Strangest laws in the U.K ()... (545 hits)
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Submitted by candy floss (View user info) at 2007-08-19 14:59:44 EDT
1. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
2. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
3. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
4. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
5. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants - even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet.
6. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
7. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
8. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.
9. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
10. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
11. 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.
12. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
13. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.
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Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2007-08-19 22:23:42 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-08-19 21:00:53 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2007-08-19 20:53:21 EDT (#)
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Fucksake.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-08-19 20:45:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by azurefroz (user info) at 2007-08-20 08:11:48 EST (#)
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ctrl + c, ctrl + v was not need for this review.
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It was for this one.
Submitted by bart (user info) at 2007-08-19 20:21:53 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-19 19:33:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-08-19 18:50:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-19 20:11:33 BST (#)
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The real questtion is.......who cares
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If there had been a swear in there that would have been shlongesque
Submitted by azurefroz (user info) at 2007-08-19 18:11:48 EDT (#)
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ctrl + c, ctrl + v was not need for this review.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2007-08-19 17:35:56 EDT (#)
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This was a bit shit
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-08-19 17:27:33 EDT (#)
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I'm with Joey, but he should have linked to the original source.
Submitted by gandhi (user info) at 2007-08-19 17:07:36 EDT (#)
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You might as well have linked to the source.
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2007-08-19 16:43:56 EDT (#)
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I think #4 makes sense, and #9 is perfectly reasonable as long as it applies to women as well.
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2007-08-19 16:12:32 EDT (#)
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I'm gonna go against the grain here, for the irony/sarcasm alone.
There's a lot worse that stays on the front page.
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-08-19 16:00:16 EDT (#)
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shut up chucklefuck
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:59:27 EDT (#)
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All I can think is "Wtf?!" I know that you can pee in a policeman's helmet if you're preggers though ^__^
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:42:05 EDT (#)
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Ok, so he/she/it gets no points for originality. It was still amusing.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:39:22 EDT (#)
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Wow. The shit in Britanistan must have just gotten a lot more intelligent and interesting, because you've neatly packaged all the stupid boring shit right in this post.
Submitted by Captain_Ambivalent (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:23:45 EDT (#)
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http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/thread.aspx?story_id=2419970&path=/personal/&threadPage=&messagePage=1
Nice job Einstein
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:22:50 EDT (#)
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I thought it was amusing.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-19 15:11:33 EDT (#)
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The real questtion is.......who cares