Nuclear 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 statute books as a crime. Or does it?

1997年英國(guó)工黨通過(guò)法律禁止核爆炸行為。詭異在于核爆炸行為顯然是無(wú)需寫入法律條文中的，因?yàn)檫€不要到法律層面，它就被扼殺了。

Armour

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

愛德華一世（1239年6月17 – 1307年7月7日）在1279年宣布禁止穿盔甲來(lái)國(guó)會(huì)開會(huì)，否則就犯法?，F(xiàn)在也還是一樣，你穿件盔甲去國(guó)會(huì)試試？

Hanging Washing Out

It's never a good idea to hang your dirty laundry out – 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.

英國(guó)城鎮(zhèn)警察條款法（Town Poloce Clauses Act 1847，en wiki）禁止把衣服拿出來(lái)晾，不管是臟的還是剛洗出來(lái)的。

Random Car Banning

In Chile, to help prevent excessive pollution, 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，為了阻止過(guò)度的污染，政府隨機(jī)搖號(hào)禁止選中的車輛上路進(jìn)城。隨機(jī)選號(hào)的結(jié)果在電視和熱線電話上公布。這考驗(yàn)的可是人品??！

Operas

The nutty ex dictator of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, decided that operas were unnecessary – so he banned them.

土庫(kù)曼斯坦第一任總統(tǒng)尼亞佐夫覺得戲劇歌劇什么的是沒有必要的，所以他下令禁止了。

Ballets

Niyazov banned those, too.

人物同上，總統(tǒng)同志同時(shí)也禁止了芭蕾。

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.

查閱檔案暫時(shí)沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)尼亞佐夫有關(guān)于禁止內(nèi)衣相關(guān)的法令，但在泰國(guó)，不穿內(nèi)衣就出門是犯法的。

Skirts

In Italy, men are banned from wearing them.

意大利禁止男人穿裙子。（還好蘇格蘭不禁止）

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開車。

Dead Horses

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

多倫多禁止在大街上拖死馬。

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