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Malawi is determined to “mould responsible and disciplined citizens” with a law banning the breaking of wind.

The Local Courts Bill of 2010 is set to be presented before a forthcoming parliamentary session by Justice Minister George Chaponda.

The legislation also targets ne'er-do-wells "disturbing religious assemblies", "trespassing on burial places", "insulting the modesty of a woman" or "challenging to fight a duel", as well as those who pass the time by pretending to be a fortune teller...

One unimpressed Malawian reportedly commented: “How can this government criminalise the release of intestinal gases? Everyone does that, even if it’s in public or it has an accompanying sound which is boring; making it criminal is a joke of democracy."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/28 ... gislation/

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So does that mean if you are prone to Silent but deadly ones that you are technically guilty of carrying a concealed weapon? ;) I have known some seriously bad offenders who now have to take Malawi off their travel itinerary.

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makes note to cross off my travel plans :oops:

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Well then it'll be one place where the maxim 'better out than in' definitely won't hold true.


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No more poetry in Malawi.

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Let's hope Cameron and Clegg don't get wind of this (pun intended).
If they don't ban it, they'll bloody well tax us on it!

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steve74 wrote:
Let's hope Cameron and Clegg don't get wind of this (pun intended).
If they don't ban it, they'll bloody well tax us on it!


fart chance of that happening :roll: the whole idea would stink tbh.

would that mean whoopee cushions are banned? or will you get handguffed for that too as it classes as a "fart"?

whenever I buy whoopee cushions they break really early, cheaply made and a complete ripoff :x

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So if there's someone there you don't like, give them Bernard Matthews Golden Drummers for their tea, then have them arrested. ;) :lol:

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So if there's someone there you don't like, give them Bernard Matthews Golden Drummers for their tea, then have them arrested. ;) :lol:

I have found broccoli to be highly effective. Though would they and baked beans become proscribed substances? ;)

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