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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Jul 28, 2007 14:04:23 GMT -5
I found a fascinating website via a book entitled You May Not Tie An Alligator to a Fire Hydrant and Other Dumb Laws. I checked it out, and these are a group of stupid laws that I'm actually governed by! Thus follows some really weird laws that are in effect where I live: - There is a state law prohibiting corrupt practices of bribery by anyone other than candidates.
- You may not engage in business on Sundays, with the exception of almost every industry.
- Driving while not wearing shoes is prohibited.
- Police radar detectors are illegal.
- Children are not to go trick-or-treating on Halloween. (And yet, Crystal and I go trick-or-treating every year and have never been arrested!)
- It is illegal to tickle women.
- No animal may be hunted on Sunday with the exception of raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 AM.
- You may not wash a mule on the sidewalk.
- You may not use a pogo stick on a bus.
- Idiots may not vote.
- The constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.
- A program has been created that attempts to control the weather.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Jul 30, 2007 0:38:04 GMT -5
....Wow. Those are...interesting. I wish Okinawa had cool laws.
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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Jul 30, 2007 8:01:34 GMT -5
It probably does. I'm not going to give you the link because the laws can be inappropriate at times (it's amazing what people will legislate!) but I found this law under the "Japan" heading:
There is no age of consent.
That means (I think) that anyone can give informed consent for things like medical procedures... even babies.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Jul 30, 2007 8:06:15 GMT -5
That's a lie actually. We still have the 18 years or older thing. :/
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Post by Crystal.Light on Jul 30, 2007 13:38:40 GMT -5
Good, becuase I don't think a little kid would get what they were signing. LOL.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Jul 31, 2007 0:40:16 GMT -5
hmm...probably not.
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Post by ~:.Silent.Step.:~ on Jul 31, 2007 2:06:10 GMT -5
no, acctually, ashley, its only a lie for the base, which, technically is still goverened and controlled by the US (of) A! so, in japan, that is acctually true, on a USA base in japan, its a lie. XD
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 1, 2007 2:44:00 GMT -5
You mean it's legal off base??? Well then.
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Post by Crystal.Light on Aug 1, 2007 5:31:51 GMT -5
Then what?
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 1, 2007 18:25:34 GMT -5
Then I've been decieved for the majority of my life. I was led to believe that, anywhere, you must reach the proper age before taking on the responsibilities of adulthood. I was led to believe that unless you are eighteen years or older you may not give legal consent for anything. But now it comes to this.
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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Aug 1, 2007 18:37:50 GMT -5
Hey, it's amazing what people will legislate. There are inappropriate laws on that site, which proves my point: laws can get really, really weird sometimes.
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Post by Crystal.Light on Aug 2, 2007 8:44:06 GMT -5
lol
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 3, 2007 4:29:21 GMT -5
i need to expand my vocabulary.
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Post by Crystal.Light on Aug 3, 2007 7:14:06 GMT -5
Legislate: make the law.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 6, 2007 10:50:19 GMT -5
Thanks Crystal! Now I only have like 30milliontrillion more words to learn. I'm ready for the challenge. Hm. I wonder if there is such things as Vocabularology? *The study of vocabulary* taha that's a good idea
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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Aug 8, 2007 0:13:13 GMT -5
Here's a cool word:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliaphobia. It's the fear of long words. Longest word I know.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 8, 2007 1:00:59 GMT -5
tee, i've heard of that one before. there's a longer word, I just can't remember it.
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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Aug 8, 2007 1:44:38 GMT -5
I've heard of a longer word. I think it was a medical term that had to do with volcanoes and something that was either salsa, silicon, or sarsaparilla.
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Post by Ashley[l0ckd0wn] on Aug 8, 2007 2:12:35 GMT -5
yeah, i know it was something medical, and it starts with a p. maybe we shold look it up on google? "longest word in the world"?
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Post by ♥Goldenheart♥ on Aug 17, 2007 23:37:15 GMT -5
It's pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which my mousebrained spellchecker will not recognize as a word! In addition, the longest place name in an English-speaking country is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It is a hill in New Zealand. There is another long place name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which is a Welsh village. I love long words.
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