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Just a little silliness.
 
An article on Yahoo lists results of a survey about the ten most foolish laws in the UK.
 

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

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

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

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day.

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

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

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.

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.

9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour.

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.



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  • silverwhisper said on Nov 07, 2007....
    you know, #9 is so clearly a function of the sometimes bloody history of british government...:>

    ed
  • skald said on Nov 07, 2007....
    Number 1. lol  nr 2. lol  3.lol 4 would not eat it then.5 would not let anyone enter lol.
    6 lol  7 old law 8 OH 9 oh 10 oh my god. 
  • MissMimi said on Nov 07, 2007....

    Ed, I never thought of that, but it sounds logical to me.  Which begs the question, are lawmakers even capable of logic?

    LOL skald, my feeling about mince pie is that it should never be eaten anywhere at any time.  Pooey.

  • silverwhisper said on Nov 07, 2007....
    i wanna have mince pie this christmas day! :D

    ed
  • polarheart said on Nov 08, 2007....
    Mimikins, I promise you that No.4 gets broken by millions each year! LOL
     
    And I'm sure the Queen will be "charmed" with a whale tail - goodness me!
  • crybabylu said on Nov 08, 2007....
    Oh how funny!
  • Fallyn said on Nov 08, 2007....
    that's great. *laughing*
  • destinydiva said on Nov 08, 2007....
    I dont know about the others but its defo not illegal to eat mnce pies on christmas day!!  if it is...then 99% of us Brits break the law!! :-) we even leave a mince pie out for father christmas :-) xx
  • crybabylu said on Nov 08, 2007....
    so, that is not against the law, huh?
  • Fallyn said on Nov 08, 2007....
    that's just strange.
  • destinydiva said on Nov 08, 2007....
    fallyn ~tag!!  (excuse me missmimi)  :-) xx
  • crybabylu said on Nov 09, 2007....
    they say in every city and state here in the U.S. we have ridiculous laws, i don't know why they don't go thru them  and get rid of the ones that aren't neccessary.
    but of course, this post is meant more on the lighter side of it all.
  • Fallyn said on Nov 09, 2007....
    the reason ridiculous laws get put into law is because they are attached to larger more important laws by people who are against the larger more important laws as a deterrent to passing them.....often if the larger law is very important they will ignore the lesser laws that are basically meaningless....

    like you can't carry ice cream in your pocket on sunday....i know that's a law somewhere.

    this isn't done as much anymore, but was quite a popular tactic at the beginnings of government here in the US.
  • Cussane said on Nov 09, 2007....
    Ok, I can I give all the scots men in York a bow and arrow, hahahahahahahahaha, but remember it is illegal in Ontario to pick worms on the lawn of queens park without a permit
     
    Cussane

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