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Laws of the Land ( Help!)

Post by Patrick777 » Mon, 03 Jul 2006 5:31 pm

Do anyone have any quick links to the top 10 laws of Signapore? I'm not looking for every law in detail more a brief top 10/20? I.E.

1) No Chewing Gum
2) No droping litter

etc, etc

The majority of the laws seem reasonable and for the good of the people which ones aren't?

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Post by ringo100 » Mon, 03 Jul 2006 9:11 pm

Chewing gum is allowed. Can buy in any chemist.

1) Smoking is now restricted in pubs/clubs - good thing.
2) J-walking is apparently a problem but I do everyday and have never had a problem.
3) Be careful when drunk in a club; i've heard a few horror stories of guys who were a little too frisky for their own good.
4) Don't ever get involved in any kind of drugs. Even being caught with amounts considered as personal use in Europe, will end in the death penalty here.
5) I would avoid any kind of trouble/rowdy behavior.

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Post by jpatokal » Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:15 am

Top 7 things that are banned in Singapore:

- Overhead wires
- Satellite dishes
- Standing water
- Freestanding billboards
- Malaysian newspapers
- Feeding pigeons
- Oral sex (except as foreplay)

So put that in your pipe and smoke it (but be sure to insert the pipe in its case afterward).
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Post by Bafana » Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:02 am

ringo100 wrote:1) Smoking is now restricted in pubs/clubs - good thing.
Facist :evil:

BTW the last item on your list about load and rowdy behaviour is good one except very hard to adhere to after a bottle of whisky and not enough sleep lor :cool:
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Laws of the Land

Post by Patrick777 » Tue, 04 Jul 2006 5:29 pm

What's this one about Oral sex? Does that mean for the dirty buggers who go to Ho's they've got to finish the job properly otherwise they get nicked? :D

I though they might have some more crazy rules? Answers on a postcode ..

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Post by Em Eye » Tue, 04 Jul 2006 6:24 pm

Don't forget that it's illegal to commit suicide...

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Post by Bafana » Wed, 05 Jul 2006 2:50 pm

Patrick777 wrote:What's this one about Oral sex? Does that mean for the dirty buggers who go to Ho's they've got to finish the job properly otherwise they get nicked? :D
Thats exactly what it means - Its only OK to have a blow job if you are going to follow it up with full intercourse directly afterwards (personally I think you could probably argue that you have short fuse and you wnet off before you meant too :P )
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Post by Conker » Thu, 06 Jul 2006 5:53 pm

You are not allowed to be naked in your apartment. :o

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Post by Bafana » Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:34 am

Not if your a man an a woman can see you.

If you are a woman then I think its OK.

Thats what I heard anyway.
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Post by EADG » Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:48 pm

ringo100 wrote: 3) Be careful when drunk in a club; i've heard a few horror stories of guys who were a little too frisky for their own good.
care to elaborate? that could be the case anywhere, no?
jpatokal wrote: - Oral sex (except as foreplay)
...and in lead up to procreation
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Post by Splatted » Wed, 12 Jul 2006 4:26 am

ringo100 wrote: 4) Don't ever get involved in any kind of drugs. Even being caught with amounts considered as personal use in Europe, will end in the death penalty here.
How do you account for the 500,000 scripts dispensed in the last year of subutex in singapore for former heroin addicts,.. are these the ones that didn't get caught, but have decided to turn a new leaf?

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Post by ringo100 » Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:11 pm

Are you disagreeing with what I said?

Just because someone is a recovering drug addict doesn't mean that they were every caught in Singapore with a quantity of drugs what would, in EUROPE, be considered as personal possession.

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