Switzerland does it. Why can't we?????

[frazzled]

2. In Switzerland, it's illegal to flush your goldfish down the toilet

Honest, it's not just because I had four glasses of wine at dinner (plus that nice Spanish cava) that I bring this to people's attention. It's because it's actually true:

Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet - still alive - must now find other methods since strict new animal protection laws took effect today.
Instead, a fish must be first knocked out and then killed before its body can be disposed of, the law stipulates.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/new-laws-for-swiss-pets-20090407-9z8g.html#ixzz2lRfC9Myg

No, really, honestly, the Swiss make all kinds of laws, good and bad ones, and I say this not as someone who, having drunk too much wine, is offering any opinion on any particular one of these laws, including the one on CEO compensation, but merely in wonderment at the way in which the Swiss like to legislate.

Or something like that. Read more at:

http://www.newlyswissed.com/11-weird-swiss-laws/