BrotherJohn said: because Licorice pipe is illegal in Finland?
It's based on another Finnish meme.
A law, that would ban the licorice pipes, was planned. The argument was, that they promote underage smoking. The law didn't pass, but a guy parodied the proposition with a Youtube video, showing the "terrible narcotic effects" of licorice pipes.
HelepolisH said: Laws are really strange sometimes.
You can say that again. There's the anecdote about a guy demanding cake and bread during an exam in Oxford, based on an act from like the 1500s, which stated that those sitting their exams may request and demand cake and beer. Eventually, he settled for a burger and coke, though. He was fined for 200GBP two weeks later, however: he neglected to carry his sword during the exams...
ThunderBird said: You can say that again. There's the anecdote about a guy demanding cake and bread during an exam in Oxford, based on an act from like the 1500s, which stated that those sitting their exams may request and demand cake and beer. Eventually, he settled for a burger and coke, though. He was fined for 200GBP two weeks later, however: he neglected to carry his sword during the exams...
Snopes neither busts nor confirms this. It is an amusing story, though.
HelepolisH said: Laws are really strange sometimes. We don't even have those in Holland. And there is obviously something wrong with the dude's face, even though it is a parody.
I think "Stroopsoldaten" are a suitable comparison.
reminds me of candy cigarettes, them being banned because it was thought they desensitised kids to cigarettes and made them more willing to try them later in life.
Well ridiculous laws exist everywhere, in Florida it's illegal to skateboard inside a police station, in Germany (I think?) it's illegal for pregnant women to skydive on a sunday. We even had some in our school, 'if the headboy and headgirl become married couples, they will be given a house and a goat,' suffice to say, some of the teachers confirmed whilst others denied it, so it was up in the air.
Kumihou said: Well ridiculous laws exist everywhere, in Florida it's illegal to skateboard inside a police station, in Germany (I think?) it's illegal for pregnant women to skydive on a sunday. We even had some in our school, 'if the headboy and headgirl become married couples, they will be given a house and a goat,' suffice to say, some of the teachers confirmed whilst others denied it, so it was up in the air.
In Alabama it is illegal to put salt on a railroad track.
Zekana said: reminds me of candy cigarettes, them being banned because it was thought they desensitised kids to cigarettes and made them more willing to try them later in life.
Meanwhile, Pixie Stix and Big League Chew are just fine.
That finnish guy in the video is actually kinda scary. Not that he looks scary, but he's most definitely batshit nuts. He's mixed some odd beliefs into his definite and over the top-fundamentalism and his family lets it be and palys along with that guys fucked-up whims. I watched couple of his videos about a year ago. My brother laughed at him, but I was kinda scared shitless, that a guy like that lived on the same side of Europe as I do. In the same country even, altough far in the north.
Here in Chile (more accurately, my hometown Antofagasta), if a railroad worker accidentaly kills another person during work, he's charged with a fine of 50 Pesos (which is like, 10 cents?)
Candy cigarettes weren't ever really banned, either, just fell out of favor -- the marketing got too hard. There are some revival versions out since Mad Men came on, and dollar stores occasionally carry "Candy Sticks" which are the same thing but without the markings.
A law, that would ban the licorice pipes, was planned. The argument was, that they promote underage smoking. The law didn't pass, but a guy parodied the proposition with a Youtube video, showing the "terrible narcotic effects" of licorice pipes.
Murasa! Could you stop smoking? This is a smoke-free cruiser.How about a licorice pipe?NO.Hmmh. It's hard to stop unless you get something substituting in place.coughcough
