Saturday, June 02, 2007

Strange and - just how true are these 'facts' anyway?

     
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.

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.
This could explain the huge number of wrong legs amputated in Bahraini
hospitals.

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
My guess is that they've missed at least 100 million people since that
law was enacted.

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.
Ahem! Why can't their own fiancées deflower them, like in most places?

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 illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any
manner desired.
I'd think her survivors might have a say on that, though.

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England but only in
tropical fish stores.
Certainly not bird stores, too much competition.

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'd presume that the enthusiasm would be so sub-par that the mother
would avert her eyes anyway.

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a
woman and her daughter at the same time.
As if that were possible.
Unless his underwear fits like a glove.

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."
I fail to see anything odd or unusual about this.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
I can tell you that this is untrue.
Metaphorically. I work in a cube without head-bangable walls.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own
weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
My aim is to kill ants, not entertain them.

Butterflies taste with their feet.
Butterflies suck with their proboscis.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
So is mine.
So is it's leg.
So is my leg.
So is a lettuce.

Starfish don't have brains.
Many humans don't display much evidence either.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Well, at least they can't talk through it.