YSRRider Key Veteran Location: Ingleside/Fox Lake, IL
| > > Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the
> > following Islamic law:
> > "After having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a
> > mortal sin to eat its
> > flesh."
> > (Umm OK, I'm sure the lamb appreciates that one)
> >
> > In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex
> > with animals, but the
> > animals must be female. Having sexual relations with
> > a male animal is
> > punishable by death.
> > (OK, like THAT makes sense.)
> >
> > In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a
> > woman's genitals, but is
> > prohibited from looking directly at them during the
> > examination. He may only
> > see their reflection in a mirror.
> > (HUH???)
> >
> > Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of
> > a corpse. This also
> > applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the
> > deceased must be
> > covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
> > (A brick?)
> >
> > The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is
> > decapitation.
> > (Wonder how they enforce that one and which head
> > gets cut off???
> >
> > There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to
> > travel the countryside and
> > deflower young virgins, who pay them for the
> > privilege of having sex for the
> > first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly
> > forbidden for virgins to
> > marry.
> > (Now let's just think for a minute...is there any
> > job anywhere else in the
> > world that even comes close to this?)
> >
> > In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to
> > kill her adulterous
> > husband, but may only do so with her bare hands.
> > (The
> > husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed
> > in any manner desired.)
> >
> > Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England
> > - but only in tropical
> > fish stores.
> > (Of course!)
> >
> > In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with
> > her husband, and the first
> > time this happens her mother must be in the room to
> > witness the act.
> > (I shudder at the thought.)
> >
> > In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to
> > have sex with a woman and
> > her daughter at the same time.
> > (This was a big enough problem that they had to
> > pass this law?)
> >
> > In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from
> > vending machines with one
> > exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a
> > vending machine only "in
> > places where alcoholic beverages are sold for
> > consumption on the premises."
> >
> > (Is this a great country or what?) |