In South Korea, traffic police are required to report all bribes that they receive from motorists.

In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself while standing up after 10pm.

In Germany, every office must have a view of the sky.

In Israel, there is no legal way for a man named Cohen to marry a divorced woman.

In Alberta, Canada, if you are released from prison, you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse so you can ride out of town.

In Carlisle, Scots found wandering around can be whipped or jailed.. In King County, Canada, it is illegal to sit on a man's lap on the metro unless he is your husband.. In York, Scots can still be legally shot with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays.

In Alabama, it is illegal to buy a bag of peanuts after sunset and before sunrise the next day.

In Scotland, it is against the law in Scotland to be drunk in possession of a cow.

In Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public, except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.. In California, it is against the law to set a mousetrap without a hunting licence.

In the UK, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them in.

In Florida, owners who leave elephants at parking meters must pay the same fee as for a vehicle. And only married women are allowed to parachute on a Sunday.

In Belgium it is illegal to wear a red hat while walking down the main street.

In the UK, it is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.

In Iowa, after love-making, men are not allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with their partner or holding them in their arms.

In Massachusetts, mourners are not allowed to eat more than three sandwiches each at a wake.

In Scotland, it is illegal for a boy under the age of 10 to see a naked mannequin.

In Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal red-blooded male."

In the UK, placing a postage stamp with the Queen's head on it upside down is considered treason.

In Minnesota, it is illegal to pass a cow in Pine Island District without tipping your hat.

In France it is illegal to kiss on railways. In New York, having sex with a porcupine is illegal.

In Italy a man may be arrested for wearing a skirt.

In Oklahoma, anyone found making ugly faces at a dog can be fined, arrested or jailed.

In London, commuters on the tube can be fined £ 2 for not queuing.

In Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to fire a gun when his female partner has an orgasm.

In Norway it is illegal to kill a mouse unless for consumption. In Pueblo, Colorado, it is illegal to let dandelions grow.

In the UK, it is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour.

In Thailand, it's illegal to drive without wearing a shirt.

In Hartford, Connecticut, it's illegal to educate a pet dog.

In Russia, you are not allowed to drive a dirty car.

In Utah, garden birds have the right of way on all roads, and having sex in an ambulance is banned.

In the UK, it is illegal to die while in the Houses of Parliament.

In Illinois, it's illegal to sit by a fish pond in your pyjamas.

In Sarasota, Florida, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit, and women may be fined for falling asleep under a hairdryer.