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35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation If the water between Denmark and Sweden freezes, and the Swedes walk over we (the Danes) are allowed to hit them with sticks.

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Nisse Danielsson 3 years ago

It´s a old law, going back centuries when Sweden and Denmark was at war, if Öregrund frooze we could easily invade Denmark.

119points

We managed to get in contact with Ryyi23 and they agreed to have a little chat with us about the inspiration behind the original post. "I had been talking to a friend about water parks and I remembered a sign at a water park that seemed obvious to me. It said 'Don't poop while on the slide.' So I figured there's probably plenty of odd rules and I wanted to know about them," the Redditor told Bored Panda.

"My main takeaway from the answers is that sometimes, common sense isn't common. Things that seem obvious to most people aren't necessarily obvious to everyone. The areas where rules were coming from seemed to be pretty diverse, but many of them involved job sites and there were a good number of answers from medical areas," they explained.

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation On an AirFrance flight from Morocco to Mauritania, the flight attendant gave the safety brief in French at first. My french is not good but my ears pricked up when I heard the words "feu de camp." I obviously discounted my translation as misunderstanding the brief until she went into the brief in English.

We were given the standard safety brief on all aircraft, but at the end we were specifically reminded that there are to be no cooking or camp fires lit on the plane at any time.

Can you imagine your seat mate getting hungry and deciding to start a fire on an airplane to cook up some snacks?!?!?

Filthy_rags_am_I , unsplash Report

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cerial___killer 3 years ago

I was planning on having a campfire :(

77points

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation We once got a piece of clothing for one of the kids and right on the label, I kid you not, ‘remove child before washing.'

randomredditor12345 , bdunn1272 Report

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281points

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Andy Acceber 3 years ago

An excuse for Aunt Martha. She may NOT attempt to scrub spaghetti sauce out of your t-shirt with club soda while you're sitting at Olive Garden.

65points

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation In my lease, I had a clause to properly dispose of my used tampons.

I asked why and apparently my landlord had a tenant that caused $50,000 of damage because she threw her used tampons into the cabinet under the sink. She rented the apartment for years and there were 3+ years worth of used, bloody tampons in there.

The, uh, blood caused a bunch of damage akin to water damage to the bathoom. The floor under the cabinet was rotted through. From bloody tampon storage.

The thought of a steamy, gelatinous glorb of blood gooping through the sh**ty linoleum and blooming a bloody Clicker from The Last of Us makes me want to actively die.

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Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

Oh dang ew UNSEE JUICE PLS

128points

Ryyi23 isn't entirely sure how many of these regulations have actually helped. "If the rule is something so obvious that most wouldn't consider doing it in the first place, then the people who decide to disregard it probably don't read the rules anyway," they said. "I think companies might implement odd rules in order to punish anyone else who tries to do it."

At the end of the day, Ryyi23 is happy that some of the posts they've made on Reddit have gotten so much attention and sparked such interesting discussions. "I love learning about people's life experiences and their fun stories. [Sharing them] is a good way to help each other to look at the bright side of life."

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation In Florida " You may not have sexual relations with a porcupine".

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Airis Malfoy 3 years ago

i want to know what happened, yet i do not want to at the same time.

178points

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation In rehab our cottons swabs were taken away because a guy decided to jam one into his eardrum to get sent to the hospital and get painkillers. Every seemingly dumb rule we had in there had a backstory to it.

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Otter 3 years ago

I worked in a hospital, and we weren't allowed to give cotton swabs to patients, because someone might hurt their ear and sue us. The cotton swabs were strictly for wound packing.

55points

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation ‘Absolutely no roller skates in the lab.’ My husband worked for a private lab startup and half the women there did roller derby. The lab was (as many are) a repurposed warehouse with nice smooth concrete floors. One of the women thought it would be fun to skate between machines. She got a lot done but the boss figured osha wouldn’t be too thrilled so the sign went up a few days later. You could still wear your skates in the break room.

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Jihana 3 years ago

Oh my god, as a chemist this one sounds terrifying to me

78points

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation “Don’t take (prescription drug) if you're allergic to (same drug).”

wpascarelli , pexels Report

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Otter 3 years ago

Unfortunately, the only way you can find out if you're allergic to a drug is to take the drug and have an "adverse reaction".

80points

The Macomb Law Group acknowledges that warning labels on products can get a little silly but say there is a reason for it: companies continue to produce dangerous products.

"When consumers are hurt because something they purchased does them harm, [the law in many places] says they may be able to file a product liability lawsuit. These cases say that a product was unreasonably dangerous, but the manufacturer sold it anyway," the Macomb Law Group explained.

#10

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation On a package of precision screwdrivers "Do not insert into penis."

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Hilary Rudd 3 years ago

I did have a patient years ago that had a knitting needle up his penis

121points

#11

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation in NZ it is illegal to name your kid "Pink panties" ...

BlightPaladin , pexels Report

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troufaki13 3 years ago

Shouldn't be illegal everywhere??

175points

#12

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation “Do not fill with urine” on a water gun.

beesuz , unsplash Report

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cerial___killer 3 years ago

Piss offf

132points

#13

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Do not pick up this lawn mower and use it as a hedge trimmer.

chasepna , fllickr Report

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

You got that, Superman?

58points

According to the lawyers, product liability usually falls into at least one of three categories:

Manufacturing defects (something wasn’t built to the proper specifications);
Design defects (the thing was built according to specifications that contained a danger);
Failure to warn (the manufacturer didn’t disclose an inherent danger in the product).

"Failure to warn is sometimes also called a marketing defect," the Macomb Law Group added. "The theory behind these cases is that, if a manufacturer cannot reasonably make the product safe, it can still be responsible for letting the consumer know about the dangers."

I wonder how many crazy lawsuits hide behind these rules?

#14

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Never iron clothes while they are being worn.

MisfitMishap , flickr Report

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Eagle Girl 3 years ago

I've done that & it's completely doable

47points

#15

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation My father’s hometown, Marion, Ohio, had a rule that you couldn’t eat a donut while walking backwards. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with attracting police horses to lure them away from the police.

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KJ 3 years ago

Do the police horses not tend to have a person on them, you would think they would notice.

69points

#16

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation At my company's picnic outing: "Anyone who jumps in the lake will be fired."

cats_n_things , flickr Report

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Tiago Cortinhal 3 years ago

What is wrong with that?

69points

#17

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation "Do not use for drying pets" on the microwave.

MisfitMishap , flickr Report

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Chris Kane 3 years ago

To be fair... in the 50s, Scientist's found out that you can revive a dead frozen hamster in a Microwave.

46points

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#18

No rings on ship decks. They can get caught and deglove your finger, which is exactly as horrid as it sounds.

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176points

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Láďa Durchánek 3 years ago

Jewellery is a VERY bad idea in many places.

95points

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35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation For my fellow scientists: Transferring chemicals by mouth (mouth pipetting) is forbidden.

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Wood Carver 3 years ago (edited)

This sounds crazier than it is. Old pipettes were extremely precise but there were no good pumps equally accurate. A long tube was attached to the bulb end and is fine IF the chemical being mouth pipetted does not have harmful fumes.... safer to just outlaw them

67points

#20

Pharmacy worker here. We have to specify to unwrap suppositories BEFORE insertion. Apparently someone thought the foil was part of it.

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KJ 3 years ago

So this customer I assume went back to the pharmacy to complain they weren't dissolving, that would have been an awkward conversation.

55points

#21

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Remove baby before collapsing stroller.

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Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

57points

#22

You're not allowed to bring vuvuzelas into a Metallica concert.

I really just want to know the story.

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Clinton Csmith 3 years ago

You, shouldn't be allowed to bring them anywhere. They are horrible!

114points

#23

Do not stop chainsaw blade with genitals.

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cerial___killer 3 years ago

I need more backstory...

67points

#24

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation “Do not put 14 rolls of toilet paper in the toilet” -Walmart 2019

SteveCorpGuy4 , unsplash Report

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Genie Kayleigh 3 years ago

So, 13 rolls would be just fine?

118points

#25

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation There's a town in Alabama where it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket.

Dragnil , flickr Report

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cerial___killer 3 years ago

Which undergrown person does that??

52points

Vic 3 years ago

Ha ha ha! Of course!! No.. nobody does that... * Turns around and slowly removes ice cream from pocket *

24points

Sleazy Weaver 3 years ago (edited)

If I remember correctly, it's because if a horse comes onto your property, you're allowed to tame it & keep it as your own. People would lure other people's horses onto their own property with an ice cream cone in their pocket & keep the horse, but claim they didn't intend to lure the horse & that it just happened to follow them because of the ice cream. Eventually it got to be so much of a problem that ice cream in pockets was outlawed to prevent horse theft. Now, I have no idea how much of the story is actually true, but it's funny to imagine!!

18points

SuperChicken 3 years ago

yeah, who does that? asking for a friend.

2points

fuggnuggins 3 years ago

Same people walking backwards with doughnuts.

0points

Anonymous 3 years ago

Patrick star maybe

0points

Manndy Fisher 3 years ago

I guess someone did hence the law

0points

Boaz Krebs 3 years ago

wait i wasn't supposed to do that?

0points

DE Ray 3 years ago

Same reason as the "walking backwards with a doughnut" rule - luring horses away from their owners.

11points

Auntriarch 3 years ago

Oh dear I was thinking something completely y

1point

Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

The story behind the law (I love learning about these)…. Alabama. Throughout Alabama, it's illegal for a person to walk down the street with an ice cream cone in their back pocket. Back when most people got around on horseback, horse thieves would put ice cream in their pocket to lure horses away without being charged with stealing

6points

tail_bite 3 years ago

well alabama

4points

Brian Bennett 3 years ago

The cone wouldn't be so bad the filling is the big NO!

2points

Riley Quinn 3 years ago

Back in horseback getting-around days, horse thieves would tuck an ice cream cone in their back pocket to lure the horses, but weren't charged with stealing.

1point

Sylvanticx 3 years ago

it's to prevent horse theft

1point

Lyone Fein 3 years ago

Just the cone. Ice cream is OK.

1point

Isabel Care 3 years ago

With the ice cream or without?

0points

littlesaresare 3 years ago

Perhaps this relates to the brain farts thread - I'm looking at you, person who put their coffee in their bag.

0points

Terry Tobias 3 years ago

Well, it wouldn't be illegal for long.

0points

Life is ? 3 years ago

Understandable.

0points

Dillon Hughes 3 years ago

Yes stupid... But why make a law?

0points

SomePeopleCallMeMaurice 3 years ago

Let’s remember this is Alabama we’re discussing.

0points

Clearly sunny 3 years ago

Mmmmm softserve.

0points

Beck(formerly Becca/Gizmo sq) 3 years ago

Oh i justbsaid that on an earlier post!

0points

JuniorCJ82 3 years ago

Yet another reason to never go there.

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

The entire state of Kentucky. Something about stealing peoples horses.

0points

PrincessTheSiameseKat 3 years ago

why would someone do that?

0points

Mike Loux 3 years ago

You're not gonna be too glad to see me after that puppy melts.

0points

Mike Beck 3 years ago

Illegal in St. Louis because it could be used to lure a horse. "You honor, I have no idea why it followed me home. I naturally assumed it was abandoned, I didn't steal it!"

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Lsai Aeon 3 years ago

This was popular in several places a good long while back. It's just the cone not the ice cream. people would carry the cone in their back pocket, then untie the horses "parked" at whatever establishment and the horses would follow. Person with ice cream cone in pocket now had new horse

0points

Lara Verne 3 years ago (edited)

Can I carry it in my purse?

0points

Ben Steinberg 3 years ago

But...but...but...FREEDOM!!! /s

0points

Canadian potato 3 years ago

hey, its in your BACK pocket, on SUNDAYS.

0points

BananaAnna 3 years ago

A person should always carry ice cubes in pockets.

0points

Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago

Now that I know this, I feel like to do it, just to feel rebel again.

0points

#26

Last year’s company christmas party email specifically stated to bring an extra pair of pants if you will be urinating in the first pair.

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NsG 3 years ago

Doesn't that suggest that the urination is planned? Someone who does this has bigger issues than wet pants. (I'm assuming these are adults, not three year olds)

47points

#27

Back in the 90s, I used to work in a convenience store in New Jersey. Once a year I’d have to go to the health department and get certified as a food handler. It is in this capacity that I learned that there is a law on the books in the state of New Jersey that you cannot store food under a leaking sewage pipe. You just know health inspector went into a store and said “what the hell?! You can’t store food under leaking sewer pipe!” And the store owner said “cite the statute!”

CreatrixAnima Report

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145points

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Lisa Krolasik 3 years ago

I've read restaurant inspection reports. Stuff like this happens, more often it's prepared ready-to-serve food on a shelf under dripping raw meat in a refrigerator.

35points

#28

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Used to work in a big name book store. In the office we had a huge sign saying "no boiled eggs allowed in staff office"

rawr_nickie_rawr , flickr Report

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140points

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cerial___killer 3 years ago

We cant play scramble. Maannhhh that suckks

25points

#29

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Do not dress game (e.g. deer, pheasant) in dormitory kitchens.

I wonder who dragged a deer into the dorm and cut it up for venison...

SchnarchendeSchwein , flickr Report

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138points

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Eagle Girl 3 years ago (edited)

Answer- Dwight Schrute

62points

#30

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation Please do not add dish detergent to the water fountains.

Somkeythedog591 , pexels Report

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136points

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Airis Malfoy 3 years ago

this one seems like a strange thing my mom would say to me and my cousins at the annual family re-union.

42points

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#31

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation No bouncing balls on city sidewalks…it scares horses.

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131points

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Tango 3 years ago

Well hell! I've got big balls!

32points

#32

Do not smoke when applying hairspray.

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Boaz Krebs 3 years ago

no, it's a good idea: you'll get some big ol firework (maybe without the work part but that doesn't matter) and it's perfect if you're really cold!

38points

#33

Curling iron instructions: Do not use while sleeping

RandomUser951t Report

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Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

*wakes up with burnt hair* why tho

50points

#34

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation I worked at a video rental store and we had a big sign at the front of the store that said “CONTROL YOUR CHILDREN” because kids are an organizational nightmare

lilmissscum , unsplash Report

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120points

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Eagle Girl 3 years ago

I worked at a bedding store. Every kids dream to jump on multiple beds. We had a sign that read "If your children jump on the bed we reserve the right to give them candy & soda"

56points

#35

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation In church, there was a sign above the votive candles that read:

"Light only one candle - $7 each."

Apparently, for $7, someone had lighted all 50 votive candles in the stand.

Back2Bach , unsplash Report

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101points

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Wood Carver 3 years ago

Imagine and hear me out here, a religion where you're allowed to talk to God, or even pray and get a result, if you believe in that sort of thing, FOR FREE....... why does the catholic church treat Jesus like a cameo star you gotta pay to have a 5 minute zoom call with????

165points

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#36

I had the same Biology professor for Bio I and II.

Because of me, the Bio II power point included a new excuse that wouldn't be accepted for missing/late work: "My drunk room mates threw it out while cleaning!"

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40points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Wow a drunk cleaning room mate!

13points

#37

I work as a counselor at a boy scout camp that happens to have coconut trees. One of the rules I have to read to the scouts is "Do not take a coconut and stick it between your legs and try to stab it with your pocket knife" this is because at least one kid some time ago did this resulting in an emergency hospital trip

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37points

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Airis Malfoy 3 years ago

oh-oh.

7points

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#38

I blame Johnny Knoxville for this, but "toilets are for display purposes only".

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35points

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

I was a nanny for a while when I was younger. I was accompanying the mom on a trip to the hardware store because I was much more experienced than her at diy. Suddenly we heard this loud shout from her 4 year old (who was meant to be with her) "MOM! I'm ready to wipe now!". Bless his heart for trying I guess.

16points

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#39

Since Covid and things going digital, we now have a ‘You must wear clothes’ rule…and we already had a pretty casual dress code.

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34points

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I I 3 years ago

zoom calls must of been fun

10points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#40

My all time favorite, in the Taco Bell i frequented as a teenager:

"Please do not spit on the managers."

It wasn't even a freakin paper, it was a plaque, someone got spit on enough times to go out and pay for a plaque.

CaptM1400 Report

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33points

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Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

Dang.

9points

#41

Worked at a call center, as it was moving towards shutting down they weirdly got super stringent about rules. Couldn't have pen and paper so I brought putties and non-sticky slime to give myself something to do during downtime. Email goes out, no putty or slime. Okay, I'll finally learn to crochet. Bring in yarn and needles. Email goes out, no crochet or knitting. Fine, l write as a hobby so I'll type up some blurbs on Word. Maybe make an 'annoying customer' bingo sheet on Excel. Email goes out, no longer allowed to use Word or Excel.

Every email was sent like a week or less after I started doing the thing, with the exception of the putty. Timeline made sense to me and my friends, kinda, but I'm sure for everyone else in the call center they were bewildered as hell.

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Otter 3 years ago

You missed a great opportunity to generate the wierdest memos ever written! Taken up soap carving or oragami, and watch them send out memos banning the use of soap and paper.

36points

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#42

In Arkansas, it's illegal to keep an alligator in your bathtub.

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32points

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Otter 3 years ago

Well, people used to keep carp in the bathtub before making them into gefilte fish, and alligators are just as edible as carp...

10points

#43

Worked at an auto body shop. The break room microwave sign said “no fish or birds”.

There were a few Vietnamese guys working there. The guy who worked in the wash bay detailing the cars before they were given back to the customers was about 60 years old, and he always had “weird” stuff for lunch. I’ve seen him with bags full of fish heads, entire birds (feathers and all), mystery bags of unknown meat, etc.

Apparently he had used the break room microwave to cook these sorts of random things and made the entire office reek for days at a time. They ended up putting the old break room microwave in the wash bay (which was in an unattached building) so he could cook all the nasty sh*t he wanted to eat without disturbing anyone else.

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30points

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snipergun 3 years ago

One would say pretty nice from the company to put separate microwave for him in building where he works so he does not need to give up on his food and not bother anyone else with that.

28points

#44

There was this one residence hall on campus where we had to inform students on move-in day not to twist their apartment room key a certain way into their bathroom door otherwise they could possibly get locked in if closed. They were encouraged just to use the inner lock bolt body system. Students got charged $5, after one free pass, if a staff member got a call and had to rescue them from trapping themselves in their own bathroom. Working in that hall for two years, I rescued students 7 times and 4 of those times it was the same girl.

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Cactus McCoy 3 years ago

Charging people for aclear building mistake that must be fixed? That's new...

21points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#45

In California "it is illegal to hunt deer with explosive arrowheads"

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

I hope John Rambo is aware of this

11points

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#46

Caution: Do Not Hold Wrong End of Chainsaw

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29points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Written by Left handed Louis!

11points

#47

I worked for a company that would send us out of town and put us up in hotels for weeks. We had per diem for food but they told us we could absolutely not use it on alcohol. Found out the company use to have an open bar at the hotel for employees until some former employees got so drunk they hired prostitutes and ended up doing cocaine and were killed out of the hotel and arrested.

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tomandjerry56 3 years ago

killed out of the hotel seems a bit extreme......

50points

#48

Worked as a substitute teacher. During training there was a good 30 minutes reviewing strange rules. One he heavily specified was how we are not allowed to take home class pets. Turns out a sub the year before had taken home a class gold fish because the tank was too small and then ransomed the gold fish to the class until proof of a larger tank.

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Becky Samuel 3 years ago

This sub is the hero all neglected class pets need.

60points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#49

At a 7-11, I saw a sign on the chili dispenser for hot dogs that read, “Do not fill Big Gulp cups with chili.”

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Eagle Girl 3 years ago

Must be hard to work at places that cater to late night

12points

#50

In a supermarket, by the cherry display: "For the safety of employees and customers, please do not discard cherry pits on the floor."

Couldn't figure out why it didn't just say "please don't eat the cherries" but I'm sure there's an injury lawsuit involved!

mp861 Report

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27points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Put 'em back in the display where we can share in your germs!

2points

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#51

A fairly small apartment complex pool (indoors) that had a sign reading:

No Running No Diving No Smoking No Kayaks

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27points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

Diving into one of them Kayaks hurts like hell!

14points

#52

I've been trying to buy a house and at several open house inspections, there have been signs asking people not to use the seller's toilet.

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27points

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Tango 3 years ago

id it say anything about the fireplace?

10points

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#53

I went to work in a remote part of Alaska as a line cook. They had a mandatory drug test and very extensive background check with several interviews held by various admins in the company. This doesn't seem weird until you consider the type of people who work seasonal jobs. Especially remote seasonal jobs several hours from the closest 'town'. It takes a special kind of weird to even be interested in spending 6 months there.

When I finally arrived in camp and asked around, I found out the previous summer they had some issues with one specific employee.

Before that summer, employment with the company was very liberating. You show up for your shift, you're good. Not much else to it. You're also surrounded by wilderness for 100s of miles and purposefully scheduled 3 day weekends so you can enjoy it.

Well one guy brings his son with him. Apparently that's not too weird at the time. The son starts stealing personal items of female employees and stashing them under his mattress. The dad is also getting coke smuggled in by either a trucker or the mail. It all culminates with one big episode that no one really wanted to discuss.

After that... mandatory drug tests and very detailed interview process with background checks.

flj7 Report

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26points

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Terry Tobias 3 years ago

I thought we were heading into 'The Shining' territory for a second.

3points

“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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College Student Does Exactly As Told After Roommates Demand They Keep Their Stuff In Their Room

#54

"Don't throw pickles on the* glass!" Burger King

Frogstomp420 Report

Final score:

26points

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JuJu 3 years ago

Hehe...this might be because of kids like me in the 80s/90s

11points

#55

To me, employees must wash hands before returning to work..... Who the hell doesn't wash their hands after using the bathroom, especially working in food service.

Waylon1988 Report

Final score:

26points

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

Sadly, many more than you would think.

38points

#56

When I worked at a warehouse, I was told that we can't ride pallet jacks like scooters.

Billy-Mays-Ghost Report

Final score:

24points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

This is forbidden in all warehouses, I have seen some accidents...

17points

admiral_trapbar1 , flickr (not the actual photo) Report

#57

35 "Oddly Specific" Rules People Encountered That Require An Explanation I live in student accommodation, on the back of the bathroom door there are diagrams of the right and wrong ways to sit on the toilet.

Final score:

23points

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Aisling Allan 3 years ago

Seen a lot of these signs in India where squat toilets are also a thing.

26points

#58

"If you've had diarrhea in the last 48 hours, please do not enter the pool water."

bludynamo Report

Final score:

21points

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Otter 3 years ago

That's because of norovirus, a contagious virus that can spread in pool water and cause mass diarrhea and illness. This isn't a silly rule, it's a life-saver.

35points

#59

In Little Rock, Arkansas, I believe it's illegal to walk cattle down Main Street on Sundays.

Dragnil Report

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21points

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Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

But can I do it on Saturdays? Bess needs a walk.

16points

#60

There was a sign in one of the bathrooms at my college "Please do not dump coffee grounds in the toilets." It was only in one wing of one building, so I'm sure something happened.

flyingcircusdog Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Shine Caramia 3 years ago

You should also never wash them down the sink.

5points

#61

I had an English teacher that had an ironclad rule about no one touching her classroom door except for her.

Rumor is that some kids super glued her classroom door shut a few years ago.

This led to some of my classmates rubbing themselves all over the door when she was absent for a day and when she went on maternity leave.

jtrisn1 Report

Final score:

18points

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Lyone Fein 3 years ago

Wtf?

5points

#62

Bathing a donkey this is a law because in a hurricane as a donkey was taking a bath it went missing and people had to look for him

dundepooper Report

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15points

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Skara Brae 3 years ago

Um. They don't look for donkeys otherwise?

11points

#63

I flipped a car over an embankment once and they put up a yield sign

McNastte Report

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13points

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Brian Bennett 3 years ago

As a warning, I assume to other car flippers?

6points

#64

My father's hometown, Marion, Ohio, had a rule that you couldn't eat a donut while walking backwards. If I remember correctly, it had something to do with attracting police horses to lure them away from the police.

TybeeJoe Report

Final score:

-8points

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Hotdogking 3 years ago

Double post

15points

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Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

Anyone else notice the number 1 after every reply??? Is this a new BP Thing?1

18points

Random person 3 years ago

Same, at first I thought those were parts of the posts!

4points

~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

Maybe it's a thing so people don't repeat the same comment someone else did, or it'll come up with a number 2?? Idk probably not.

2points

Mike Loux 3 years ago

I thought I typo'ed. Then I saw another one, and thought, "OK, that's new."

1point

Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 3 years ago

I scrolled back and noticed that it looks like older comments don’t have that

0points

Pixie 3 years ago

Funny post, but aside from that, why does every single answer have a "1" at the end?

12points

Lawless 3 years ago (edited)

Every comment ends in a 1. Why? Why does it end like that? The end of a comment has a 1. Am I going crazy? Help.

11points

Annie 3 years ago

It was a glitch

2points

bonnyatlast 3 years ago

When I was dating my now husband he was a choir director at a state MENSA convention. On the brochures it very plainly stated a rule. "Clothing is not an option." Apparently that was needed in print. Must have a great backstory.

10points

Tina Hugh 3 years ago

Clothing is "not an option" or clothing is "not optional"? Big diff

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Where is the perennial classic from Toyota owners manuals "Do not drink contents of battery."

6points

not your average weirdo 3 years ago

Here’s one: in Arizona animals have vehicle rights. If you ride a horse, you still have to follow all traffic laws!

3points

memyselfandI 3 years ago

Or there’s always the obligatory “don’t use a hairdryer in the bathtub”, “don’t eat dessicant packs”, “don’t eat tide pods”, “don’t eat” most anything other than food, and “this bag of nuts contains nuts”.

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Or: nut bars may contain traces of nuts

1point

Dr. Carlos Dangercat 3 years ago

My lease specified that I'm not allowed to hire anyone to clean the exterior windows and I'm still not sure why....

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

That is incredibly specific and odd. I wonder what has happened to your landlord to make them feel the need to say that? The mind boggles 🤔

1point

s. vitkovitsky 3 years ago

This clear plastic bag is not a toy.

1point

Jo Choto 3 years ago

Just waiting for a label reminding me to breathe.

1point

Katelyn 3 years ago

The ones are so weird1

1point

OmMarol 3 years ago

1point

Fulsome Kitten 3 years ago

In Detroit, It's illegal to let your pig run free unless it has a ring in its nose. Badass.

1point

BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing 3 years ago

These rules should never have existed...

1point

A.M. Pierre 3 years ago

On flat little FedEx envelopes, it has a warning not to ship blood in it. Yeah. I can't even imagine the horror of the poor delivery person who first discovered the need for that rule.

1point

turtledove 3 years ago

??? i see no 1s. wha t

0points

Eowyn Kendrick 3 years ago

0points

malenchki 3 years ago

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0points

Axolotl King 3 years ago

Um idk what everyone is talking about with the ones but ok

0points

Kat 3 years ago

Most sound made up. Hearsay at best... Picture or it didn't happen...

0points

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

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0points

Ian Smith 3 years ago

They didn't include the toilet pic! That one pretty clearly had someone used to squat toilets misuse a sitter.

0points

Horatio Jay 3 years ago

That sign is in nearly every public restroom here in Japan (mostly to show Chinese people how to use it properly).

0points

Mike Loux 3 years ago

Bill Engvalls would have loved this thread. "Here's your sign."

0points

Miklós Nagy 3 years ago

There are always a funny story behind these ones, or several sad ones...

0points

bonnyatlast 3 years ago

A.M.Pierce that is for those Vampire want to bes. It's a thing.....

0points

Carmen Sandiego 3 years ago

Wat

0points

malenchki 3 years ago

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Mazer 3 years ago (edited)

Anyone else notice the number 1 after every reply??? Is this a new BP Thing?1

18points

Random person 3 years ago

Same, at first I thought those were parts of the posts!

4points

~hUmMuS vIbEs~ 3 years ago

Maybe it's a thing so people don't repeat the same comment someone else did, or it'll come up with a number 2?? Idk probably not.

2points

Mike Loux 3 years ago

I thought I typo'ed. Then I saw another one, and thought, "OK, that's new."

1point

Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 3 years ago

I scrolled back and noticed that it looks like older comments don’t have that

0points

Pixie 3 years ago

Funny post, but aside from that, why does every single answer have a "1" at the end?

12points

Lawless 3 years ago (edited)

Every comment ends in a 1. Why? Why does it end like that? The end of a comment has a 1. Am I going crazy? Help.

11points

Annie 3 years ago

It was a glitch

2points

bonnyatlast 3 years ago

10points

Tina Hugh 3 years ago

Clothing is "not an option" or clothing is "not optional"? Big diff

4points

M O'Connell 3 years ago

Where is the perennial classic from Toyota owners manuals "Do not drink contents of battery."

6points

not your average weirdo 3 years ago

Here’s one: in Arizona animals have vehicle rights. If you ride a horse, you still have to follow all traffic laws!

3points

memyselfandI 3 years ago

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

Or: nut bars may contain traces of nuts

1point

Dr. Carlos Dangercat 3 years ago

My lease specified that I'm not allowed to hire anyone to clean the exterior windows and I'm still not sure why....

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

That is incredibly specific and odd. I wonder what has happened to your landlord to make them feel the need to say that? The mind boggles 🤔

1point