Britain's Most Ridiculous Laws
- It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament
- It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down
- In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store
- Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day
- In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter
- A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet
- The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen
- 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
- It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour
- 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
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071106/od_afp/britainlawsoffbeat
Now, for those of you just traveling with in the good old USA, here are a few more guidelines.
- In Arizona donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.
- In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle in Connecticut, it must bounce.
- In Florida, if an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
- In Minnesota, citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head.
- The penalty for jumping off a building is death in New York.
- Elephants may not be used to plow cotton fields in North Carolina.
- In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk.
- In Oklahoma, dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property.
- Any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or lunatic is null and void in Rhode Island.
- In Wisconsin, cheese making requires a cheese maker's license; Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.
It's interesting to think that the only reason that these are laws is because at one point in time, people actually did these things...
9 comments:
Yep- those are a bit frightening!! One question- if you fail to pay the parking meter too many times, will the government repossess your elephant???
-J & J : )
You know that is a good question. I think you should try it out and let me know!
Can we borrow your elephant?
Sometimes I wish I could make up my own laws. Like a law against promulgating the existence of a fake blog. Punishable by death.
Sure you can borrow my elephant. But only if you don't tell the state of Arizona that I let my donkey sleep in the bathtub.
Wow, punishable by death?! I can see how you might feel some resentment due to this devious, but incredibly funny, joke. But tell me, what do you think would be a suitable punishment for someone who does nothing to help a poor girl when, unbeknownst to her, there is a cockroach creeping through her hair?!
You're only saying that because you're a girl. With hair. What about the rights of the cockroach?
I'm not only saying this as a girl with hair, but also as a person that does not like the idea of a cockroach crawling on my head. As far as the rights of the cockroach are concerned, that cockroach did not have to be crawling in her hair. The cockroach was in clear violation of this poor girls personal space.
The way I see it the girl and her hair were in the cockroach's personal space.
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