Britain’s Twn Most Stupid Laws
ON the day of the Queen’s Speech, the BBC shows us “The UK’s top 10 most ridiculous British laws”:
# 1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)
# 2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen’s image upside-down (7%)
# 3. It is illegal for a woman to be topless in Liverpool except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (6%)
# 4. Eating mince pies on Christmas Day is banned (5%)
# 5. If someone knocks on your door in Scotland and requires the use of your toilet, you are required to let them enter (4%)
# 6. In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman’s helmet (4%)
# 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%)
# 8. It is illegal not to tell the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (3%)
# 9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament wearing a suit of armour (3%)
# 10. It is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls of York, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2%)
November 7th, 2007 at 12:30 am
what about “Smoking Cannabis in your own home is not an arrestable offence… but possession still is”???
November 7th, 2007 at 1:31 am
The stupidest thing is any reporting most of these as ‘laws’
Chapter and verse, please. I’d like to see them.
What seems more likely is the case is these are the results of court decisions, not actual laws.
November 8th, 2007 at 2:07 am
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So no joy then?
November 8th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
It is illegal to bring your kids late to school but it is perfectly legal for teachers to “release” your same kids 10 to 20 minutes late everyday,regardless of the weather or if you are waiting with a baby in a pram or a child in a buggy.
November 9th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
YES!!! WE DO!!!