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People Are Sharing The Funniest “Oddly Specific” Rules They’ve Encountered (25 Posts)

We live in a world of lawsuits, laws that haven’t been updated since 1839, and strange people who do stupid things. And as a result, there are lots of very oddly specific rules out there.

On Reddit, folks are sharing the oddest rules they’ve heard of or encountered in their lives.

Like did you know that you can’t eat a donut while walking backwards in Marion, Ohio? Apparently, you might lure the police horses away! Oh, and don’t forget the “no stabbing a coconut” rule that one boy scouts organization felt necessary to implement!

1.

“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.” — itsvic27

2.

“Since Covid and things going digital, we now have a ‘You must wear clothes’ rule…and we already had a pretty casual dress code.” — NarrowSeaworthiness8

3.

“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.”

4.

“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!'” — Strive_to_Thrive

5.

“‘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.” — TheBrontosaurus

6.

“No bouncing balls on city sidewalks…it scares horses.” — MagicMushroomFungi

7.

“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

8.

“Pharmacy worker here. We have to specify to unwrap suppositories BEFORE insertion. Apparently someone thought the foil was part of it.” — macyxpress17

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“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.” — cakeishsnake

10.

“Please do not add dish detergent to the water fountains.” — Somkeythedog591

11.

“‘Do not put 14 rolls of toilet paper in the toilet’ – Walmart 2019.” — SteveCorpGuy4

12.

“Remove baby before collapsing stroller.”  — AsboZapruder

13.

“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

14.

“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 bathroom. The floor under the cabinet was rotted through. From bloody tampon storage.” — salty-MA-student

15.

“Never iron clothes while they are being worn.” — MisfitMishap

16.

“For my fellow scientists: Transferring chemicals by mouth (mouth pipetting) is forbidden.” — iworethedressforhim

17.

“At my company’s picnic outing: ‘Anyone who jumps in the lake will be fired.'” — cats_n_things

18.

“Don’t take (prescription drug) if you’re allergic to (same drug).” — wpascarelli

19.

“You’re not allowed to bring vuvuzelas into a Metallica concert. I really just want to know the story.” — bongokapiguana

20.

“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.” — softserve-4

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