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Some of these are just clearly made up.
The Jack Daniels one is true, it’s made in a dry county (ironic). And so is the red car one.
But in China the color red is very important it’s the color of luck and happiness or something like that
agreed. the acronym one (F***) obviously is as acronyms are a 21st century thing and weren’t really used before then.
Once again, Snopes people, it does not stand for Fornication Under Consent of the King, it’s completely made up and it is not an acronym for anything.
even if it did, it’s only fornication if you’re not married.
More accurately – they don’t know. There is an argument for it being of Dutch, Gaellic or Ango-Saxon origin. Or it might just be physiological communication – like ouch!
It comes from an old Germanic word meaning “thrust.”
Nobody knows the origin of the word. Research suggests it was derived from a few Germanic words associated with sex
It means to plow. When you needed to plow your field, you would use that word in lieu of plow.
Yes. It has cognates in other closely related languages. What’s more, the words “fornicate” and “consent” would not have entered the English language before 1066 if they even appeared at all in the Middle English period, and nothing from 1066 on should be called “ancient”. It’s unclear whether “Ancient England” is a thing at all, because there weren’t any Angles there before the Dark Ages, which are rarely if ever described as “ancient” by historians.
I’ve read that it comes from old English––”fock”, to breed.
Actually, it’s not made up. It means plow — back in the day, when you needed to plow your field, that’s the word you used in lieu of plow.
BREAK ALL THE RULES!
In ‘Murica, everything is forbidden besides owning more guns than ten armies would need and use Jesus to create hate religions.
You’re a dumbass.
Seconded.
Which part? North ‘Murica? Central ‘Murica? South ‘Murica?
I think the Paraguayans would disagree with you.
Fail. There may be many Americas but there is only one ‘Murica.
and ‘Murica is midwestern and southern America
Ancient England? REALLY? Pre-Early Middle Ages so… Before England was even conceived of by anyone
Speaking of England, I heard there that it’s still the law there that all popes must take male children to archery ranges after church. Also, it’s against the law to pretend to be a witch, while it’s perfectly legal to be one.
I’m French and I had never heard of this before…
That’s because it’s very likely not true. The poster just pulled these out his ass.
Yeah, me too, but we have some strange old laws in France like you can have a sword in a scabbard at the right side of your belt (but, in the time when Napoleon reign the France but it still “valable” in our laws text so…voilà ^^)
in france this law was made during the world war in order for woman who’s fiancée died to get married nonetheless
That picture is from a couple in Thailand. I remember reading somewhere that the woman died right before her wedding day and the guy still wanted to marry her or something like that.
They were putting the wedding off so they could get through school first. She died in a car accident. I believe this pic and story were both on Wedinator.
The law actually is that after one of the parties is dead, if the government official so deems it, they can consider the two people legally married. This still does happen for legal, tax, inheritance, and other purposes. It is difficult to get the ruling however. I had a client who applied to claim that him and his long-term boyfriend partner were technically PACsed before the sudden death of his partner to allow him to remain in the apartment owned by the late boyfriend. A woman just last year made headlines when they allowed her to marry the father of her child even though he was recently deceased. It’s similar to common law marriage in the US, but this article takes it out of context.
The main purpose is military pension for widows.
And if I remember correctly the president himself has to give the permission.
Absolutely true. It happens under extraordinary circumstances and not very often.
The bride/groom must get the authorization from president of the French republic.
Reading this article one may think it is common to marry dead people in France but it is not. We like it hot
OKAY EVERYBODY LISTEN, THIS ONE IS TRUE: In France it IS legal to marry a dead person. This came about after a woman’s fiance died at war. She still wanted to keep his name and be the widow of the man she never got to marry.
What’s the penalty for publishing long discredited urban legends as entertainment?
Getting mocked in the memebase comment section.
The France one is true and still done, just not in the way they imply.
Jack Daniels on is true. The only way they can sell it is selling special bottles you can’t get anywhere else. And on the second Friday of every month where the employees get a free bottle each.
Consumption is completely legal though, it’s just in a dry county so it can’t be sold there, so it is still wrong.
This could be a graph of urban legends which could each be disproved with a single google search. Or it could be that the poster is an idiot.
Also the pic of the Australian soldier is somewhat poor taste…
In England there used to actually be a measurement called a “Royal ass load” and it was determined by how much the king could fit into his trousers (So it changed every time there was a new king)
Can’t tell if trolling…
Or really thinks all of these are true…
The list lost all credibility with the fornication under the consent of the king crap.
Or – In New Zealand it is illegal if America says so.
In feudal England (“ancient” England? Srsly?) it used to be the right of the king or local lord to sleep with a new bride on her wedding night before her new husband. This was common in many old European feudal societies, in fact. The tradition of giving away the bride at weddings has its roots in this custom: In hand-delivering the bride to her new husband, the king or lord renounced his claim on her body. As societies became less totalitarian, the right to renounce the claim was passed on to the girl’s father. Granted, only the most twisted individuals wanted to sleep with their own daughters, but her body (especially her uterus) was still his property until marriage (after which it became her husband’s property). This is one of the many reasons why I find the tradition of giving away the bride to be not only outdated but extremely disgusting.
Don’t believe me? Look up the history of manners, particularly wedding customs. It’ll make most of our rituals look pretty freaking horrible, though, so consider yourself warned.
Feudal England would have been Catholic. The pope and his bishops would not look kindly upon institutionalized system of adultery.
No it wasn’t. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primae_noctis
this is exactly what I’ve been saying for years.
The thing is, most texts saying that kings and lords could do that were written by other countries. Basically, French people wrote “these Englishmen are so barbarian, they let their kings and lords lie with the young girls about to get married to someone else” ; English people wrote the exact same thing about Germans (or the equivalent of Germans at the time), who then wrote the same thing about Frenchmen… But I’ve never heard of a testimony saying that the author’s country/people used to do that.
Sorry, Snopes cites this as completely unverifiable. Look it up.
http://www.snopes.com/weddings/customs/droit.asp
In Britain it is illegal to die in parliament (or whatever the building is called).
In Yorke, England, it is allowed to kill a scottsman within the centre of the city IF and only if he wears a bow and arrow.
*York
And I’m pretty sure that’s A) On a specific day, B) Not a law anymore, C) With a Bow and Arrow, not if he has one. DOn’t quote me on that though,
I thought it was legal to kill a welshman in York with YOU using the bow and arrow..
Don’t think York has anything to do with it. It’s somewhere near the Welsh border – Hereford perhaps.
Not sure about the bow and arrow either – thought it was just legal to kill a Welshman. Got a feeling it was never repealed.
there are TONS of RED cars in shanghai china! whoever wrote this obviously didn’t look up more on these laws…half don’t exist anymore and some are myths
I fail to see how this is either a graph or a jam.
Exactly how would one prosecute the road-crossing-chicken? Make it Sunday’s dinner?
And how would it have a fair trial with a jury of its peers?
And why did the chicken cross the road?
Watch out, we’re dealing with a badass chicken over here.
Well… the first one’s accurate, Lynchburg is indeed a dry town. Pretty sure the rest are crap.
Except that you can consume it there. Just not buy it.
{{citationneeded}}
I don’t know if it’s supposed to be true or funny, but it’s neither. Most of it sounds like total b.s.
okay, these ‘lol isn’t it wacky that these things are actually laws’ things stopped being funny the millionth time they were blasted at you in one form or another.
The reason why people in US beer commercial never drink the beer is that they would all start to uncontrolably vomit because of the terrible taste.
Bravo, good sir. Bravo.
I masturbate six times a day and still got both of my head.
seen this on 9gag some weeks ago
I wore 9 gags during a gangbang a week ago.
My Uncle in Florida has a long, white beard, and he got kicked out of Disneyland because little kids kept coming up to him and asking to sit on his lap.
for the law in Indonesia: Which head?
In Denmark it is legal to beat a swede with a stick if he crosses the Great Belt when it is frozen solid.
I read somewhere that the origin of a certain four-letter-word can be found in an Irish law sometime around the 18th or 19th century, when if caught in a… let’s say, compromising… position with another in public, one could be charged with being Found Under Carnal Knowledge. All that said, the book I read this in was a free gift with something so it’s probably utter and complete hogwash.
Vaguely interesting to ponder nonetheless.
In passing.
Sort of.
Mmm.
No.
That Cleveland OH one is bull
Ha, the Georgia ones are way off.
Well…I don’t know whether or not the second one is in the USA or in Europe. But still, it doesn’t seem very legit.
Another Georgia law: “It is illegal to have intercourse in any position, except missionary.” I don’t know how the police would know people were doing this, unless they burst in and the person they were looking for, already committed a different crime.
True in Virginia as well.
I’m pretty sure we can’t marry dead people here in France.
Also, slapping anyone anywhere is considered a physical assault and forbidden in basically all countries in the world.
I’m french so I call dibs on marrying Whitney Houston… she still had money hadn’t she?
I feel like this whole thing should have been preceded by a “FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:FWD:OMG CRAZY LAWS U WILL NEVAR BELEIVE!”
Next time your aunt sends you one of those, just stick some stock photos on it and make the GraphJam front page!
There’s a law in some city in California where it’s not only illegal to detonate a nuclear device inside city limits, but doing so comes with a 500 dollar fine.
faved just for “f.*.*.k.”
In Michigan, it’s illegal to chain an aligator to a fire hydrant. no joke
The dead bride thing was in Thailand and of course it wasn’t a full marriage. They’d been engaged but putting off the wedding and she was killed in a car accident, so he and her family agreed to do the wedding ceremony before she was buried.
how is this even a graph??
What kind of stupid people think the punishment for masturbating in Indonesia is decapitation? I live here and there’s non such law, all you get is living in jail for months to years
As far as the Indonesia thing is concerned, which head?
Dear people.
There’s no such laws in Indonesia.
If so,i wouldn’t be alive.
sincerely,
Random Indonesian.
it is still elegal to slam car doors anywhere in switzerland. The fine ist 80 SwissFranks.