Here's a list of crazy laws that were introduced for some equally quirky reason!
- It is illegal to die in the UK Houses of Parliament.
- It's treason in the UK to place a stamp bearing the portrait of the monarch upside-down.
- It is illegal in London for cabs to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
- Pigs in France cannot be called "Napoleon".
- A pregnant woman can relieve herself anywhere in the UK - including a policeman's helmet on request.
- In Lancashire, you cannot incite a dog to bark after being stopped by a police officer by the sea.
- In Indonesia it is illegal to masturbate.
- English men must undertake at least 2 hours of longbow practice a day.
- Drunk driving is punishable by death in El Salvador.
- In York (UK) it is legal to murder a Scot inside the city walls, but only as long as he is carrying a bow and arrow.
- Those with the plague are not allowed to flag down a taxi in London.
- A male doctor can only examine a female's genitals by use of a mirror in Bahrain.
- In Brazil it is illegal to commit suicide, but you can only be prosecuted if the victim files a lawsuit.
