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As promised, this is the continuation of dumb//one. These are some laws found in Singapore that people consider dumb.

*As it is considered pornographic, you may not walk around your home nude.*
Whether you want to walk in your home nude or not is the government’s business? I think if you have those nudist lifestyle thing - not that I am in support of nudist lifestyle of course - you can walk all you want. Just close your windows. Well, if you are a hot girl, I doubt the policeman would report you parading your home with nothing more than a necklace (idea stolen from Titanic). Verdict: Dumb

*Failure to flush a public toilet after use may result in very hefty fines.*
Ah, they don’t call Singapore “Fine City” for no reason. Now, you can imagine the amount of city coffers we have. Most public toilet have automatic flush systems in Singapore nowadays. And when the automatic flush is not working, it’s just not working! There is absolutely no way to flush the toilet - you can only leave it unflushed.

*It is considered an offense to enter the country with cigarettes.*
I haven’t heard of this law. I supposed it’s pretty dumb if it really exists.

*Cigarettes are illegal at all public places.*
I am not sure if this is quite right. You see, there are some public places that you can light a cigarette. No one would care if you light a cigarette in the park. I recall this conversation Dexter had with a security guard at Singapore Polytechnic.

Security Guard: Hey you! Why you smoking here in the bus stop?
Dexter: Sorry sorry.
Security Guard: You know what is the underpass for?
-Dexter was puzzled. -
Security Guard: The underpass is for you smokers to smoke inside. Why you think they build the underpass then.

So, smokers at Singapore Polytechnic has a preferred location to smoke at I guess.

[This is a pre-recorded entry as I'll be away. I'll probably be back on June 26, 2005. Part 3 will follow soon (June 28).]

Let’s take a look at some dumb laws in Singapore according to this website, I’ll write what I think of these laws. I don’t think some of which are dumb actually.

*The sale of gum is prohibited.*
This is not a dumb law actually. It came as a punishment to all citizens because some $(@#%($! idiots went to stick the gum they chewed everywhere. Imagine people stuffing chewed gum into your keyhole - you’ll be fucking pissed that you can’t open your door after a hard day’s work. Anyway, the Singapore government has relaxed this rule slightly, allowing one type of gum that has therapeutic effects for sale in pharmacies.

*Homosexuals are not allowed to live in the country.*
Okay, let’s just say we are conservative still. I don’t support homosexuality but somehow I feel that I am forced to acknowledge them as part of Singapore. This law doesn’t concern me, but I would say that… well, okay… Verdict: Dumb

*Oral sex is illegal unless it is used as a form of foreplay.*
I don’t think that is dumb actually. I don’t think the police raids the bedrooms of couples at night though.

*Pornography is illegal.*
Bet many didn’t know this law exists. I wouldn’t say it is dumb, but to make this into a law may be unnecessary. The police is not actively after people owning pornography. They are after people who are selling the porn videos, that would be the ah peh (old man) with his stall at the train station.

Anyway, I’ll continue with dumb Singapore laws (revealed on June 21, 2005)

[Mr. Dew will be away for the army for 3 weeks and will not be able to reply your comments.]

Every country has it’s dumb laws. For Singapore, we are famous for chewing gum ban. Well, first of all, Singapore doesn’t really ban chewing gum. I believe the government ban the sales of chewing gum. However, things are opening up, one chewing gum is authorized for sale in Singapore already.

Here are some dumb United States laws:

The penalty for jumping off a building is death. - Location: United States, New York

It kinda suggests that if you jump down the building, you’re probably better off dead. Because if you don’t - you will soon anyway.

Idiots may not vote. - Location: United States, New Mexico

Actually, if you consider the actual meaning of the word ‘idiot’, it actually quite make sense.

No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. - _Location: United States, California_

Listen to this James Bond if you ever go to California.

Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. - Location: United States, Florida

I would supposed the United States government don’t want their citizens to get poked.

Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine. - Location: United States, California, Chico

This must have been a discounted price. In Singapore, possessing a liquid gas cylinder in the train station would result in a SG$5,000 fine. Things sure are cheaper in the States.

Persons classified as “ugly” may not walk down any street. - Location: United States, California, San Francisco

I knew it! This world is one where looks matter; even the law dictates the idea.

I am not sure if these laws are still in effects, anyway you can read a lot more about dumb laws.

[Mr. Dew will be away for the army for 3 weeks and will not be able to reply your comments.]

This is a continuation from stupid//brother. It is titled they//hid.

I don’t know what reply did the two boys give.

My cousin and my brother quickly walk towards a shopping mall. They walk into this huge shop that sells electrical appliances.

As they were walking, the two boys trailed them. My cousin and my brother tried to walk quicker than normal. I was thinking the two boys must be having fun because my cousin and my brother are in fear. It’s a sick mentality that is not worth explaining in this blog even.

They walked all the way till the shopping mall with my cousin and my brother. Damn it, let’s call them my *C*ousin and my *B*rother - *CB*.

Anyway, as I was saying CB went into the electrical store quickly and hid there. Right outside are the two crazy fellows. They looked around attempting to relocate their victims. CB hide in the deepest corner of the electric store. It is a smart choice to go to a crowded place.

At there, CB contacted my mother who later went to fetch them back. My mother was upset about it. Upset about the sick behavior of the boys to extort money. Okay, they didn’t really threaten CB to hand their money. She is also upset that my brother had this strange haircut and styled it like one of the two bad boys.

She talked to me that night and related the story. After which she explained me, _”My father always demands his sons to keep short hair. It’s not for no reason. The bad boys look at your brother and must have found the hairstyle resembles that of a gangster’s. I always tell you two (i.e. my brother and I) to keep your hair short and you don’t listen.”_

To her, it’s all about the hair. She does not believe my brother stared at those two.

To me, the hair is a sad topic. I turned to her and reassured her, _”Don’t worry. My hair will be short. It will be.”_

[I will be leaving for army on June 11, the army has a short hair rule. Botak (no hair).]

Yesterday, my brother did something fucking stupid. I am sorry. This is really just too stupid.

It begins with my cousin and him going for a game of basketball late in the evening (about 8 I think). I was not there, they were alone.

Actually - no - they aren’t alone. Two other boys were sitting near the basketball court looking at my brother and my cousin playing basketball. They were playing a game they called ‘horse’ which I shan’t elaborate due to irrelevances and my closing eyelids.

They were playing happily until they were approached.

_”Why you stare at me?”_ one boy questioned my brother angrily.

My brother shivered. He was afraid.

_”Where do you live?”_ the boys questioned again.

My brother answered a location further down our estate.

_”What’re your ages?”_ the boys interrogated.

My cousin answered on his behalf while my brother shivered (on my cousin’s behalf too probably).

My cousin gave some explanation. My brother kept quiet, still afraid.

_”You have money?”_ the boys demands.

To which my cousin answered, _”we came for a basketball game, we really didn’t bring the money out.”_ My brother was reportedly still trembling.

The boys seemed to buy that excuse and my cousin and brother begins to leave.

But before they left, my brother just have to say something…

_”Even if we have money, we won’t give you too!”_

[There is a continuation from stupid//brother; it is titled they//hid.]

If you ain’t smart enough to fix up your common senses, please abandon the ambition of being a thief. Just when you thought stealing nickels is stupid.

THURMAN, N.Y. - A tip for would-be gasoline thieves. When stealing gas in the dark, don’t use a lighter to see how you’re doing. Police in Warren County say that’s what Glen Germain Junior did when he was siphoning gas from a dump truck at a business in the Adirondacks last month.

The sheriff’s department says Germain was transferring the fuel from the truck to a gas can when he used a lighter to see how full the container had become.

That sparked a fire that caused minor burns to his face and hands.

Source: Yahoo! News

If you want to steal, be a smart one. Like the Enron guy (who got caught). Or be accomplice, like the Arthur Andersen company(whose web site has been greatly reduced to a front page).

In Singapore, we are always complaining that it’s too hot here, the air-conditioner’s not working and I often refuse to answer back when my friends ask, “don’t you think Singapore is getting hotter?” I don’t know the answer. It sure seems to me but if you pull out all the strange demographs and stuff, it may not be the case. I’m not sure in Singapore is getting colder, all I know is recently it has been raining.

In Japan, a man thinks the weather is too cold so he…

*Man holds up restaurant to escape cold*

MATSUSHIMA, Miyagi — A man has been arrested after bursting into a family restaurant and yelling out, “I’m an armed robber who wants to get caught, call the cops,” police said.

Katsumi Sato, 52, arrested for extortion and for breaking the Firearms and Swords Control Law, soon admitted to the allegations.

“It was really cold and I wanted to get into the warm detention cell,” the unemployed man of no fixed address told the police.

Police said that Sato burst into the family restaurant in the early hours of Saturday morning, held a female employee at knifepoint and said, “I’m an armed robber who wants to get caught. Call the cops.”

Employees obliged and Sato was duly arrested. No employees or customers were injured.

The Sendai District Meteorological Observatory said the temperature around Matsushima on Saturday morning was about 5 degrees, about the same as the average for mid-April.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun

I don’t know if that is a smart choice. It sure seemed stupid right to me right now. If I am cold, I won’t think of getting jailed as an alternative. The only reason that can ever make me consider this is when I really have no money to eat and my daily meals become a real bad problem. And even with this scenario, I would consider carefully.