January 12, 2009

Dumb law day (Switzerland)

Here is dub laws again, today I am picking the country of the "Band/Artist of the week" which is Switzerland. I have to say it was very hard to find 10 Dumb laws.

1. In Switzerland every citizen is required by law to have access to a bomb shelter.
2. In Basle, Switzerland, in 1471, a cockerel was found guilty in a court of law for laying an egg “In defiance of natural law”. The bird was then burnt at the stake as a “Devil in disguise”.
3. At one time it was against the law to slam car doors in Switzerland.
4. In Switzerland it is against the law for men to urinate standing up after 10pm which is the same time that it is illegal to flush the toilet.
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5. You may not wash your car on a Sunday.
6. 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. (Repealed 1999) However the highest speed allowed on national motorways is 120 km/h.
7. If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished.
8. Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday.
9. It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise.
10. Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell and trade absinth (special alcohol), it is legal to consume it.

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