if so, it's gotta be all over your computer now.
Anyways, unfortunately for you Arizonans, it is illegal to have unconscious donkeys in your tub after 7 pm! Before 7, it's perfectly fine, and if they're conscious, it is as well, but otherwise, no! Why donkeys? This makes absolutely no sense, and it really is completely pointless.
I doubt there's ever a case where that actually happens, so there is no reason for that law to even be considered, much less exist. I think that nobody from Arizona reading this has probably ever heard of this law. If you have, congratulations. You're weird.
Why, just why? It's not like they test every pickle to see if it bounces.
It's because some people value crunchy pickles. God, that sounds so wrong.
Why do pickles need to be bouncy?
Edit: That sounds disgusting. I'm sorry you had to read that.
This is just getting stupid. I think that people should have the right to deny someone the use of their toilet because it's basically allowing someone you don't know at all to go into your house.
This is really pointless, and while it's probably actually a bad thing, I doubt that this will happen very often. If you haven't read a list related to this, you probably haven't heard of this absurd law before, whether you live in Scotland or not.
What if they clog the toilet or leave a mess? Or what if they secretly steal something?
The single most pointless law ever. If you die in the Houses of Parliament, how will you be convicted?
Makes sense. It's kind of illegal to die anywhere if you think about it.
Well, if you do, what are they going to do? Throw your dead body in prison?
Again, this time it's just not a good idea. What if your dog is having surgery or something and can't go on three walks in one day?
And while it's great to see that the Italian government approves of dogs' rights, I think that this should not be a law. There's no point in it existing.
Welp, my dog would never commit to such a thing. Once is enough for her, and she would refuse to go out unless she really, really felt like it.
What if the dog can't walk more than one or two times?
I mean, does this include sleeping? What if your dog just died?
Also, I don't think that even the happiest person in the world would be able to smile at all times. It just isn't possible to maintain that muscular contraction 24/7. So technically, everyone in Milan is an outlaw. Also, how do babies do that?
This is a ridiculous law, and I feel bad for the people in Milan. I'm sure this law isn't enforced strongly on the community, unless everyone there are psychos, and it's probably only kept around as some kind of a joke or something nowadays. Whatever the case, at least it put a smile on my face when I read it.
Why Tuesdays? Why 6 pm? What in the world?
How are you supposed to monitor this kind of behavior, walk into a random airport and sniff around? This is definitely an extremely pointless law for very obvious reasons.
I doubt that it's maintained at all because there are a ton of places you probably need to be after 6 pm. Can any readers from Florida tell me what it's like to have to avoid farting after 6 pm on Tuesdays?
Why Tuesdays and why after 6? No fart Tuesday?
How are the police even going to find out?
What if they bit the firefighter trying to save people? And ate the firefighter, then the people died from the smoke!
Show me someone who has the guts to do that genius.
I'm not even joking. Look this up!
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Makes sense, but only if the person wants to steal the milk.
If it's without permission and to steal that milk, then yeah...
So if you happen to see one when looking out the window, you're a criminal? Hmm.
Does this mean you aren't allowed to change?
So you're saying I have to keep my shirt on in the shower if I live there?
What. Were. They. Thinking? What do you mean, suspicious? And why does salmon have anything to do with it?
Whatever the case, England and Wales both decided it was too scary to have suspicious salmon lurking around, and through the famous Salmon Act of 1986, they made this hilariously stupid and pointless idea law.
Super pointless. I guess they're worried about salmon smuggling or something, but it still seems pretty dumb.
What does it mean by "suspicious circumstances"? Hmm. Maybe they used to use salmon as weapons, and so they cracked down on it.
This sounds like something you'd do in a cartoon.
What are old people going to do in their free time?
This is just for Toronto as far as I know. Still silly though.
Wait, really? Well, I've done this all the time, so I don't know what's up with that.
DON'T SEARCH UP WHAT A VENEREAL DISEASE IS! I don't want that on my conscience or on your computer history. Basically, a venereal disease is a disease that's killed a lot of people (you'll know it as HIV or STDs), and it can be spread by, uh, making babies.
So if you have that disease, it's illegal to get married in Nebraska, probably because they don't want people to pass it on to their kids. But still, saying someone can't fall in love because they don't want them to have a kid is pretty heartbreaking, and I think that it should not exist as a law.
Because there are just so many giraffes in Georgia.
What in the world? You're basically saying: Here's a law you can't break while breaking other laws.
Doesn't make much sense. I guess if you get caught while committing a crime with a bulletproof vest on you can get charged separately.
Wow, like that's gonna stop somebody. They're already breaking the law and you think they're gonna abide by it while doing so? What?
Too bad. I already have my Kevlar on and am about to storm a bank with the boys.
Too late. I already grabbed my .44 and deleted him from the urban legend gene pool. Meat didn't taste great, kinda like stale chicken and venison on rye bread on a Wednesday.
Well, you shouldn't be throwing snakes at people at all.
This should be illegal everywhere!