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Paul McGrath Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Topic: New mad law Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 3:50am |
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3277253/Vietnam-to-ban-small-chested-drivers.html
Vietnam to ban small-chested driversIn Vietnam, the skinny and the petite can look forward to getting more exercise after proposed new regulations set a minimum chest size for licensed drivers.By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent
Vietnamese roads
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Getty Anyone with a chest under 28 inches will be banned from driving a motorbike - which make up 90 per cent of the traffic on the country's chaotic roads. Anyone who is too short, too thin or too sickly will also have to seek alternative transport. Ailments such as enlarged livers or sinusitis will rule out aspirant motorists. "The new proposals are very funny, but many Vietnamese people could become the victim of this joke," said Le Quang Minh, 31, a Hanoi stockbroker. "Many Vietnamese women have small chests. I have many friends who won't meet these criteria." The average Vietnamese man is 5 feet, 4 inches (164 centimeters) tall and weighs 121 pounds (55 kilograms). The average Vietnamese woman is 5 feet, 1 inch (155 centimeters) tall and weighs 103 pounds (47 kilograms). Vietnamese bloggers have been poking fun at the plan, envisioning traffic police with tape measures eagerly pulling over female drivers to measure their chests. "From now on, padded bras will be best-sellers," said Bo Cu Hung, a popular Ho Chi Minh City blogger. "I'm not heavy enough, what am I going to do?" Le Thu Huong asked in a letter to Tuoi Tre newspaper. "And what about people whose chests are small? Most of them are too poor to afford breast implants!" Vietnamese roads are among the most dangerous in the world but it is not clear why the ruling Communist Party believes banning small drivers will make them safer. |
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Justice Shark
Ray Houghton Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Status: Offline Points: 3417 |
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 10:06am |
That's mad alright...apparently 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 while in in Wyoming USA it is illegal for a woman to stand within 5 feet of a bar while drinking
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The Count
Paul McGrath Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 17177 |
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 10:09am |
yeah but they are bul*sh*ty old laws, this is a new one coming in Justice
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The_Yank
Ray Houghton Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Location: Dundrum Status: Offline Points: 4090 |
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 at 12:57pm |
Stupid old laws are fun to read however. Mad Vietnamese however.
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