Friday, August 18, 2006

Law is funner than you can imagin

A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.


In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.


In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.


In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head.


Since the United Nations was founded in 1945, there have been 140 wars.


Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas.


Centuries ago in India, a person could get their nose chopped off for breaking the law.


India
has a Bill of Rights for cows.

The Indian election in 1984 was the largest election of any country. Over 379,000,000 voters were eligible to vote at over 480,000 polling stations.