Britain's most stupid laws

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Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="lw_1194377220_3" class="yshortcuts">on Christmas Day</span>, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.</p>

The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete.</p>

Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.</p>

Most ridiculous British law:</p>

1. It is illegal to die in the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="lw_1194377220_4" class="yshortcuts">Houses of Parliament</span> (27 percent)</p>

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

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

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)</p>

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

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

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)</p>

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)</p>

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

10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);" id="lw_1194377220_5" class="yshortcuts">ancient city walls</span>, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)</p>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_af...tainlawsoffbeat</p>
 
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now off to York</p>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.</p>

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now off to York</p>

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Off to York? I'm off to the Liverpool Tropical Fish Store.</p>
 
Haha, that was awesome.

I love how they felt the need to specifically mention that a pregnant women can piss in a policeman's helmet. As if the issue came up so many times that they had to spell it out for everyone.</p>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.</p>

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now off to York</p>

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Off to York? I'm off to the Liverpool Tropical Fish Store.</p>

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Haha, same here buddy!</p>

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After visiting Liverpool I'll drop by someone's house in Scotland and drop a few. How wrong are some of these laws?</p>
 
lol.... there also plenty of U.S. dumb laws in every state, very funny thread!</p>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrpy)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.</p>

</p>

now off to York</p>

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Off to York? I'm off to the Liverpool Tropical Fish Store.</p>

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Haha, same here buddy!</p>

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I'll meet you guys there!</p>

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I wonder if any Scotsmen are foolish enough to carry a bow and arrow in York.</p>
 
lolvery funy I've some before E.g the pregnant woman and the Policeman's helmet and the Topless ish store. But america has equally stupid laws.</p>

This is just in the State of Michigan:</p>
  1. It is legal for the blind to hunt, and they don't need anyone with them. [Thanks to an anonymous contributor]
  2. A woman isn't allowed to cut her own hair without her husband's permission.
  3. There is a 10 cent bounty for each rat's head brought into a town office.
  4. It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house.
  5. You may not swear in front of women and children. (Repealed)
  6. Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony.
  7. It is illegal to kill a dog using a decompression chamber.
  8. There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens. (Clawson)
  9. Couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property. (Detroit)
  10. Wilfully destroying your old radio is prohibited. (Detroit)
  11. It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday. (Detroit)
  12. It is illegal to let your pig run free in Detroit unless it has a ring in its nose. According to history and animal husbandry, it prevents them from "rooting" in the ground for their food. (Detroit)
  13. Security guards at Joe Louis Arena will confiscate any item they feel might be thrown onto the ice. Furthermore, any person seen throwing an octopus onto the ice at a Red Wings game will be taken to jail. (Detroit)
  14. No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five- dollar fine for each offense. (Grand Haven)
  15. It is illegal to paint sparrows to sell them as parakeets. (Harper Woods)
  16. It is against the law to serenade your girlfriend. (Kalamazoo)
  17. All bathing suits must have been inspected by the head of police. (Rochester)
  18. Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day. (Wayland)
  19. Smoking while in bed is illegal (Soo)
  20. Alligators may not be tied to fire hydrants.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>There is a law that makes it legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens. (Clawson)</div></p>

I know a few posters on this site who might be thinkin bout movin to Clawson! </p>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.</p>

</p>

now off to York</p>

</div></p>

Off to York? I'm off to the Liverpool Tropical Fish Store.</p>

</div></p>

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Trust me, you don't wanna be there when most scousers go topless</p>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DolfanDale)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chingy0007)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.</p>

</p>

now off to York</p>

</div></p>

Off to York? I'm off to the Liverpool Tropical Fish Store.</p>

</div></p>

</p>

Trust me, you don't wanna be there when most scousers go topless</p>

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Lol They are wither Plastic or Fat. But if thats your kinda thing.............</p>
 
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