Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Strange U.S. Sex Laws

-- In Bakersfield, California, anyone having intercourse with Satan must use a condom. (An asbestos one we presume.)
-- In Oblong, Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your wedding day.
-- In Minnesota, it is illegal for any man to have sexual intercourse with a live fish. (Apparently it's OK for woman.)
-- No man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions, or sardines on his breath in Alexandria, Minnesota. If his wife so requests, law mandates that he must brush his teeth.
-- Warn your hubby that after lovemaking in Ames, Iowa, he isn't allowed to take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with you -- or holding you in his arms.
-- Bozeman, Montana, has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown -- if they're nude. -- In hotels in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. And the beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds!
-- The owner of every hotel in Hastings, Nebraska, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt. No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
-- An ordinance in Newcastle, Wyoming, specifically bans couples from having sex while standing inside a store's walk-in meat freezer!
-- A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts.
-- In Romboch, Virginia, it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with the lights on.
-- In Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because "the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male."
-- It's safe to make love while parked in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Police officers aren't allowed to walk up and knock on the window. Any suspicious officer who thinks that sex is taking place must drive up from behind, honk his horn three times and wait approximately two minutes before getting out of his car to investigate.
-- A law in Helena, Montana, mandates that a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing. (Ouch! These pasties hurt!)
-- Anywhere in the U.S., it's illegal to use any live endangered species, excepting insects, in public or private sexual displays, shows or exhibits depicting cross-species sex. (Insectophiles apparently were successful in their lobbying efforts.) -- Lovers in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, should avoid satisfying their lustful urges in a parked car. If the horn accidentally sounds while they are frolicking behind the wheel, the couple can face a jail term.
-- In Carlsbad, New Mexico, it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop strangers from peeking in.
-- Women aren't allowed to wear patent-leather shoes in Cleveland, Ohio - a man might see the reflection of something "he oughtn't!"
-- No woman may have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance within the boundaries of Tremonton, Utah. If caught, the woman can be charged with a sexual misdemeanor and "her name is to be published in the local newspaper." The man isn't charged nor is his name revealed.
-- It is illegal for any member of the Nevada Legislature to conduct official business wearing a penis costume while the legislature is in session.
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Friday, August 04, 2006

Law Office

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Lawyer and Shark

THE FIRST LAWS

Rules and laws – and the conventions or customs from which they are descended – have been a part of human life ever since man began to live in large and settled group. The earliest known legal text was written by Ur-nammu, a king of the Mesopotanian city of Ur, in about 2100 BC. It dealt largely with compensation for bodily injuries, and with the penalties for witchcraft and runaway slaves.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Lawyer's Wig



Barrister's & Judge's wig














Miniature Barrister's Wig











Lawyer's Wig Fungus








Ceremonial Judge's Full Bottom Wig

LAWYERS AND WIG



Judges and lawyers in Britain have been wearing wigs for at least 300 years. Originally, the wigs were made of human hair; today however, they are made of horsehair. Barristers also wear gowns in court. Junior barristers wear gown made of alpaca wool; senior barristers, known formally as Queen’s Counsel, are more commonly called ‘silks’ because their gowns are made of silk. The gowns of every barrister has a small pouch sewn into the left shoulder – a reminder of the time when barristers were not allowed to solicit fees and instead solicitors would quietly slip golden guineas into the pouch. Another legacy from the past is Britain’s Privy Council, which was set up after the Norman Conquest in 1066 to advise the monarch. Today the council’s Judicial Committee acts as a final court of appeal for nine independent nations, all former British colonies.