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22 Things You May Not Think Of Doing But If You Did, You Would Be Committing A Crime, As Shared In This Online Group
As good people, we automatically follow most laws, as they are there to keep us and others safe, whether we are aware of them or not. We consider it our duty to obey the rules, and for the most part, we avoid breaking the ones that would get us in serious trouble.
But the book of law is very long, and every country, state, or even region can have different laws written in it, so we may break the law only because we didn’t read about it. However, ignorance doesn’t exempt us from responsibility, so let’s find out some.
Reddit user EvilPilotFish asked people, “What is surprisingly illegal?” after finding out that credit card fees are illegal in many states, but gas stations still do that, and others shared what’s a funny or weird law they know about in the place they live in.
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#1
It is forbidden to own a single Guinea pig in Switzerland. You must have two.
String cheese muppet 3 years ago
That’s such an adorable law. But imagine politicians sitting around a table and discussing this.
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#2
In Germany it's legal to break out of prison - but not in your prison uniform, because that would be stealing.
Gremlan jonnson 3 years ago
All this means is that you don't get time added on your original sentence if youescape, you will still be put back in prison when caught
#3
In China, it's illegal to reincarnate without the government's permission.
#6
here’s some odd laws from my state of Pennsylvania:
• in Ridley Park, You are not allowed to walk backwards while eating peanuts in front of Barnstormers Auditorium while a performance is taking place
• It’s illegal to sing while in a bathtub
• If you live in Morrisville and you’re a woman, you’ve got to have a permit to wear makeup
• It’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outside
• if you have a d**k and you’re in Allentown, don’t even think about getting aroused in public. tell your little buddy to stay down until y’all get home
• Fortune Telling is illegal
• If you’ve been in a duel, I hope you don’t have plans to run for Governor, because you won’t be able to.
• Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish
here’s a fun one..
• Ex-felons aren’t allowed to operate a Bingo game
#7
In the most southern island of the Caribbean, Trinidad, and Tobago, it's illegal to curse publicly
The Doom Song 3 years ago
Wow, you guys would make so much money out of us Australians!!! We can barely string a sentence together without dropping the f bomb or the c bomb
#8
If in Western Australia, possessing more than 50kg of potatoes.
Yep, you read that correctly. Potatoes.
Élizaan Jansen van Rensburg 3 years ago
Why? And what about farmers, transport vehicles and distributors of it?
#9
In my country, not having at least one bidet installed per home.
EDIT since many keep asking: the country is Italy.
#10
It’s now illegal to buy canned whipped cream under 21 years of age here in my state.
18- fight for your country and possibly die? Yes!
Under 21- want whipped cream on your ice cream, pie? Oh well bye rocko.
CalicoKitty 3 years ago
That's to stop you huffing the aerosol. Not that it makes the age comparison any better...
#11
Umm…a woman in Saudi Arabia just got sentenced to 34 years prison because of a mild tweet statement about current political situation in her country. So, political opinion is hugely illegal there.
$cagsy 3 years ago
Why does it appear that the world doesn't care about the plight of women in Arab nations? Ukraine gets invaded by Russia and the world (rightly) sends weapons and aid. A woman leaves the house in Saudi and her hijab isn't on straight, 10 years in prison. It's absolutely scandalous the way the world just keeps on looking the other way. This must stop. There is no place for it in a civilised world.
#12
Being homeless.
Federico Guerrero-Isaza 3 years ago
"How should we fix homelessness?" "hmmm... I know! make it illegal!" "But sir-" "Make. It. Illegal."
#13
Alarming the Queen.
Section 49 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Sentence of up to 14 years in prison.
#14
I ask this because I read today that credit card fees are illegal in many states, including mine, but that doesn’t stop many gas stations around me.
#15
Entering the English parliament with a suit of armor for some reason
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
Same reason the front benches are more than two sword lengths apart.
#16
In several states, it's illegal to fish from horseback
Just google stupid fishing laws....there are lots of them.
Jyri Hakola 3 years ago
It's nice to hear about strange laws. BUT because most likely there are always some curious story behind most of these laws, it would be way more merrier to hear those stories...
#17
In my small home town spitting on the ground. (Was originally used when men chewed tobacco and the spit would stain the sidewalks), not enforced anymore.
#18
Children selling lemonade without a license.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
This blew up several years ago when a sweet girl was trying to sell water on the sidewalk. A Karen made a big deal about it. The girl was selling water to earn money for a trip to Disney world. She got her trip!
#19
You can’t legally collect rainwater in some states, even though it falls on your private property
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I had to look it up. According to a Washington Post article "In the West, water belongs to someone The principle at stake is called prior appropriation, which is legalese for “first come, first served.” This doctrine forms the bedrock of water law in the Western states, where long ago settlers raced to gobble up all the water rights. Prior appropriation helps explain why water-intensive agriculture is still a major industry in a place as arid as the West: Many of the early claimants were farmers seeking to irrigate their crops. Story continues below advertisement These days, with drought parching the region, there’s hardly enough water to go around. According to the law, the people who get first dibs are the ones who called it first, which tend to be the agricultural users and not the city dwellers. In Colorado, other people’s water rights even extend to the raindrops that fall onto your roof. Why? Because those raindrops might tumble into the gutter; they might seep into the ground; might, in some other eventual, serpentine fashion, find their way to a river where somebody’s great-great-grandfather once established a claim. Legal experts have long criticized the Wild West principle of prior appropriation. They say that the tradition of dibsies is incongruent with the way that people demand water in the 21st century"
#20
Selling cars directly to consumers. The government, working for the people as always, made it illegal to not use a car dealership.
#21
A few of my favorites from when I used to look this s**t up years ago:
* In Boise, Idaho you may not fish from a camel or giraffe's back
* Hunting camels is illegal in Arizona
* Also in Logan, Utah, if a married woman commits a crime in her husband's presence, he is legally responsible.
* Once again in Utah, it is illegal to cause a catastrophe.
#22
In Australia (edit: except for New South Wales), it is illegal to use your mobile phone to pay at a drive-thru of a fast-food venue (KFC, McDonalds, Red Rooster, etc.); unless you apply the handbrake and switch the engine off BEFORE you touch your phone. If caught, the penalties are fines worth hundreds of dolars, plus a few demerit points on your licence; which the amount of both varies from state to state.
A lot of Aussie drivers only found out about this in 2019, after Victoria Police responded to a Facebook poll that they had put up asking the following question “When using a fast-food outlet’s drive-thru service, can I use my phone to pay?” in which out of the 51,000 people that voted, 65% said "Yes".
What do you think ?
In too many fandoms 3 years ago
But other fishes are okay to be handled suspiciously?
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1.21Gigawatts?! 3 years ago
In Toronto, I believe it is illegal to drag a dead horse down the street on Saturday or Sunday. Any other day is fine 💀💀💀
In too many fandoms 3 years ago
But other fishes are okay to be handled suspiciously?
Load More Replies... 1.21Gigawatts?! 3 years ago
In Toronto, I believe it is illegal to drag a dead horse down the street on Saturday or Sunday. Any other day is fine 💀💀💀
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