吃饱就睡有什么坏处 没吃饱不用付账?盘点世界各国奇怪法律

没吃饱不用付账?盘点世界各国奇怪法律  

As news es out that it is now officially impossible to arrest a woman for wearing trousers in the French capital
we round up some more of the world's most bizarre and antiquated laws.
From the author of 365 Reasons to be Cheerful
The Law is an Ass is Richard Happer’s latest book
which uncovers 250 of the world’s craziest laws. Published by Punk Publishing
here we pick out some of the most useful laws for travellers to bear in mind.
A location to die for
一个死都想去的地方
If you fancy a spot of eternal life
fet the Holy Grail: just go and live in the remote Arctic town of Longyearbyen
where dying is against the law. Actually
this is because it was found that bodies didn’t depose in the permafrost. The graveyard stopped accepting newers 70 years ago; so if you fall gravely ill there now
you will be hastily dispatched by plane to the mainland
where you can end your days without getting arrested.
I arrest chew in the name of the law
Ever thought that chewing gum could land you in jail? Well
in Singapore
it has been pletely illegal since 1992. The only exception is nicotine gum
but even then smokers can only get it from a pharmacy with a prescription. Chewing gum is legal in New York
of course
but cinema owners there must chisel all gum off the undersides of their auditorium seats every month. Makes trodden-in popcorn seem positively pleasant.
The indelicate delicacy
The people of Brunei
Indonesia and Malaysia simply love the durian fruit
which looks a little like a cross beeen a pineapple and a porcupine. However
many local authorities have pletely banned the consumption of this delicacy from buses
subways
hotels and airports. Is this yet another outrageous infringement of civil liberties? Well
since the durian is said to smell like a mixture of "pig-droppings
turpentine and onions"
maybe not
on this occasion.
Where’s that dessert trolley
When dining at a restaurant in Denmark
you don’t have to pay for your food unless
by your own opinion
you are ‘full’ at the end of your meal. A wafer-thin mint
sir?
Catch-22 customs
If you ever suffer at the rubber-gloved hands of a suspicious and painfully overzealous British customs officer
don’t be tempted to take him or her to court – no matter how innocent you are. Section 268 of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act 1876 rules that no action can be brought against such an official without one month’s notice. While Section 272 of the same Act insists that any action must be started within one month of the incident.
Fat fighters
You are forbidden to be fat in Japan. Although their country already has one of the world’s lowest obesity rates (less than 5 per cent
in contrast to the USA’s 35 per cent)
that didn’t stop Japanese lawmakers from setting a maximum waistline size in 2009. Every man aged 40 and over must not have a waist measuring 80cm or above
every woman
90cm or above. And this from the land that brought us sumo wrestling…
Thai him up
Thailand may tolerate many exotic sexual shenanigans
but it is still illegal to leave your house there if you are not wearing underwear. And you can’t drive your car if you’re not wearing a shirt
not matter what’s going on in your trousers. Nor should you step on any of the nation’s currency. And don’t even think of insulting the king – you could get 15 years in jail.
Barefaced Cheek
If you’re on a safari in Kenya and your guide suddenly removes all of his clothes before wandering off towards the wildlife
do resist the temptation to do the same. While it’s pletely legal for Kenyan citizens to streak across the Masai Mara
it is illegal for foreigners to do so. It’s also deeply inadvisable for at least 147 other reasons.
I wonder what that teddy was doing there
In Denmark
you legally have to check under your car for children who may be sleeping there before you start the engine. But don’t panic too much if you fet and get thrown in jail for running over some catnapping kids – in Denmark it is not against the law to escape from prison.
Not feeling very flush
You must plan your movements very carefully in Switzerland. Flushing the toilet after 10pm in an apartment building is illegal there. The Government curiously considered noise pollution to be more anti-social than olfactory pollution. Not sure we agree with them on that one. Anyway
whether you relieve yourself and leave the flat humming
or you just wait until morning
the choice is pletely yours.
Pricey passports
You’re a British citizen
you pay upwards of £77.50 for your passport
it has a valid picture of you in it – so it’s yours
right? Well
maybe. According to the text on the leaflet it belongs to Her Majesty’s Government. But in 1955
Earl Jowitt
a former solicitor-general and attorney-general
pointed out that ‘the Government’ couldn’t own anything because there is no such legal entity. No one since has been able to clarify the matter. So who gets the £77.50?
G.I. No
If you’re one of those spirited sorts who relaxes by re-enacting battles
you might want to think ice about taking a Caribbean holiday – it’s against the law to wear camouflage clothing in Trinidad and Tobago and St Lucia. Apparently this is to prevent people from imitating military and other officials
and you could be detained and have your kit confiscated. That is
of course
if they can find you.
Out of this world
According to the brilliantly named ‘The Outer Space Act 1986’
the Secretary of State is permitted to use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent an alien invasion of the UK – as long as the aliens don’t possess a licence to invade. In which case
they can operate their ‘space objects’ in perfect legality. This is the sort of law that truly made Britain great.
Drunken Disorders
Drinking a lot is confusing enough without having to remember a myriad of boozing bylaws. For example
in St Louis you can’t drink beer while sitting on a city street
but in Chicago you can be arrested for drinking standing up anywhere in the city. You cannot be served wine in a teacup in Topeka
Kansas; while in Cleveland
no more than one person may sip from a whisky bottle. Saskatchewan in Canada at least has the rights of the drinker at its civic heart – it is against the law to drink water in beer parlours there.
Czech your change
If you’re in Prague and your taxi driver ups the meter setting beyond the standard rate of ‘level 1’
watch out. If he turns it up to ‘level 2’ he might just be ripping you off – par for the tourist course. But if he cranks it up all the way to ‘level 3’ then it’s time to panic. This is the official Government-sanctioned rate that must be used for all taxi rides following a nuclear explosion.