Britain's Most Stupid Laws

[severus]

Interesting article. Read on.

HERE

 

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)

 

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)

 

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)

 

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)

 

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)

 

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)

 

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)

 

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)

 

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)

 

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)

[ayjay]

You can also shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow (You must be inside Chester city walls to try this and it must be after midnight) [isn't it always after midnight?]

 

Here's some more things against the law in the UK:-

 

Eating chocolates in a public convenience.

 

Standing within 100 yards of the reigning monarch without socks.

 

Flagging down a London cab if you have the plague.

 

There's dozens more from all around the world.

 

In France it's illegal to name your pig Napoleon.

 

In Peru, Unmarried young men are not permitted to keep female alpacas in their apartments.

 

and plenty from America

 

In Florida, farting in a public place after 6pm on Thursdays is illegal.

 

In Arizona, donkeys may not sleep in bathtubs

 

In Connecticut, in order for a pickle to be called a pickle, it must bounce, and, restaurant owners must proved separate nose blowing and non-nose blowing areas.

 

In Idaho, you cannot buy onions after dark without the permission of the sheriff.

 

>>>Loony Laws

[snakey1]

Interesting article. Read on.

HERE

 

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)

 

2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)

 

3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)

 

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)

 

5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)

 

6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)

 

7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)

 

8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)

 

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)

 

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)

How about these

1. apparently there is a bye-law in bristol that forbids couples from having sex whilst underneath a vehicle they can have sex in it but not under it.

2. freemen of the city of london have the right to herd sheep over london bridge and go about the city with a drawn sword.

3. the city ordinance of chester states that" no welshman may enter the city before sunrise or stay after sunset on pain of decapitation"

4. according to Congleton borough council bye-laws also against the law are indecent bathing, loitering at church doors and carrying soot.

5. in kidderminster it is an offence to own a bath without a watertight plug

6. in upton-upon-severn it is illegal for married couples to live in a discarded bus.

7. in broadstairs ladies are not allowed to show their ankles in public and it is an offence which can land you in the stocks.

(all of the above taken from the strange laws of old england by Nigel Cawthorne)

It is not actually illegal to die in the houses of parliament its just that if somebody does the body is removed before a death certificate is issued . this is because the palace of westminster is a royal palace and anyone dying in a royal palace is eligable for a state funeral. parliaments status as a royal palace also allows the bars there to stay open after hours.(once again taken from the aforementioned book by Nigel cawthorne)

Edited November 7, 2007 by snakey1

[Ken Davison South Wales]

And we complain about EC laws