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Top 10 Stupid Laws:
10. In the English city of Liverpool, home of The Beatles, a woman is prohibited by law to walk around topless, unless she is selling exotic fish at the market.
So if you plan a trip to Liverpool and for any reason want to take off your top, the fish market is the place to go. The smell might not be easy to handle but at lest you?ll be able to walk around topless legally.
9. In San Salvador drunk-driving is punishable by death. The sentence is carried out immediately by a hastily-assembled firing squad.
I guess tourists that pick San Salvador as a holiday destination should use taxis as much as possible to avoid some potentially fatal accident. Drunk-driving is stupid and irresponsible but perhaps this is a bit too much?
8. In Indonesia masturbation is strictly forbidden. Anyone who breaks the law and gets caught risks getting beheaded.
All single men traveling to this Asian paradise should pay real close attention to this one, if you can?t find any female companionship just control yourself, don?t lose your head?
7. In Scotland the law obliges citizens to allow whoever knocks on their door to use their toilet.
So when in Scotland don?t bother looking for public toilets, just knock on the first door that you can find and ask to use the facilities. If they have a firm handle on the law, they?ll welcome you right in. This law may be stupid but it does keep the city streets clean; who would want to go in a dark alley when they can use any toilet they want?
6. In Bahrain, the law prohibits a gynecologist to look directly at a patient?s organs. He must use mirror reflections to do his job.
If you?re vacationing in Bahrain and a medical emergency necessitates a visit to the local OB/GYN specialist, just go back home. Call me crazy but I wouldn?t let any physician treat me by using mirrors to find his way around ? I?m pretty sure he?d do more harm than good.
5. In the state of Alabama people are not allowed to drive while blindfolded.
This is one of those laws that raise questions like ?can they get any more pointless?? and ?what heinous event brought this law on in the first place??. If you want to fulfill a dream of driving thorough Alabama wearing a blindfold, you?ll just have to let it go.
4. In London people are not allowed to catch a cab if they are infested with the plague.
It?s understandable I guess. London suffered a lot during the time of the ?Black Death? so perhaps they just figured if the disease struck again, this time they?d be prepared. Still, it really doesn?t get much dumber than this.
3. Throughout Great Britain, pregnant women are allowed to deliver their babies in any public place and even use a policeman?s helmet if necessary.
This would be one unforgettable experience wouldn?t it? Some people travel to England just to get a photo with the famous royal guardsmen, but actually using a helmet to facilitate baby delivery?priceless.
2. In the state of Florida if a single woman parachutes out of an airplane on a Saturday she risks doing jail-time.
Single women traveling to sunny Florida should stay away from airplanes and parachutes on Saturdays. Skydiving may be fun, but not when there?s a police car waiting for you on the ground.
1. In Kentucky people are prohibited from withholding firearms if they are longer than 6 feet.
So if you?re a tourist/serial-killer traveling through Kentucky, you?re perfectly okay unless your weapon of choice is longer than 1.8 meters. If it is, you?re in trouble. The Kentucky police force won?t rest until they bring you down.
10. In the English city of Liverpool, home of The Beatles, a woman is prohibited by law to walk around topless, unless she is selling exotic fish at the market.
So if you plan a trip to Liverpool and for any reason want to take off your top, the fish market is the place to go. The smell might not be easy to handle but at lest you?ll be able to walk around topless legally.
9. In San Salvador drunk-driving is punishable by death. The sentence is carried out immediately by a hastily-assembled firing squad.
I guess tourists that pick San Salvador as a holiday destination should use taxis as much as possible to avoid some potentially fatal accident. Drunk-driving is stupid and irresponsible but perhaps this is a bit too much?
8. In Indonesia masturbation is strictly forbidden. Anyone who breaks the law and gets caught risks getting beheaded.
All single men traveling to this Asian paradise should pay real close attention to this one, if you can?t find any female companionship just control yourself, don?t lose your head?
7. In Scotland the law obliges citizens to allow whoever knocks on their door to use their toilet.
So when in Scotland don?t bother looking for public toilets, just knock on the first door that you can find and ask to use the facilities. If they have a firm handle on the law, they?ll welcome you right in. This law may be stupid but it does keep the city streets clean; who would want to go in a dark alley when they can use any toilet they want?
6. In Bahrain, the law prohibits a gynecologist to look directly at a patient?s organs. He must use mirror reflections to do his job.
If you?re vacationing in Bahrain and a medical emergency necessitates a visit to the local OB/GYN specialist, just go back home. Call me crazy but I wouldn?t let any physician treat me by using mirrors to find his way around ? I?m pretty sure he?d do more harm than good.
5. In the state of Alabama people are not allowed to drive while blindfolded.
This is one of those laws that raise questions like ?can they get any more pointless?? and ?what heinous event brought this law on in the first place??. If you want to fulfill a dream of driving thorough Alabama wearing a blindfold, you?ll just have to let it go.
4. In London people are not allowed to catch a cab if they are infested with the plague.
It?s understandable I guess. London suffered a lot during the time of the ?Black Death? so perhaps they just figured if the disease struck again, this time they?d be prepared. Still, it really doesn?t get much dumber than this.
3. Throughout Great Britain, pregnant women are allowed to deliver their babies in any public place and even use a policeman?s helmet if necessary.
This would be one unforgettable experience wouldn?t it? Some people travel to England just to get a photo with the famous royal guardsmen, but actually using a helmet to facilitate baby delivery?priceless.
2. In the state of Florida if a single woman parachutes out of an airplane on a Saturday she risks doing jail-time.
Single women traveling to sunny Florida should stay away from airplanes and parachutes on Saturdays. Skydiving may be fun, but not when there?s a police car waiting for you on the ground.
1. In Kentucky people are prohibited from withholding firearms if they are longer than 6 feet.
So if you?re a tourist/serial-killer traveling through Kentucky, you?re perfectly okay unless your weapon of choice is longer than 1.8 meters. If it is, you?re in trouble. The Kentucky police force won?t rest until they bring you down.
Buccaneers sign paralyzed Rutgers player Eric LeGrand
[Updated at 1:14 p.m. ET] Eric LeGrand's football coach at Rutgers helped him emotionally in the months after his on-field paralysis. Now the coach is symbolically helping him realize his dream of making it to the NFL.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, now coached by ex-Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, announced Wednesday they've signed the former defensive tackle who was partially paralyzed in a 2010 game to their 90-man off-season roster.
Schiano, who joined the Buccaneers this year after more than a decade with Rutgers, offered the symbolic deal to his former player by phone on Tuesday, LeGrand told reporters in a conference call.
"I said, 'Are you serious? You want to use this on me,'" LeGrand said. "(Schiano) said, 'It's the least we can do.'
"Honestly, it's amazing. It really is," he said.
LeGrand collided with an Army kick returner while making a tackle on October 16, 2010, injuring his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. At the hospital, medical personnel told him he'd be a quadriplegic and would need a respirator for the rest of his life.
But LeGrand progressed, breathing on his own after five weeks. He operates a wheelchair, and he's been able to stand upright with the help of a metal frame. With medical bills covered in part by donations to two foundations, including Rutgers' Eric LeGrand Believe Fund, and he says his ultimate goal is to walk again. He told Sports Illustrated in November that he wanted to return to the spot on the field where he was injured, lie down, and get up and walk away.:0008
He returned to the Rutgers field in his wheelchair twice: on October 29, leading his team onto the gridiron, and on November 19 for Senior Day festivities before the Scarlet Knights' win against Cincinnati.
LeGrand, who intends to graduate from Rutgers in the fall and hopes to pursue a career in football broadcasting, said Wednesday the signing is only honorary and no money is involved. The team is sending him a jersey with his No. 52 ? expected to arrive at his New Jersey apartment this week ? and he already has posted to Facebook a picture of him with a Buccaneers helmet.
Schiano said that heading into last week's NFL draft, he "couldn't help but think that this should've been Eric's draft class."
"This small gesture is the least we could do to recognize his character, spirit, and perseverance. The way Eric lives his life epitomizes what we are looking for in Buccaneer Men," Schiano said in a Buccaneers news release Wednesday.
LeGrand had hopes of making it to the NFL as a player. He had 60 tackles ? 11 for a loss ? 2.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries in 31 games before his injury as a junior.
He's not sure whether the Buccaneers have any non-playing role in mind for him. He says he appreciates the gesture from Schiano, who he says has been "like a father to me." The coach had talked to him almost weekly and also keeps in touch with his family, LeGrand said.
"(Schiano had taught me that) when you're faced with adversity, to not back down. ... He helped me and my whole situation," LeGrand said.
And now, symbolically at least, he's following his coach to the pros
[Updated at 1:14 p.m. ET] Eric LeGrand's football coach at Rutgers helped him emotionally in the months after his on-field paralysis. Now the coach is symbolically helping him realize his dream of making it to the NFL.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, now coached by ex-Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, announced Wednesday they've signed the former defensive tackle who was partially paralyzed in a 2010 game to their 90-man off-season roster.
Schiano, who joined the Buccaneers this year after more than a decade with Rutgers, offered the symbolic deal to his former player by phone on Tuesday, LeGrand told reporters in a conference call.
"I said, 'Are you serious? You want to use this on me,'" LeGrand said. "(Schiano) said, 'It's the least we can do.'
"Honestly, it's amazing. It really is," he said.
LeGrand collided with an Army kick returner while making a tackle on October 16, 2010, injuring his spinal cord and leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. At the hospital, medical personnel told him he'd be a quadriplegic and would need a respirator for the rest of his life.
But LeGrand progressed, breathing on his own after five weeks. He operates a wheelchair, and he's been able to stand upright with the help of a metal frame. With medical bills covered in part by donations to two foundations, including Rutgers' Eric LeGrand Believe Fund, and he says his ultimate goal is to walk again. He told Sports Illustrated in November that he wanted to return to the spot on the field where he was injured, lie down, and get up and walk away.:0008
He returned to the Rutgers field in his wheelchair twice: on October 29, leading his team onto the gridiron, and on November 19 for Senior Day festivities before the Scarlet Knights' win against Cincinnati.
LeGrand, who intends to graduate from Rutgers in the fall and hopes to pursue a career in football broadcasting, said Wednesday the signing is only honorary and no money is involved. The team is sending him a jersey with his No. 52 ? expected to arrive at his New Jersey apartment this week ? and he already has posted to Facebook a picture of him with a Buccaneers helmet.
Schiano said that heading into last week's NFL draft, he "couldn't help but think that this should've been Eric's draft class."
"This small gesture is the least we could do to recognize his character, spirit, and perseverance. The way Eric lives his life epitomizes what we are looking for in Buccaneer Men," Schiano said in a Buccaneers news release Wednesday.
LeGrand had hopes of making it to the NFL as a player. He had 60 tackles ? 11 for a loss ? 2.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries in 31 games before his injury as a junior.
He's not sure whether the Buccaneers have any non-playing role in mind for him. He says he appreciates the gesture from Schiano, who he says has been "like a father to me." The coach had talked to him almost weekly and also keeps in touch with his family, LeGrand said.
"(Schiano had taught me that) when you're faced with adversity, to not back down. ... He helped me and my whole situation," LeGrand said.
And now, symbolically at least, he's following his coach to the pros
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these kids can dance
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photo by Lasse Niskala who is an Finnish nature photographer. that pic is from Kuhmo, Finland.
earlier five wolves had a fight with three bears over a carcass. wolves won. that pic is taken a few days later when they met again, after sniffing and circling each other they diverged peacefully.
more pics: http://www.lasseniskala.com/mammals.php
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