Old laws, weird facts and shit....

[enki's perfect clone]

Sharp, the electronics company started out by making pencils

Nintendo started making playing cards.

and thank you, that name never made any sense until now.

Yeah, I always thought it was a reference to their picture quality...now I see it as more of a double entendre...

also, butterflies feel with their knees

[kidlogic]

Some I just found for California....

Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.

Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.

It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.

Women may not drive in a house coat.

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

And city specific ones...

Baldwin Park, CA - Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.

Blythe, CA - You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.

Chico, CA - Bowling on the sidewalk is illegal.

And some from my home state of Wisconsin, known for its dairy products, especially cheese.

Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.

Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

At one time, margarine was illegal.

State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese.

While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker’s license.

Livestock have the right-of-way on public roads.

It is a class A misdemeanor to wave a burning torch around in the air.

[kamala]

209. If a man strike a free-born woman so that she lose her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.

wow 10 whole shekles. surely 2 dollars and something cents will compensate for her trauma and loss ......

[stayc]

It is illegal to die in the houses of Parliament.

Do you watch 8 out of 10 cats or somthing.

[gwa]

I find it funny that it is illegal to commit suicide.

[psyolopher]

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.

Hahahahaha!

[bagelator]

just found this about portuguese employment:

Portugal: The Strange Labor Law
If your company intends to start doing business in Portugal, here's one important thing to know: There's no termination period for the employer.

This doesn't mean that you can tell your employees to go home and the next day their employment contract will have disappeared. This means that you can't fire anybody. An employee can resign with a 1 month resignation period in the 2 first years of employment and 2 months afterwards.

The employer has the following choices:

* offer money and beg the employee to leave (also known as "mutual consent")
* fire the employee for gross misconduct (also known as "for cause" or "good luck proving that")
* fire the employee, pay up to 6 months salary AND risk to be forced to reinstate the employee (also known as "abusive dismissal" or "back to square one")

http://thehappyemployee.blogspot.com/20 ... tugal.html




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and on a lighter note,

* In Portugal, it's against the law to pee in the ocean.

though i can't quite believe that one. anyone know otherwise?