dumblaws.com

Whenever I want a laugh I try a search on Google using key words like funny, comedy or dumb. I like dumb facts and the dumber they are the more my fancy is tickled. I've been on dumblaws.com a few times and hadn't thought to write about it until I spotted this category. FIRST IMPRESSIONS The site is quick to load, but I am on broadband and I think that's quicker anyway - correct me if I'm wrong techies. The background to the home page is white and a bit bright. A picture of a gavel coming out of a hole too small for it is on the left of the headline Dumb Laws, which is in black print and on a blue background. Underneath ...

Did you know that I am legally allowed to urinate, in public, on the back of my motor vehicle, if I have my right hand on the top of the vehicle. And that if I were to live in Maryland USA, I would not be allowed to grow thistles in my back garden. Or take Kansas USA, where I am not actually allowed to shoot rabbits from inside a motorboat. But that begs the question. If I had a rubber dinghy, and I blew it up on the motorboat, dropped it over the side and got in, then shot the rabbits, would it be legal? How about if I temporarily removed the motor? Or in Georgia USA, I am actually banned from keeping a donkey in a bathtub. Also in Georgia, the ...

The law is an ass. As a former law student, I can testify that. However, amongst those controversial laws, such as the criminalisation of cannabis and the age of consent, there are other quirkier laws which are on the statute books, and this site celebrates them. The hilarious site is run by Andy Powell and Jeff Koon, who are particularly proud of having recently appeared on the Montell Williams show. One of those sites who's popularity has spread by word of mouth, it is consistently funny, even if some of the laws featured are relatively well known, thanks to those 'quirky' radio programme items. Simple and easy to use (and no pop-ups!), it ...