Funniest craziest laws in the world

Thanks to Shaun Aisbitt for the compilation. Credits due to Shaun. (Da_Taxman)

Source.

America and Canada first, as they have an overwhelming amount of weird laws!. Further down the page are the Irish and English laws and then the rest of the world. If you come across any not listed here, changes of laws or corrections, please inform me giving some evidence (e.g.: a link, a scanned picture or article etc.). And please don't plagiarise this work as some other unscrupulous folks are doing, with some of my other articles. I work hard for this site to entertain and spread the Gospel as well as show that real Christians have a sense of humour.

Alabama

· It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

· Brewerton: Use of motor boats forbidden on city streets.

Alaska

· It is forbidden to push a moose out of a plane in motion.

· It is against the law to look at a moose from an airplane.

· Fairbanks: No moose is allowed to have sex on city streets.

Arizona

· Glendale: It is against the law for a car to back up.

· Mohave County: Anyone caught stealing a soap, must wash himself with it, until it's all used up.

Arkansas

· A man has a legal right to beat his wife, but only once a month.

· It's illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas.

· Little Rock: Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets may result in a 30-day jail term....

California

· A woman cannot drive a car while she is dressed in a house-coat.

· It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.

· It is illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.

· Belvedere: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."

· Blythe: A person must own at least two cows before he is permitted to wear cowboy boots in public.

· Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than 2000 sheep down Hollywood Boulevard simultaneously.

· L.A.: A man can legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than two inches wide, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap, preferably in advance.

· L.A.: You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.

· L.A.: If robbing a bank, shooting at the teller with a water gun is prohibited.

· Oakland: Illegal to rob a birds nest from a public cemetery.

· Ventura County: Cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.

Colorado

· Denver: It is illegal to mistreat rats.

· Denver: it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbour

· Logan County: Illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.

· Pueblo: Illegal to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.

· Sterling: Unlawful to allow a pet cat to run loose without a taillight.

Connecticut

· You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.

· Devon: it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset

· Hartford: Crossing the street walking on your hands is not allowed.

· Hartford: Illegal to educate dogs.

Delaware

· Lowes Crossroads: It is a violation of the local law for any pilot or passenger to carry an ice cream cone in their pocket while either flying or waiting to board a plane.

District of Colombia

· It is unlawful for small boys to throw stones, at any time, at any place.

· Washington: The only acceptable sexual position is the missionary-style position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal.

Florida

· Illegal for single, divorced, or widowed women to parachute on Sunday afternoons.

· Rats are forbidden from leaving the ships docked in Tampa Bay.

· An elephants tied to a parking meter must pay a regular parking fee.

· Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, and some may the salon owner.

· Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.

· Hunting and killing a dear while swimming is illegal.

· You're not allowed to break more than three dishes a day, or chip the edge off more than four cups and/or saucers.

· Miami: Illegal to go around imitating animals.

· Saratoga: Illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.

Georgia

· It's unlawful for a barber to advertise his prices.

· It is a misdemeanour for any citizen to attend church worship on Sunday unless he is equipped with a rifle and it is loaded.

· Jonesboro: Forbidden to say "Oh, boy".

Hawaii

. It's against the law for a person to insert pennies in the ear

Idaho

· Illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds.

· Coeur d'Alene: If police officers suspect a couple is having sex inside a vehicle they must honk their horn three times, and wait two minutes before being allowed to approach the scene.

· Idaho Falls: Forbidden for anyone over the age of eighty-eight to ride a motorcycle.

· Wallace: Unlawful for anyone to sleep in a dog kennel.

Illinois

· Women must address bachelors as master instead of mister.

· It is against the law to speak English in Illinois.

· Prohibited to drive a car without a steering wheel.

· Chicago: Eating in a place that is on fire is forbidden.

· Cicero: Humming on public streets on Sundays prohibited.

· Evanston: Unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire.

· Kenilworth: Roosters must be at least three hundred feet away from any residence if he wishes to crow.

. Hens that wish to cackle must be two hundred feet away from any residence.

· Oblong: It is a crime to make love while fishing or hunting on your wedding day.

· Urbana: No monster may enter the corporate limits.

· Zion: Illegal for anyone to give lighted cigars to dogs, cats, and other domesticated animals kept as pets.

Indiana

· Bathing is prohibited during the winter.

· Citizens are not allowed to attend a movie house or theatre nor ride in a public streetcar within at least four hours after eating garlic.

· Elkhart: It is illegal for a barber to threaten to cut off a youngster's ears.

Iowa

· No kiss may last more than five minutes.

· Aimes: A husband may not take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with his wife, or holding her hands.

· Ottumwa: "It is unlawful for any male person, within the corporate limits of the (city), to wink at any female person with whom he is unacquainted."

· Marshalltown, horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants

Kansas

· Wichita: A father cannot frighten his daughter's boyfriend with a gun.

· Natoma, it's against the law to practice knife-throwing at men wearing striped suits.

· It's against the law to annoy squirrels in Topeka

Kentucky

· "No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club."

· An amendment to the above law: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."

· Forbidden to appear on the streets of any town or village in bathing dress without police protection.

· Transport of an ice cream cone in your pocket is prohibited.

· Anyone who has been drinking is sober until s/he "cannot hold onto the ground".

· Everyone must take a bath at least once a year.

Louisiana

· In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered 'simple assault' while biting someone with your false teeth is 'aggravated assault'.

Maine

· Rumford: Illegal to bite the landlord, no matter how much he deserves it.

Maryland

· It is illegal to mistreat oysters.

· Baltimore: Illegal to wash or scrub sinks, no matter how dirty they get.

· Baltimore: Illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.

· Baltimore: Illegal to take a lion to the movies.

· Halethrope: Illegal to kiss for more than one second.

Massachusetts

· Christmas was outlawed in 1659.

· It is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder.

· It is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday, regardless of emergencies.

· All dogs required to have their hind legs tied during the month of April.

· Cooling one's feet by hanging them out the window is forbidden.

· Law declares that peanuts may not be eaten in court.

· Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches.

· Snoring is illegal unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked.

· Goatees are illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.

· Taxi drivers are prohibited from making love in the front seat of their taxi during their shifts.

· Boston: Illegal to take a bath unless one has been ordered by a physician to do so.

· Brockton: Any person need a license before they are permitted to enter a sewer.

· Fitchburg: Barbers are not allowed to carry combs in back of their ears.

· Holyoke: It is unlawful to water your lawn when it is raining.

· Salem: Even married couples are forbidden from sleeping nude in rented rooms.

· Southbridge: Illegal to read books or newspapers after 8 p.m. in the streets.

Michigan

· A woman's hair legally belongs to her husband, consequently she's not allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.

· If any man kisses his wife on Sunday, the party at fault shall be punished at the discretion of the court.

· Detroit: Couples are not allowed to make love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property.

· Rochester: Anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit inspected by a police officer.

Minnesota

· Alexandria: Illegal for a husband to make love to his wife if his breath smells like garlic, onions, or sardines. The wife can by law force her husband to brush her teeth.

· Blue Earth: Law declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the telephone unless accompanies by a parent.

Missouri

· Kansas City: Minors are not allowed to purchase cap pistols; they can, however, buy shotguns freely.

· Merryville: Women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "The privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."

· St. Louis: Illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer from a bucket.

Montana

· Bozeman: You can't perform any sexual acts in the front yard of any home, after sundown, and if you are nude (socks is OK).

· Helena: A woman cannot dance on a saloon table unless her clothing weights more than three pounds, two ounces.

Nebraska

· A parent can be arrested if his child cannot hold back a burp during a church service.

· A motorist approaching a horse at night must send up warning red rockets and Roman candles, throw a scenic tarpaulin over his car to conceal it from the horse, and take his machine apart and hide the parts in the grass it the tarpaulin doesn't soothe the horse.

· Hastings: Hotel owners are required by law to provide a clean, white cotton nightshirt to each guest. According to the law, no couple may have sex unless they are wearing the nightshirts.

· Omaha: It is against the law for a barber to shave a man's chest.

Nevada

· It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway.

· Sex without a condom is considered illegal.

· Eureka: Men who wear moustaches are forbidden from kissing women.

New Hampshire

· It is against the law to tap your feet, nod your head or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant or cafe.

New Jersey

· Cresskill: Cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts.

· Liberty Corner: Any couple making out inside a vehicle, and accidentally sounding the horn during their lustful act, may be taken to jail.

· Trenton: Unlawful to throw any tainted pickles in the streets (good pickles, however).

New Mexico

· Carlsbad: During lunch breaks no couple should engage in a sexual act while parked in their vehicle, unless their car has curtains.

· Carrizozo: It is forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public (includes legs and face).

New York

· Albany: Disallowed to play golf in the streets.

· Carmel: A man cannot go outside wearing unmatching jacket and pants.

· Greene: Illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalk during a concert.

· NYC: Illegal for a man to turn around and look "at a woman in that way", and violators are forced to wear horse blinders.

· Rochester: Firemen must wear ties while on duty.

· It's against the law in New York City to open or close an umbrella in the presence of a horse.

North Carolina

· It is illegal to take a dear swimming in water above its knees.

· Asheville: You can't sneeze on the streets.

· Barber: Cats and dogs are not allowed to fight.

· Thomasville: No airplanes are allowed to fly over the town on Sundays during the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

· Winston-Salem: It is against the law for children under seven years of age to go to college.

North Dakota

· Beer and pretzels cannot be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.

· Illegal to go to bed wearing boots or shoes.

Ohio

· Berea: Any animal that is out after dark must have a tail light.

· Cleveland: Women are not allowed to wear patent-leather shoes.

· Cleveland: Operating a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap is forbidden.

· Oxford: Illegal for a woman to strip off her clothing while standing in front of a man's picture.

· Paulding: A policeperson may bite a dog to quiet him.

· Portsmouth: The law ranks baseball players with "vagrants, thieves and other suspicious characters."

· Youngstown: Running out of gas is illegal.

· If you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.

Oklahoma

· Criminals can be fined, arrested or jailed for making faces at a dog.

· Whale hunting is strictly forbidden throughout the entire state.

· Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state.

· Dogs need a mayor-signed permit to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.

· Clinton: Masturbating while watching two people having sex in a car is forbidden.

· Tulsa: Kisses lasting more than three minutes are forbidden.

· Tulsa: Against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.

Oregon

· A dead person cannot be required to serve on a jury.

· Use of canned corn in fishing is illegal.

· Hood River: You can't juggle without a license.

· Willowdale: No man may curse while having sex with his wife.

Pennsylvania

· "Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue."

· Housewives may not hide dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling.

· No man may purchase alcohol without written consent from his wife.

· Danville: All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

· Harrisburg: Illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

· York: You can't sit down while watering your lawn with a hose.

Rhode Island

· Newport: Illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset.

· Province: Illegal to sell toothpaste and toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday.

South Carolina

· Fountain Inn: Horses were once required to wear pants at all times.

South Dakota

· Sioux Falls: Hotels are required by law to furnish their rooms with twin beds only. There should be a minimum of two feet between the beds, and it is illegal for a couple to make love on the floor between the beds.

Tennessee

· It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

· It is illegal to drive a car while sleeping.

· You can't shoot any game other than whales from a moving automobile.

· Dyersburg: Illegal for a woman to call a man for a date.

· Memphis: Illegal for a woman to drive by herself; "a man must walk or run in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag in order to warn approaching pedestrians and motorists if the vehicle is going over 5 mph".

· Oneida: Forbidden to sing the song "It Ain't Goin' To Rain No Mo'".

Texas

· Criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

· Illegal to raise alligators in your home.

· When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

· You need a five-dollar permit to go barefoot.

· Kingsville: Two pigs cannot have sex on the city's airport property.

· Lefors: Illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while standing.

· San Antonio: Illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or hands.

Utah

· Birds have the right of way on all highways.

· A husband is responsible for every criminal act committed by his wife while she is in his presence.

· Utah state legislation outlaws all sex with anyone but your spouse.

· Adultery, oral and anal sex, masturbation are considered sodomy and can lead to imprisonment.

· Sex with an animal - unless performed for profit - however is NOT considered sodomy.

· Polygamy - provided only the missionary position has been applied - is only a misdemeanour.

· Tremonton: No woman is allowed to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local newspaper. The man does not receive any punishment.

· Trout Creek: Pharmacists may not sell gun powder as a headache cure.

. Preaching or sharing (discussing) the Christian Gospel in Temple Sq Salt Lake City is illegal

Vermont

· It is obligatory for everyone to take at least one bath each week, on Saturday night.

· Rutland: Cars are forbidden from backfiring.

Virginia

· The statute of The Virginia Code: "To prohibit corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than candidates."

· Norfolk: No woman may go in public without wearing a corset.

· Norton : It's against the law to tickle a girl.

Washington

· All lollipops are forbidden.

· Having sex with a virgin is illegal under any circumstances (including the wedding night).

· "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town."

· Seattle: Goldfish can ride the city buses in bowls only if they kept still.

· Seattle: You may not carry a concealed weapon that is longer than six feet.

· Wilbur: Illegal to ride upon the streets on an ugly horse.

West Virginia

· Children may not attend school if their breath's smelling "wild onions".

· Peewee: It is illegal to let your horse fall asleep in the airport.

Wisconsin

· Connersville: No man shall shoot of a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.

· Racine: Illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.

Wyoming

· Newcastle: Couples are banned from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer.

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Canada

(With apologies to all our Canadian Brothers and Sisters, especially friends in Chatham and Guelph (You too Stephen!)



· 30% of a radio stations content must be "Canadian Content"

· You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies.

· Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

· It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine.

Alberta Provincial Laws

· Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.

· Wooden logs may not be painted.

· It is illegal to set fire to the wooden leg of a wooden legged man

· You may never use dice to play craps.

City Laws

· If you are released from prison, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town.

British Columbia Provincial Laws

· It is illegal to kill a sasquatch.

New Brunswick Provincial Laws

· Driving on the roads is not allowed.

Nova Scotia Provincial Laws

· When raining, a person may not water his/her lawn.

Ontario Provincial Laws

· The speed limit is 80 kph for cars, but bicyclists have the right of way.

City Laws

Etobicoke

· Bylaw states that no more than 3.5 inches of water is allowed in a bathtub.

Cobourg

· If you have a water trough in your front yard it must be filled by 5:00 a.m.

Gananoque

· Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks.

Guelph

· The city is classified as a no-pee zone.

Kanata

· The colour of house and garage doors is regulated by city bylaws (a purple door get you a fine). It is also illegal to have a clothes line in your backyard.

· You can't work on your car in the street.

Oshawa

· It's illegal to climb trees.

· Homeowners are responsible for clearing snow off of municipal sidewalks. If sidewalks is not cleaned within 24 hours after a snowfall, city workers will clean it and the cost will be placed on the homeowners tax bill.

Ottawa

· It is illegal to eat ice-cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

Toronto

· You can't drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday.

Uxbridge

· Residents are not allowed to have an Internet connection faster than 56k.

Wawa

· You may not paint a ladder as it will be slippery when wet.

· It is illegal to show public affection on Sunday.

Quebec Provincial Laws

· It is illegal to turn right on a red light at any time.

· All business signs in the province of Quebec must be in French. If the business operator wishes to have English on the sign, the French must be at least twice as large as the English is. There are no laws governing the usage of other languages on signs. -Bill 101 (Passed 1976)

· No language other than French is permitted to be shown out doors.

City Laws

Beaconsfield

· It is considered an offence to have more than two colours of paint on your house.

· You may not own a log cabin.

Montréal

· The Queen Elizabeth Hotel must feed your horse freely when you rent a room.

· You may not wash your car in the street.

· You may not park a car in such a way that it is blocking your own driveway.

· "For Sale" signs are not permitted in the windows of moving vehicles.

· Cars parked in public places must be locked, and their windows must be down to less than the width of a hand.

· One's rear license plate may not be protected by glass or plastic.

· You may not swear in French.

· Citizens may not relieve themselves or spit on the street. Punishable by a fine of over 100 Canadian dollars.

Outremont

· Not only do all exterior painting jobs require a permit (for colour) but, for instance, the City went to Appeals Court over the exact type of division inside a window frame.





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Even Ireland has some weird laws!:

It is illegal for a student to walk through Trinity College without a sword.

In Trinity college students can demand a glass of wine at any time during an exam, provided they are wearing their sword.

It is illegal to smoke any form of tobacco on Grafton St. in Dublin

Practicing or pretending to practice any form of witchcraft or occult arts (that includes horoscopes, tarot cards, crystal ball reading, palmistry, reading tea leaves, iridology, divination etc). This also includes healing by occult means (that would include Reki, energy balancing, acupuncture or acupressure, yoga and many other new age pseudo scientific methods which have their roots in eastern religions) is punishable by being locked in the stocks of outside of Dublin Castle (roughly around the Temple Bar area) for 6 months and rotten fruit can be pelted at the culprit. (anyone want to rat out fabulous Fergus or the operators on the tarot line who's advert is shown on TV all the time!)

England has some pretty dangerous laws too!



England

· With the exception of carrots, most goods may not be sold on Sunday.

· All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.

· London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

· It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).

· It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.

· A Chelsea Pensioner may not be impersonated.

· A bed may not be hung out of a window.

· It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.

· Mince pies are not to be eaten on Christmas Day.

· Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin.

· It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.

· Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.

· It is illegal for a Member of Parliament to enter the House of Commons wearing a full suit of armour.

· If a steam locomotive is driven on roads, a man must walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag during the day and a red lantern at night to warn passers-by.

· All steam locomotives are limited to 4mph on roads.

· You may not make out in public.

· It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.

· Committing suicide is classified as a capital crime.

· Interfering with the mail or sleeping with the consort of the Queen is classed as treason, and as such, carries a maximum penalty of death.

· Placing a postage stamp that bears the Queen (or King) upside down is considered treason.

. Freemen (or women) of the city of London (Those who have had the honour of the freedom of the city bestowed upon them) have the right to heard their cattle over any of London's bridges at any time)

Chester

· You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.

Hereford

· You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close.

Liverpool

· It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store, or in a bank if handling foreign currency.

London

· Companies may vote in local elections.

York

· Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow

Scotland:

You may not fish on Sundays.

It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.

Trespassing on someone else's land is legal.

You are presumed guilty until proven innocent for some crimes.

If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter.



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Australia:

· A life sentence is 200 years.

· Children may not purchase cigarettes, condoms or alcohol, but they may use them.

· You may never leave your car keys in the door of an unattended vehicle.

· It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burglar.

· It is illegal to dress up as batman

· It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.

· Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, a modem can't pick up on the first ring. If it does the, ACA permit for your modem is invalid and there's a $12,000 fine. -Telecommunications Act 1991.

· Taxi cabs are required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.

· Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.

· The legal age for straight sex is 16, unless the person is in the care/custody of the older person, in which case it is 18.

Victoria

· Only licensed electricians may change a light bulb. The fine for not abiding by this law is 10 pounds.

· It is illegal to wear hot pink pants after midday Sunday.

· You must have a neck to knee swimsuit in order to swim at Brighton Beach.

Tasmania

· Until the Port Arthur Killings it was legal to own an AK-47 but not legal to be gay



Belgium:

A driver who needs to turn through oncoming traffic has the right of way unless he slows down or stops.

In Antwerp it is illegal to wear a red hat and walk down the main street (Het Meyer)



China

· You may only have one child, or you will have to pay a fine.

· To go to college you must be intelligent.

Beijing

· Drivers of power-driven vehicles who stop at pedestrian crossings are liable to a fine of up to five yen, or a warning. -Article 40 of the Beijing Traffic Laws.



Denmark

· Before starting your car you are required to check lights, brakes, steering and honk your horn. Try that at 4:00am!) You also need to make a visual check to make sure there are no children underneath the car.

· If your vehicle stalls and you leave it on the side of the road, you must mark the vehicle with a red, reflecting triangle. This equipment is only mandatory when the car stalls, not at any other times, however.

· If a horse drawn carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse becomes uneasy, the owner of the car is required to pull over and if necessary, cover the car.

· Attempt to escape from prison is not illegal, however, if one he is caught he is required to serve out the remainder of his term.

· No one may start a car while someone is underneath the vehicle.

· Encrypting data files, owning, distributing etc. of encryption programs and creating such programs for any electronic medias is now against the law in Denmark due to fear for terrorists, left and right wing extremist, fundamentalists and distributors of illegal pornography.

· Headlights must be on whenever a vehicle is being operated in order to distinguish it from parked cars.

· When driving, you must have someone in front of your car with a flag to warn horse drawn carriages that a motorcar is coming.

· Any carport added to a building increases the value of the building by 15.5 times the cost of building the addition.

· There is a penalty of 20kr for not reporting when a person has died.

France:

· Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, 70% of music on the radio must be by French artists.

· It is illegal to kiss o

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Windows 7 in India - Prices in rupees

Windows 7 has come out and its definitely better than Win XP (which was better than Vista).

Here lets have a look at the prices in India.

What you pay and what you get
* Windows 7 Starter (via OEM only): Up to three concurrent applications, ability to join a Home Group, improved taskbar and JumpLists.

* Windows 7 Home Basic: For Rs 5,899, users get unlimited applications, live thumbnail previews that enhance visual experience and advanced networking support.

* Windows 7 Home Premium: For Rs 6,799, you get Aero Glass and advanced windows navigation, improved media format support, enhanced Windows Media Centre and media streaming, and also multi-touch and improved handwriting recognition.

* Windows 7 Professional: For Rs 11,199, users can join a managed network with the Domain Join feature, protect data with advanced network backup and encrypting file system and print to the right printer at home or facilitate intuitive printing with Location Aware Printing option.

* Windows 7 Ultimate (worldwide): For Rs 11,799, it is meant for advanced users who want to protect data using the BitLocker feature on internal and external drives, deploy DirectAccess for seamless connectivity over corporate networks based on Windows Server 2008 R2.

WHAT’S NEW WITH WINDOWS 7

# In Win 7, when you hover over a taskbar icon, you get actual previews that are placed side by side. In simple words, it offers the ability to snap a window to half your screen size simply by dragging it to the left or right of the screen

# Has a cool new feature with which users can drag windows to each side of the screen and they automatically size themselves so that each takes up half the screen

# User Account Control in Win 7 gives users easy control options without complicating the process like Windows Vista

# Win 7 replaces the taskbar context menu with a useful list of frequently used documents and tasks, and even allows you to pin documents or shortcuts to the menu

# Windows Explorer gets a facelift in Win 7. Some minor changes like while browsing between various tabs, you will now see a sliding windows effect, a nice visual effect

# Once you have installed the OS, the first thing you will notice is the faster shutdown and boot. Even the time taken by the machine to enter and come out of the sleep mode is less than Vista and XP

# For those who love to open an array of windows while working, the new Aero Peek feature in Win 7 lets you preview individual windows from the grouped taskbar applications, and even close documents from the thumbnails themselves. Aero Peek becomes a handy tool for users who like to multi-task

Haunted by sluggish performance issues, from playing games to complicated disk access programmes to poor networking features, Vista was undoubtedly Microsoft’s biggest failure. Win 7, by contrast, will run fine on most of the existing netbooks as well as older PCs.

Win 7 delivers a completely revamped user interface and some brand-new features designed to make organising and sharing your files easier. Simply put, the user gets much more than new wallpaper and a different colour taskbar.

The taskbar, in addition to showing the applications being used by the user, also hosts shortcuts to the most commonly used applications (say Word or Media Player). When the mouse pointer is moved over the taskbar shortcuts, the user can preview the application.

Unlike Vista, the re-designed user interface of Win 7 gives the user intuitive shortcuts like ability to maximise a window by dragging it to the top of the screen, minimise it by dragging it to the bottom, maximise to half the screen by dragging it to either edge, or (our favorite) minimising all opened windows by shaking the one you want to focus on.

What type of PCs and laptopscan run Windows 7?
The basic requirements of a PC to run Win 7 are a 1 GHz processor, minimum 1GB of RAM and 16GB hard drive space. In simple words, any hardware that worked with Vista will work for Win 7 too.

Since Microsoft is targeting future generation of casual users who use computers for mainly emails, office documents, Internet and video among other things, Win 7 could be an ideal choice for future PCs.

HP India has started retailing Win 7-preloaded PCs at between Rs 27,990 and Rs 90,000, while Acer PCs with Win 7 OS will be priced at between Rs 15,000 and Rs 35,000. Acer notebooks with the new OS will be priced at Rs 21,000-70,000.

Free HotPrints Photo Book for Facebook Users

HotPrints is offering one free photo book every month per person to all Facebook users. The HotPrints Facebook application allows users to create 16-page, personalised photo books with drag-and-drop simplicity. The application features multiple photo book themes including travel, family and more. Each book is completely customisable and comes in two languages – English and Italian. In addition to the current offer, every new user who downloads the HotPrints application receives their first photo book for free, including shipping and handling. Also, every user who refers 10 friends will receive another HotBook completely free.

Press Release

With some of the biggest photo holidays of the year fast approaching, HotPrints is now offering one free photo book every month per person to all Facebook users. The HotPrints Facebook application allows users to create 16-page, personalized photo books using photographs not only from their personal collection, but also those of their friends. The easy-to-use drag-and-drop application is a great way to share special memories with friends, family and loved ones at little or no cost. In addition to this offer, every new user who downloads the HotPrints application receives their first photo book for free, including shipping and handling.

With more than two billion images uploaded per month on Facebook alone, and nearly 50,000 HotPrint users, there is a fantastic opportunity to create thousands of memorable books to celebrate any occasion or showcase your work. The application features multiple photo book themes including travel and family, which are great ways to capture vacations and family gatherings such as holiday parties, weddings and birthdays. The newest Halloween-themed HotBooks are a wonderful way for parents to spend quality time with their family while re-living all those fun Halloween moments and memories and then sharing them with family and friends.

HotPrints is also simple and easy to use. Each 16-page book picks up the tags from the chosen Facebook photos automatically adding the names and captions under each photo. These high-quality photo albums are delivered speedily by mail providing lasting memories. Each book is completely customizable and comes in two languages – English and Italian. As an added bonus, users will also receive a free PDF version of their album to digitally share with their friends and family, even if they do not order the print version. Also, every user who refers 10 friends will receive another HotBook completely free.

The quest for Chako Paul City drowns Chinese internetz

Does the map above show Chako Paul city ? It does not ! Look carefully, its just a mythical city.

Chako Paul City is apparently a secret Swedish lesbian city.

Unknown to Swedes, indeed unknown to any Europeans, there is a secret lesbian city in Sweden called Chako Paul City. This amazing new information has recently surfaced in China where it has led to waves of men trying to book passage to the place.

Quite why hordes of randy men would want to go to a lesbian city isn't quite explained: the desire to go to one entirely composed of not lesbian women would be easier to understand.

The story is that Chako Paul City was created by a man hating widow back in 1820. It now consists of 25,000 man starved and thus sex crazed women whose deepest desire is to leave the city for a brief tryst: the only contact with men that they are allowed.

Quite how this story started is something of a mystery: although the rumors of Chako Paul City have had the obvious effect:

The mysterious 'Chako Paul City' in Sweden was said to have been founded by a wealthy, man-hating widow in 1820. A pair of blonde female sentries are said to stand guard at the town and men wishing to enter risk being "beaten half to death" by police. News reports of the city have crippled China's internet providers as millions of goggle-eyed men read up on the town's rampant women and try to find out how to get there. Foreign holidays are still strictly controlled in China but Swedish travel experts have been deluged with inquiries about the sexy city.

Our apologies to anyone who was thinking of planning a trip (and it has to be said that if true it would be an interesting place to go) but Chako Paul City doesn't exist. It's not just that it's secret and therefore we don't know about it, or that we cannot tell you about it. It simply doesn't exist.

Look in the map on the right side. If there was a Chako Paul city in Sweden, wouldn't it have been on the map of Sweden showing the location of Chako Paul city ?

What is amusing about it though is that this story about Chako Paul City is remarkably similar to some of the tall tales that the first European travellers brought back from the East. Turn and turn about perhaps: we believed absurd things at one time about China, their turn to believe them about us now.

Enter The Facebook September 2009 $1000 Giveaway Now!

This looks like a fake link, maybe just a spam, but could be a scam too.

I hope u know what facebook is - its a social networking website which is currently one of the most popular ones among college students.

It allows you to share links too, in your newsfeed to your friends.

Well, this one link came up in my friendfeed and it looked suspicious.

It promises to give u a chance at $1000 for just giving them ur name and email address.

Once u give it a name and email address, it emails u to confirm that the email account is working.

And gives u a congratulatory message saying that u won.

It also asks u to post the link to your facebook newsfeed.

But until now, I don't think it tried to steal my password or anything.

More updates later.

Fake Orkut page stole your password (see-my-new-pic.awardspace.biz, aprendendoaqui.com.br)

Did u suddenly notice that your "about me" in ur orkut profile suddenly changed to spam ?

And also your webpage ! Did it change to something like this ? http://www.aprendendoaqui.com.br

Then U fell for a Phishing Scam !

Link to this article : http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

Phishing means using a fake email or website to fool someone into giving up his/her personal information or username and password.

Orkut is a social networking site very popular in India and Brazil and somewhat popular in the rest of the world, mostly because is now a Google brand.
This particular Orkut phishing used a fake orkut website hosted at a free webserver (so that they did not have to spend any money, and more importantly so that they cannot be traced )

They host it at http://see-my-new-pic.awardspace.biz/ (DONT go to the link !! Atleast don't give ur password there !!)
http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

The links they put in your profile "about me :" are like this :

!! HI GUYS , DO YOU LIKE SEX AND WANT TO MEET SEXY HOT PORNSTARS, AND FUCK THEM? !!
!! THEN CHECK OUT THESE NEW UPDATES DONE BY ORKUT FOR SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE



GO HERE TO VIEW WEBCAM OF HOT MODELS

GO HERE TO SEE NUDE PICS AND VIDEOS OF HOT MODELS

0FFICIAL ORKUT SEX CHAT ROOM BY GOOGLE

COME HERE TO SEE HOT MODELS NAKED AND NUDE

COME HERE TO GET A CHANCE TO MEET SEXY PORNSTARS

GO HERE TO GET PHONE NUMBER OF HOT MODELS

GET PHONE NUMBERS OF OTHER MUMBAI MODELS

COME HERE TO GET A GOLDEN CHANCE OF DATING PRIYANKA CHOPRA

LATEST PORN AND XXX MOVIES FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONES RECENT DELHI MMS CLIPS AND ALL THE RECENT FUCKS

G0 HERE T0 MEET H0T AND SEXY GIRLS IN MUMBAI

GET A CHANCE TO FUCK HOT MODELS IN YOUR HOUSE


SEX CHAT ROOM



CONDITIONS APPLY
2009 GOOGLE/ORKUT

Its obviously porn spam, and if u click on it, it takes u to a fake orkut page at http://see-my-new-pic.awardspace.biz/

http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

This is in addition to the "webpage:" being changed to http://www.aprendendoaqui.com.br

The second one has been disabled, probably by the appropriate authorities, but the fake page at AwardSpace free hosting is still working as I write this article.

Hope AwardSpace disables the fake site and catches the culprits. Hopefully they can trace the IP address from where it was programmed and set up.

http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

This is probably the free plan of awardspace that they used :

Easy Starter Hosting Plan with 200 MB free space and 5GB/month bandwidth, they can get quite a number of phish from orkut.

And they have cleverly hotlinked the images from the real orkut site, meaning they reduce their bandwidth load and leech it from the real orkut !!!!



Q. What should I do if I am affected by http://see-my-new-pic.awardspace.biz scam ?

First of all "DONT PANIC !"
Then, as soon as possible, Change your Password.
If you are able to change your password, very good !
http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

Q. How do I change my orkut password ?

From here https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount

The option is hidden in the settings, which is on the left side of ur orkut page.

Its on your Orkut Home page ( http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Home.aspx )

http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html

On the left side, just above the "invite friends" box, between updates and spam.
Once you click and go to the settings, and scroll to the bottom in "general" tab.
Look for this "to change your password, visit your Google Account Settings "
This is what u want https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount?hl=en-US

Q. What next after changing password ?

Well, if ur profile has been edited and filled with porn links, u might want to remove it !
Go to ur profile page ( http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx )
Click the "Edit" button for the "about me:" and change it back.

After that, click "View full Profile" (at the bottom)
Scroll to "webpage:" and click the "Edit" button and change ur website ( to http://www.fundazone.com if u want to promote my website)

And u are done !
Don't forget to inform your friends about this fake orkut website. Especially the person in whose profile u accidentally clicked the link.
And better to put it in your scrapbook and even status message for a few days.

Link to this site for the removal instructions.
http://johndasfundas.blogspot.com/2009/08/fake-orkut-page-stole-your-password.html




Hope this has helped someone. I din't think I'll waste so much time in writing this blog post.



EDIT :

A variant puts the following message in the "about me:" Same cure as above.

CHECK MY NUDE PICTURES
http://mysecretpics.blogspot.com

( Redirects to http://mysecretpics.awardspace.biz/ )

ALL SKINS POWERED BY
2009 GOOGLE/ORKUT

When will they stop ?

Update :
Is this part of a botnet ?

Here's a list of domains and IP's many are Reported as attack sites.

Rate RED; these have been verified as currently active

Malicious content
Alliance and Leicester phishing botnet
re: http://hphosts.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-your-computer-part-of-alliance-and.html

219.83.125.242
2nd6xui4f.com
68.112.21.204
68.54.210.173
69.250.79.6
74.210.187.149
75.199.109.38
76.115.11.52
79.78.196.168
88.185.146.240
97.90.152.194
alliance-leicester084.com
alliance-leicester184.com
alliance-leicester314.com
alliance-leicester406.com
alliance-leicester450.com
alliance-leicester950.com
finalhookspot.com
justhookupnow.com
my-secret-pics.com
mybank.alliance-leicester084.com
mybank.alliance-leicester184.com
mybank.alliance-leicester314.com
ns1.besthingdomainname.com
ns2.besthingdomainname.com
ns3.besthingdomainname.com
ns4.besthingdomainname.com
ns5.besthingdomainname.com
ns6.besthingdomainname.com
pictures-plug.com
pictures-switch.com
pictures-utube.com
secret-digital-pictures.com
stolen-pictures.com
stolen-shots.com

I previously rated this back in May 2009 from this DNS-BH blog post

my-cheerful-dns.com
ns1.my-cheerful-dns.com
ns2.my-cheerful-dns.com
ns3.my-cheerful-dns.com
ns4.my-cheerful-dns.com

currently parked, but IMO it's best to catch it before it's a problem

citiaccountservices.com

Here's a "kicker"
This domain's DNS does not resolve, though it previously listed name servers do.
whois

Created: 2009-06-05
Expires: 2010-06-05
Updated: 2009-07-03
Registrant:
Organization : cheng wu
Name yang jing zhong
Address wuhan
City wuhanshi
Province/State : hubeisheng
Country china
Postal Code 430000
Domain Status:On-hold (generic)

besthingdomainname.com

Update :

Orkut now gives a warning when accessing such profiles :

Warning
The profile you wish to access may contain content that could be inappropriate for some users. Learn more » If you would like to view the profile anyway, click proceed below.

Update :
They have started changing the orkut status message like other orkut worms used to do.
This will increase the rate of spread of this drastically.

CHECK MY NUDE PICTURES : mysecretpics.blogspot .com (remove spaces)

BOOTMGR is missing, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Find yourself receiving "BOOTMGR is missing, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" message? Don't stress! Its easier to fix than you think. Here's how:

SOLUTION 1

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.
- Then restart your computer.
- Set your computer to boot from DVD or CD in your BIOS.

Vista will ask you for language and keyboard layout information, after which you will be asked if you want to re-install Vista or repair your existing installation.
Select Repair. After which Vista's System Recovery Tool will start.



Select Startup Repair and let Vista do its thing! That really is all there is to it!


If that doesn't work try this:


SOLUTION 2

If the previous method does not resolve the problem, you can rebuild the BCD store by using the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment. To do this, follow these steps:

- Get your Vista installation DVD and pop it into your drive.
- Then restart your computer.
- Press a key when you are prompted.
- Select a language, a time, a currency, and a keyboard or another input method, and then clickNext
- Click Repair your computer
- Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next
- In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt
- Type bootrec /rebuildbcd and then press ENTER

• If Bootrec runs successfully, it will present you with the installation path of a Windows directory. To add the entry to the BCD store, type Yes . A confirmation message appears that indicates the entry was added successfully.

• If Bootrec cannot locate any missing Windows installations, you must remove the BCD store, and then you must re-create it. To do this, type the following commands in the order shown below: (Remember to press ENTER after each command)

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup

ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old

bootrec /rebuildbcd

- Restart the computer.

India launches a tiny indigenous nuclear submarine

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the country's first locally built nuclear-powered submarine on Sunday, 26th of July, 2009

"Today, we join a select group of five nati

ons who possess the capability to build a nuclear-powered subm

arine," Singh declared in his speech at the eastern naval base of Visakhapatnam.

The submarine launch reflected no aggressive plans by India.

We do not have any aggressive designs, nor do we seek to threaten anyone. We seek an external environment in our region and beyond that is conducive to our peaceful development and the protection of our value systems," Singh said.

A nuclear-powered submarine is a much more complex

platform than any other vessel and India building one on its own is a great achievement. This is the unanimous assessment of officials, be they from the Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO), the Department of Atomic Energy or the Indian Navy.

What enhances the scale of the achievement is that INS Arihant, India’s nuclear-powered submarine, will be fitted with India’s own K-15 ballistic missiles that can be launched from under water. The K-15 missiles, which are already under production, can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. They have a range of 700 k

m. They are 10.4 metres tall and weigh 6.3 tonnes each.

“This is a very big capability,” a DRDO official said. “It means we can launch missiles with nuclear warheads from ground, drop nuclear bombs from air and also fire them now from under water.”

A nuclear-powered submarine bestowed on India the status of a nation possessing a blue-water navy because the boat can travel far and wide.

While the Navy designed INS Arihant, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) built the mini-nuclear reactor that powers the submarine, the DRDO developed the K-15 missiles. The K-15 missiles have been test-fired several times from submerged pontoons off the coast of Visakhapatnam. A missile emerging from the water without losing its fire was a technology in itself.

A distinct advantage of a nuclear-powered submarine is that while it can remain under water for a long duration, a diesel-fired submarine has to rise to the surface every day for ejecting the carbon-dioxide produced by the diesel-generator. Otherwise, the boat’s crew will face problem.

“In a nuclear-energy system used in a submarine, there is no emission of carbon-dioxide. It is a clean form of energy,” a DRDO official explained. “The turbine operating on enriched uranium in INS Arihant is a clean system. But a diesel-generator emits carbon-dioxide. You cannot discharge it into the water. So the submarine has to be brought up to the surface every day to eject the carbon-dioxide into the atmosphere.”

Trials to follow

DRDO officials cautioned that while INS Arihant entering water from the dry-dock in the Ship-Building Centre of the Visakhatpatnam harbour on Sunday was an important step forward, making the boat operational would take time. “The submarine will now go for harbour acceptance trials (HATs). Then it will go for sea acceptance trials (SATs). Later it will go down to a certain depth and come up,” they said.

A nuclear-powered submarine was a highly complex platform and safety regulations had to be adhered to. “There are hundreds of systems on the boat. They have to work one after another. This is called setting-to-work. The HATs and SATs will last about a year-and-a-half. This is the most difficult period of activity and you have to do it perfectly. Then the K-15 missiles will be fitted into the boat.”

M. Natarajan, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, was present when the INS Arihant was launched on Sunday.

The project has been named the “Advanced Technology Vessel” (ATV) programme. Vice-Admiral (retired) D.S.P. Varma is the Director-General of the ATV programme.