Robbo
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The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:
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%)
False teeth
Other bizarre foreign laws voted by those polled included:
In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk (9%)
In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (8%)
A male doctor in Bahrain can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror (7%)
In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm (6%)
It is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle in Alabama (6%)
In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed (6%)
Women in Vermont must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (6%)
In Milan, it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits (5%)
In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon (4%)
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Robbo
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7081038.stm
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Fro
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Saw this in the metro this morning, some of them are fucking stupid.
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Hammer
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So if you fancy a spot of jousting whilst parliament is in session and you lose you've just broken 2 laws? 
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dan_c4rsa
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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%)
actually its if your inside the walls of york and he's on the outside - and your only allowed to kill him with a bow and arrow too 
many a day drunk in york ive shouted at a scot - I'LL KILL YEEEE
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Fonz
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the wording "illegal" on the subject of the Houses of Parliment is media spin. the fact is no one is ALLOWED to be announced dead anywhere on HRH property so whether they are alive or not, the body is abulanced away, and pronouced dead on arrival - hence "died" en route :geek:
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Kurt
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theres a law in chester about welshmen and bows and arrows
In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Kurt]
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Natalie
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
The UK's top 10 most ridiculous British laws were listed as:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27%)
FPMSL
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Huwsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
theres a law in chester about welshmen and bows and arrows
In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Kurt]
Great law that 
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Kurt
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quote:
Originally posted by Huwsi
quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
theres a law in chester about welshmen and bows and arrows
In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Kurt]
Great law that
it goes on to be similiar to the york law, where its legal for a welshman inside the walls of chester between sunset and sunrise to be shot with a bow and arrow 
[Edited on 07-11-2007 by Kurt]
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Nic Barnes
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its illegal to dance in carlisle on a sunday
its also legal to kill a scotsman in carlisle on a sunday
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
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%)
False teeth
Its what we all do on a weekend 
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