From the Daily Mail:
In the United Arab Emirates, if you are caught swearing, you could face a fine, jail or deportation. The country’s penal code states that ‘swearing disgraces the honour or the modesty of a person’. The law does not just include a spoken word, it extends to text messages and social media, including ‘indecent’ emojis.
I wouldn’t just be fucked, I’d be FUBAR.
And unlike the Florida law (banning farting in public after 6pm) which, I would guess, is never enforced, the Muzzies would definitely go after you just for calling someone a dumb motherfucker.
Not that the UAE (nor any of the Arab/Muzzy states) would be on my travel list anyway.
All the other laws in the article are just good examples of government overreach, except this one:
In Norway, Sunday is a day of rest and by law, you are not allowed to carry out any activity that makes a lot of noise – and that includes mowing your lawn. If your neighbours do call the police after they catch you mowing your lawn on a Sunday, officers could tell you stop. And if you don’t they could visit your home and hand out a fine.
Having lived in a house where one neighbor thought it was just peachy to mow his lawn at 6.30am (“to avoid the heat”), I could support this law — but instead of getting the fuzz involved, I’d be happy to apply a little corrective action on my own behalf, with a defense to prosecution requirement.
And no, I wouldn’t shoot the inconsiderate asshole (I’m not a complete barbarian); but he would need to get a new lawnmower afterwards.
I’d love to see the Pyramids and other ancient sites but not with those people running the show.
JQ
I generally don’t mind typical homeowner-grade walk behind lawnmowers. I somewhat like the sound, in fact–just not at 6:30am. Now leaf blowers…they’re an entirely different annoyance, and seeing one pounded into dust with that sledgehammer would be quite cathartic. Especially if it’s one of those awful backpack machines that landscapers use. A pox on those ghastly machines!
Just think how much more “fit” we would be as a nation if we returned to the old, reliable “reel-type” push mower.
You are welcome to come over and mow my multi-acreage with your reel mower any time you want. Until then, I’ll stick to my 52″ zero-turn, thank-you-very-much.