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03/03/2005 12:16 #37433

Car problems
Running Low
Unknown
A bevy of thieves thought it would be a wise idea to steal cars from one of those trucks that transport automobiles across the nation. Everything went smoothly until it was realized that each car only contained one gallon of gasoline.
Not too bright. I think that anyone who needs a car that badly should just safe up bus fair.
The Club
Rochester, New York
John Schieman, 37, thought the best time to steal a car would be when its owner was getting out. As his would-be-victim, Robin Van Bortle, 32, was attaching The Club, to her steering wheel, Schieman made his move. Startled, the astute woman reacting by beating Schieman over the head with the antitheft device. The budding criminal was charged with robbery, assault, and grand larceny.
Just a case where perfect timing pays off and he waited alittle too long. This also goes to show the other successful things the club can do. They should show that on their commercials.
Bus Fare
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Two young larcenists in Florida--14 and 15 to be exact--appeared before Judge Larry Seidlin after stealing their twenty-fifth car in just two short years. After the boys were released, they walked out of the courthouse and realized they did not have bus fare for a ride home. Promptly, the duo stole number twenty-six; they crashed the vehicle into a fence less than an hour later.
I see they found what they are good at. I honestly feel that they should get a severe amount of jail time. Yes I know the crime is not a huge one but for two kids who do it over and over again they need to learn their lesson some how and it obviuosly is not working the way they are handling them now.


03/03/2005 12:09 #37432

Ohio
In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be fined $25.00.

Women are prohibited from wearing patent leather shoes in public.

It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.

It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

The Ohio driver's education manual states that you must honk the horn whenever you pass another car.

Participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.

Breast feeding is not allowed in public.

It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house.

It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance.

No one may be arrested on Sunday or on the Fourth of July.

Ohio had many many laws as well and this is just a slight few. I'm quite sure the law about no one being arrested on The 4th of July is the worst law possible. For safety sake mainly. You know how many people could get a way with things and try to leave town before the day was over since they couldn't get arrested. Amazing how this law came about.

Getting afish drunk is also a pretty stupid law. Understandable because the fish could die but why would it become a law. Its not something that would be brought up daily. Like murder and robbery is

03/03/2005 12:03 #37431

Switzerland
Clothes may not be hung to dry on Sunday.

You may not wash your car on a Sunday.

It is considered an offense to mow your lawn on a Sunday, because it causes too much noise.

It is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 P.M. if you live in an apartment.

A man may not relieve himself while standing up, after 10 P.M.

Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell and trade absinth (special alcohol), it is legal to consume it.

It is required that every car with snow tires has to have a sticker on its dashboard which tells that the driver should not drive faster than 160 km/h with these tires. (Repealed 1999)

If you forget you car-keys inside the car and you leave the car open, you will be punished.

This country seems to be a lot like The united Kingdom and all its laws that revolve around petty topics. Switzerland does seem to have many laws regarding Sunday. I noticed that a lot in many of the laws that I look up and write about. I guess it may be because of religion and many people find Sunday to be the day for relaxztion.


03/03/2005 11:50 #37430

Fascinating AND true
Arizona
A company called "Guns For Hire" stages gunfights for Western movies and other events. One day, a middle-aged woman called to inquire if they could kill her husband. She was sentenced to four and a half years.

Cub Tickets
Chicago, IL
Chicago were trying to track down several people without standing arrest warrants when they though of a brilliant idea. They sent all the criminals free tickets to a Cubs game. When the people arrived, they were promptly arrested.

Magic Belts
Ivory Coast
A colonel in the Ivory Coast army bought a magic belt that would supposedly protect him from the bullets. The colonel had the son of the belt's maker fire several bullets at him to test the belt and he died instantly. The murderer is still on the run.

Fingers
Jacksonville, Florida
Two Florida brothers convinced a dentist into letting them chop off his finger. They would claim it was an accident and the three would split the insurance money. The dentist at first agreed, but quickly changed his mind. The brothers became infuriated, held the dentist down and forcibly cut his index finger off. The dentist could no longer practice and collected over one million dollars. When the brothers tried to extort money from the dentist, he reported them to the FBI. They were promptly arrested.

Wrong House
St. Paul, Minnesota
Two masked gunmen burst into a house wearing T-shirts marked police. They tied up a woman and two of her children with duct tape. They demanded to know where a "Joe" was. When the woman said he did not live there, the two said "Oops we have the wrong house." In the back of the house, the woman's other child had called the police. When the men walked outside, they were quickly arrested.

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03/03/2005 11:45 #37429

South Africa
A license is required to purchase a television set.
Wow. They sure do have limitations and restrictions of what they can purcahse how what they must obtain to purchase it before hand. I think its going alittle too far. But what do I know....I do not know the situation over there first hand.

City Laws
Bloemfontein Laws
In the days of aparthed, all people of colour had to be indoors by 9 PM, at which time a siren was sounded.
Even more restrictions and obligations but at least its not in this time and age anymore

Young people wearing bathing suits are prohibited from sitting less than 12 inches apart.
For disease purposes I guess considering the way it is over there. It must have been a law stated in recent history.