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Penguin
02-04-13, 08:24 AM
Paris: A 200-year-old law forbidding women to wear trousers in Paris has finally been revoked.
On January 31, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, France's minister of women's rights, made it officially impossible to arrest a woman for wearing trousers in the French capital.
The law required women to ask police for special permission to "dress as men" in Paris, or risk being taken into custody.
In 1892 and 1909 the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers, "if the woman is holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse".
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source (http://www.watoday.com.au/world/women-in-paris-get-rights-to-wear-pants-20130204-2dt5v.html)

Now even without riding bicycles or horses... :up: I love ridiculous old laws.
Jimbuna
02-04-13, 09:05 AM
Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.
Herr-Berbunch
02-04-13, 09:42 AM
Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.

It's illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

Or what!!! :/\\!!
AVGWarhawk
02-04-13, 09:56 AM
200 years of women trying to get into pants. 200 years of laws trying to take the pants off of them. :haha:
Mork_417
02-04-13, 10:02 AM
Crazy old laws are a hoot! :haha:
Armistead
02-04-13, 10:21 AM
Crazy old laws are a hoot! :haha:

They started in the bible.
u crank
02-04-13, 10:24 AM
Pants are over rated.
Armistead
02-04-13, 10:26 AM
Pants are over rated.


Yea, I put on a dress once, the air flow was really nice.
AVGWarhawk
02-04-13, 10:38 AM
Yea, I put on a dress once, the air flow was really nice.

Did you shave your legs? :hmmm:
Mork_417
02-04-13, 11:03 AM
Yea, I put on a dress once, the air flow was really nice.

Did that for Halloween once... And, yes the air flow was quite nice. :D

Did not shave my legs though, i would have been out of character. :har:
AVGWarhawk
02-04-13, 11:05 AM
I'm not asking.
u crank
02-04-13, 11:07 AM
Yea, I put on a dress once, the air flow was really nice.

Interesting.

Did you shave your legs? :hmmm:

Only if you're working. :O:
AVGWarhawk
02-04-13, 11:08 AM
:har: Doh!
soopaman2
02-04-13, 02:54 PM
In Missouri, it is illegal to drive with an uncaged bear, caged ones, are a-ok.

In Maine, after Jan 14th you better have your Christmas lights down, or pay the piper.

In my home state of NJ, it is illegal to commit a murder with a bulletproof vest on. I suppose it is a lesser charge without, disorderly conduct I guess?

Nevada, better not buy a drink for more than 3 people at a time. You are a felon.

In Wisconsin, you cannot serve butter substitute in prisons, cheeseheads for life!

How about my favorite, the bastion of rights in America...supposedly....

Arizona, you cannot own more than 2 dildos.


Yeah seriously.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/17-ridiculous-laws-still_n_481379.html#s71645&title=In_Missouri_It



I can go on and on, but France is not the only place with silly laws.
Cybermat47
02-04-13, 03:29 PM
I love these bizarre laws, like the one in Greece that forced everyone to have 2 cars :doh:
Penguin
02-04-13, 04:18 PM
Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.

What if you wrapped the fish&chips in the Sunday paper? :03:

Restaurant and snack bars were allowed to be open in Germany since as long as I can remember - so at least for the last 2 weeks :88) Most other shops hsve to be closed.



I can go on and on, but France is not the only place with silly laws.

Be allowed to die for your country at 18, be allowed to have a brew at 21 - nuff said :nope:
Jimbuna
02-04-13, 05:15 PM
It is illegal to eat Mute Swan unless you're the Queen of Great Britain. The Queen and two livery companies (Vitners and Dryers) own all the Mute Swans in England and only the Queen and her invited diners may actually eat them as can guests of St. John's College Cambridge.
Garion
02-05-13, 05:55 PM
Crazy old laws:

Until 2005 you could sell a newspaper on a Sunday but not fish and chips in the UK.

Ah well yoo see us heathens in Scotland have been enjoying fish suppers, mince pie supers with salt and chippy sauce on a Sunday for decades... :rock:
Very progressive us Scots :woot:

Mind yoo we were one of the last western countries to stop burning witches.....

But if it happened on a SUnday yoo couild still get a chippy tea :yeah:

Well maybe not THAT progressive after all :arrgh!:


Cheers

Gary
darius359au
02-06-13, 04:18 AM
"In 1892 and 1909 the rule was amended to allow women to wear trousers, "if the woman is holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse"

Did it mention if the handle bars or reins had to be actually attached to a bike or a horse?............bit of a loophole if it didn't!!:D
Rhodes
02-06-13, 05:51 AM
The men are still prohibit to show a bare chest/ nipples at the beach here. The law was from 1936 and was never revoked :D
Jimbuna
02-06-13, 08:27 AM
Even though being the sovereign of The United Kingdom, Her Majesty the Queen is not allowed to enter the City of London without seeking the permission of its Lord Mayor.
Herr-Berbunch
02-06-13, 09:13 AM
Even though being the sovereign of The United Kingdom, Her Majesty the Queen is not allowed to enter the City of London without seeking the permission of its Lord Mayor.

And that is not Boris Johnson, nor Len Kivingstone before him. I met the one in 2004 at the Guildhall, Prince Edward was there - did he need permission too? :hmmm:

Crazy laws - you can have sex with your gay MP two years before you can vote for him! (It's not law that you must have sex with him!)