A. Unusual Fines 1. "Restaurants fine diners who don't leave clean plates" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_838351.html> 2. "Failure to flush to incur fine" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s924616.htm> 3. "Man fined for sitting on bench" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_807090.html> 4. "Man fined for dressing as Santa to oppose nazis" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_828634.html> 5. "Economy passenger fined for taking his business upmarket" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s971039.htm> B. Unusual Bans 1. "No kissing please, we're Russian" <http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/10/1068329454658.html> 2. "Egypt may ban foreign belly dancers" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s926380.htm> 3. "Childcare ban on caped crusaders" <http://us.altnews.com.au/print.php?sid=5299> 4. "Canada bans passport smiles" <http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003/08/27-canada-passport.htm> 5. "Malaysian to ban horror books" <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2003/11/06/248851-ap.html> 6. "Bagpipe ban riles Scots" <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s970805.htm> 7. "Too thin to drive: German court backs licence ban" <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/26/1059084268822.html> 8. "Tongue-splitting could be banned in US state" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_780095.html> Actually this ban isn't that unusual, but the photo is freaky. The guy can literally "speak with forked tongue".
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Posted by Bruno at 8:08am