After a quick look online, I found a few more from around the world to chuckle at.
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.
In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.
In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.
In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.
Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.
