Friday, October 06, 2006

fridays funny - it's a daft world

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror. (Do they look different reversed?)

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times. (A brick??)

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (Much worse than "going blind!")

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. (Ah! Justice!)

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. (But of course!)

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Makes one shudder at the thought.)

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time. (I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)

In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises." (Is this a great country or what? Not as great as Guam, though!)

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of...? How did the govt. pay for this research??)

Butterflies taste with their feet. (Ah, geez)
An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. (I know some people like that.)

Starfish don't have brains. ( I know some people like that, too)
Turtles can breathe through their butts. (And you think you have bad breath?)

15 comments:

ldbug said...

I like the Hong-Kong one!!

Not funny, but: In Montana until the 1990's it was legal to shoot an 'Indian' if they were on your property. Gad, did no one hear of civil rights?

Apparently someone found the law, why they were looking for such a loophole?! It was abolished, of course, within a week of it's discovery.

minj said...

omg

ur sooooooooooo WIRED 4 SOUND....


hahahahaha...........hic xxx

Anonymous said...

just hopped in to say hi.

Unknown said...

LOL!! At all the various strange customs. I bet youths all over the world would give an arm and a leg to spend their Gap year in Guam and get a job deflowering virgins.
What an obnoxious job!!!

Betty said...

I like the Hong Kong one, too. But I have a question. Does the wife have to kill BOTH the husband and his lover for it to be legal, or can she just kill one of them?

fancy-face said...

can you show me how to put my links at the side bar? i try but i cant....

Jay said...

Those are funny. There are lots of cities in the US that have crazy laws too. I think it's Memphis where it's (or was) illegal for women to dirve unless a man with red flags was walking in front of the car. I think it was Memphis.

And many towns have laws that say that no more than 3 women can live in the same house. Otherwise it's considered a brothel. LOL

Biddie said...

How many men want to go to Guam now?
How do the people in Indonesia KNOW if you've been masturbating? Just don't tell!!!

gawilli said...

What does toplessness have to do with tropical fish?

Distant Timbers Echo said...

GOOD LORD!! I'm moving to Guam! Why didn't I know this information when I was there in the Navy???

Oh well.

Steel Sharks said...

Some real crackers in amongst thaose funnies.
Im in the wrong job, how much is a flight to Guam any away?

fancy-face said...

i had beta but not no more because i had too many problems with it...im on regular blogger...

katy said...

minj - wish i was going hic, when we partying shall we wait till after me hols and i will bring us some ouzo back!

DJ Andi said...

If you live in the city of Acworth, Georgia you must own a rake. Sometimes laws are so stupid, but they do make for funny reading years down the road.

rauf said...

Its a strange world, her Indoors,
thanks for sharing them Some of them really made me laugh.