Stupid Laws » Switzerland http://www.stupidlaws.com We have a huge collection of stupid, dumb, and crazy laws from the United States, individual states, and many other countries. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:28:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A man may not relieve himself while standing up, after 10 P.M. http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-man-may-not-relieve-himself-while-standing-up-after-10-p/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-man-may-not-relieve-himself-while-standing-up-after-10-p/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:16:08 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=742
  • A pregnant woman may relieve herself anywhere she likes, including (if she requests) in a policeman’s helmet.
  • Drivers must yield to pedestrians who are standing on the sidewalk.
  • It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
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  • A pregnant woman may relieve herself anywhere she likes, including (if she requests) in a policeman’s helmet.
  • Drivers must yield to pedestrians who are standing on the sidewalk.
  • It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/a-man-may-not-relieve-himself-while-standing-up-after-10-p/feed/ 1     Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday. http://www.stupidlaws.com/clothes-may-not-be-hung-to-dry-on-sunday/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/clothes-may-not-be-hung-to-dry-on-sunday/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:16:37 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=744
  • A bed may not be hung out of a window.
  • A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
  • It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline.
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  • A bed may not be hung out of a window.
  • A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
  • It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/clothes-may-not-be-hung-to-dry-on-sunday/feed/ 0     If you leave you car-keys inside the car with the door unlocked open, you will be fined. http://www.stupidlaws.com/if-you-leave-you-car-keys-inside-the-car-with-the-door-unlocked-open-you-will-be-fined/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/if-you-leave-you-car-keys-inside-the-car-with-the-door-unlocked-open-you-will-be-fined/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:16:54 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=746
  • A door on a car may not be left open longer than is necessary.
  • If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined.
  • It is against the law to leave your doors and windows open if you are away from your house for more than one week.
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  • A door on a car may not be left open longer than is necessary.
  • If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined.
  • It is against the law to leave your doors and windows open if you are away from your house for more than one week.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/if-you-leave-you-car-keys-inside-the-car-with-the-door-unlocked-open-you-will-be-fined/feed/ 0     It is against the law for any man to unilaterally declare war on another country. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-against-the-law-for-any-man-to-unilaterally-declare-war-on-another-country/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-against-the-law-for-any-man-to-unilaterally-declare-war-on-another-country/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:17:14 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=748
  • Homosexuals are not allowed to live in the country.
  • It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.
  • It is illegal to intentionally jump onto any of the 10 million land mines that scar the country.
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  • Homosexuals are not allowed to live in the country.
  • It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.
  • It is illegal to intentionally jump onto any of the 10 million land mines that scar the country.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-against-the-law-for-any-man-to-unilaterally-declare-war-on-another-country/feed/ 0     It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-considered-an-offense-to-mow-your-lawn-on-a-sunday-because-it-causes-too-much-noise/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-considered-an-offense-to-mow-your-lawn-on-a-sunday-because-it-causes-too-much-noise/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:17:32 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=750
  • It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
  • It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.
  • It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
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  • It is considered an offense to check into a hotel under an assumed name.
  • It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.
  • It is considered an offense to get a tattoo.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-considered-an-offense-to-mow-your-lawn-on-a-sunday-because-it-causes-too-much-noise/feed/ 1     It is illegal for banks to refuse vault owner to store dead relatives in their vaults – provided the period of storage does not exceed 7 months. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-banks-to-refuse-vault-owner-to-store-dead-relatives-in-their-vaults-provided-the-period-of-storage-does-not-exceed-7-months/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-banks-to-refuse-vault-owner-to-store-dead-relatives-in-their-vaults-provided-the-period-of-storage-does-not-exceed-7-months/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:17:57 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=752
  • It is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store.
  • It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offenses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one’s bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
  • It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
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  • It is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store.
  • It is illegal to bike, roller-skate, skateboard, or inline skate in a commercially zoned area. For these offenses, there is a fine of no more than $5 or the impounding of one’s bicycle for a period not to exceed 30 days.
  • It is illegal to use profanity in front of a dead body which lies in a funeral home or in a coroners office.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-for-banks-to-refuse-vault-owner-to-store-dead-relatives-in-their-vaults-provided-the-period-of-storage-does-not-exceed-7-months/feed/ 0     It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if you live in an apartment. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-flush-the-toilet-after-10-p/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-flush-the-toilet-after-10-p/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:18:47 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=754
  • It is against the law to not flush the toilet after using it. Special police randomly check on public restrooms and violators are publicly caned.
  • It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to live, dwell, cook, sleep, change clothes or use toilet facilities inside any vehicle.
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  • It is against the law to not flush the toilet after using it. Special police randomly check on public restrooms and violators are publicly caned.
  • It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to live, dwell, cook, sleep, change clothes or use toilet facilities inside any vehicle.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-flush-the-toilet-after-10-p/feed/ 0     It is illegal to ski down a mountain while reciting poetry. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-ski-down-a-mountain-while-reciting-poetry/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-ski-down-a-mountain-while-reciting-poetry/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:04 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=756 http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-illegal-to-ski-down-a-mountain-while-reciting-poetry/feed/ 0 It is required that every car with snow tires has to have a sticker on its dashboard which tells that the driver should not drive faster than 160 km/h with these tires. http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-required-that-every-car-with-snow-tires-has-to-have-a-sticker-on-its-dashboard-which-tells-that-the-driver-should-not-drive-faster-than-160-kmh-with-these-tires/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-required-that-every-car-with-snow-tires-has-to-have-a-sticker-on-its-dashboard-which-tells-that-the-driver-should-not-drive-faster-than-160-kmh-with-these-tires/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:34 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=759
  • A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.
  • In order to operate a burglar alarm, a permit must be obtained. Sec. 12-23. Registration required; application; transferability; false statements. (a)All persons must complete and submit to the village an emergency contact registration form for their alarm if they operate or cause to be operated an alarm system in the village. A separate registration is required for each alarm system. Upon receipt of a completed registration form, the police department shall issue a numbered alarm sticker to the applicant to facilitate retrieval of registration information. (Ord. No. 97-17, § 1, 10-14-97)
  • No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
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  • A taxi driver must ask passengers if they are suffering from plague or smallpox.
  • In order to operate a burglar alarm, a permit must be obtained. Sec. 12-23. Registration required; application; transferability; false statements. (a)All persons must complete and submit to the village an emergency contact registration form for their alarm if they operate or cause to be operated an alarm system in the village. A separate registration is required for each alarm system. Upon receipt of a completed registration form, the police department shall issue a numbered alarm sticker to the applicant to facilitate retrieval of registration information. (Ord. No. 97-17, § 1, 10-14-97)
  • No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
    • ]]>     http://www.stupidlaws.com/it-is-required-that-every-car-with-snow-tires-has-to-have-a-sticker-on-its-dashboard-which-tells-that-the-driver-should-not-drive-faster-than-160-kmh-with-these-tires/feed/ 0     Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell or trade absinthe it is legal to consume it. http://www.stupidlaws.com/though-it-is-illegal-to-produce-store-sell-or-trade-absinthe-it-is-legal-to-consume-it/ http://www.stupidlaws.com/though-it-is-illegal-to-produce-store-sell-or-trade-absinthe-it-is-legal-to-consume-it/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:19:55 +0000 admin http://new.stupidlaws.com/?p=761
  • It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
  • It is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store.
  • It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
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  • It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
  • It is illegal for an owner of a store to allow another person to pass out free ducklings in front of the store.
  • It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
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