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No sandcastles please, you're in Italy

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hstrybuf
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Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 12:53 am

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Mon., Aug. 18, 8:59 AM ET

ROME (Reuters) - When in Capri, don't wander off the beach in a bikini. If you go to the sea in Eraclea, near Venice, remember that building sandcastles is forbidden. And don't even think about mowing your lawn at the weekend in Forte dei Marmi.

Emboldened by a nationwide crackdown on crime and a government decree giving them extra law-and-order powers, Italian mayors have issued a string of often bizarre by-laws to enhance "public decorum."

Public displays of affection in a car can earn you a fine of up to 500 euros ($745) in Eboli, feeding pigeons is off-limits in the centre of Lucca while in Novara groups of more than two people are forbidden from lounging around in parks at night.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080818/od_nm/bans_odd_dc

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Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 09:36 pm

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I actually like some of those laws....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkc_6QlJXss&feature=related

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Posted: Tue Aug 19th, 2008 09:37 pm

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Darn gangs.... running in packs and prides.

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