It’s called Infotainment (entertainment and information) and the WWW has much in store for the whole world.
With the omniscient Internet around, you don’t have to worry about getting entertained and informed at the same time. There are several websites that offer a lot for the discerning reader. Here are a few culled from the world wide web that could provide enough fodder for some good natured fun and for killing time in style.
PS: Just one statutory warning. What’s cool to us maybe uncool to you. Enough babble, now pillage forth.
Happy surfing!
http://www.dumblaws.com/
Dumb, dumber, dumbest. You will have a good time figuring that out here for sure. Which his exactly what this website stands for. Many of the laws on this site have been verified, but many have been copied from sources which do not include law citations. The laws have been taken from newsgroups, websites, city governments, and visitors to the site. We wouldn’t recommend using these laws as evidence in court, unless you’d like the judge to laugh you into jail.
If you’d like to send in a law (remember: what you say may be published for the entertainment of others!), e-mail the guys at dumblaws.com, now in design revision 6.0.
It’s tough to believe this site has been around since 1998, but they are still alive and laughing. You could choose to see your company’s banners across the top or down the side of Dumb Laws or you could help them with information. The website promoters are always looking for explanations behind the laws they have posted. If you happen to know why a law in your area exists, be sure to tell them. Like in Provo, why throwing snowballs prompt the authorities to slap you a $50 fine or why women are not allowed to swear in Logan.
The laws only get weirder. Here’s how.
- No one may walk down the street carrying a paper bag containing a violin – Salt Lake County
- It is illegal not to drink milk – Utah
- Not only is it illegal to have sex with the lights on, one may not have sex in any position other than missionary – Virginia
- Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void – Rhode Island
- A man is not allowed to run around with a shaved chest – Omaha
- Kisses may last for no more than five minutes – Iowa
- Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know – Ottumwa
- Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business – New York
- It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing body-hugging clothing – New York
- It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks – Indiana
- If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them enter – UK
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