全球十大无厘头法律

    1 Atomic Explosions

　　The Labour Party made atomic explosions illegal in 1997. Weird, we think, because setting off a crafty nuclear bomb surely doesn't need to be entered into the statutebooks as a crime. Or does it?

　　1997年英国工党通过法律禁止核爆炸行为。诡异在于核爆炸行为显然是无需写入法律条文中的，因为还不要到法律层面，它就被扼杀了。

　　2 Armour

　　Edward 1 banned the wearing of armourin Parliament in 1279 – and it's still a crime to do so。

　　爱德华一世(1239年6月17——1307年7月7日)在1279年宣布禁止穿盔甲来国会开会，否则就犯法。现在也还是一样，你穿件盔甲去国会试试？

　　3 Hanging Washing Out

　　It's never a good idea to hang your dirty laundryout – and it's not a good idea to hang out your clean washing either, because it's against the law. The 1847 Town Police Clauses Act banned it。

　　英国城镇警察条款法(Town Poloce Clauses Act 1847，en wiki)禁止把衣服拿出来晾，不管是脏的还是刚洗出来的。

　　4 Random Car Banning

　　In Chile, to help prevent excessivepollution, drivers can become banned at random by the government from driving into cities. Registration plates are picked willy-nilly from a directory and announced on television – and a special restriction hotline. Surely this would be enough to drive anyone around the bend。

　　在智利，为了阻止过度的污染，政府随机摇号禁止选中的车辆上路进城。随机选号的结果在电视和热线电话上公布。这考验的可是人品啊！

　　5 Operas

　　The nuttyex dictator of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, decided that operas were unnecessary – so he banned them。

　　土库曼斯坦第一任总统尼亚佐夫觉得戏剧歌剧什么的是没有必要的，所以他下令禁止了。

　　6 Ballets

　　Niyazov banned those, too。

　　人物同上，总统同志同时也禁止了芭蕾。

　　7 Pants

　　Niyazov didn't have anything to say on underwear, as far as we know, but in Thailand it's illegal to leave the house without wearing any。

　　查阅档案暂时没有发现尼亚佐夫有关于禁止内衣相关的法令，但在泰国，不穿内衣就出门是犯法的。

　　8 Skirts

　　In Italy, men are banned from wearing them。

　　意大利禁止男人穿裙子。(还好苏格兰不禁止)

　　9 Driving

　　You won't see women driving in Saudi Arabia – it's against the law for them to do so。

　　沙特阿拉伯禁止女人开车。

　　10 Dead Horses

　　If you had the naggingfeeling that it was illegal to drag a dead horse down a street in Toronto, you'd be absolutely right。

　　多伦多禁止在大街上拖死马。