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daft British laws-although number 10 is not that daft.... - 7/2/2008 3:08:29 PM

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Dying in Parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 people by a television channel showing a legal drama series.

Nearly half of those surveyed admitted to breaking the ban on eating mince pies on Christmas Day, which dates back to the 17th century and was originally designed to outlaw gluttony during the rule of the Puritan Oliver Crowmell.

The laws and other regulations were culled from published research into ancient legislation that has never been repealed although subsequent statutes have rendered them obsolete.

Respondents were given a shortlist and asked to vote.

Most ridiculous British law:

1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)

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

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

4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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 (two percent)

RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/2/2008 5:29:20 PM

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HEY!! I don't like #10!! lol

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 9:01:48 AM

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Nor do I. Us Scotts are Proud be careful what you say around us we wear Kilts and will right bend you over and bugger your Puffer Arse for a lot less than that!

or does that just makes us Randy I really never can tell.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:17:50 AM

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Hey, wait a second... i'm a Scot!!!

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:20:25 AM

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Me too, Darch.. (Clan Campbell! CRUACHAN!!!)

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:25:05 AM

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I loves me some Scots! And Scotch, too! So FIE on #10!!

But no problemo going to tropical fish stores to check out hot chicks.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:34:30 AM

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well I live relatively near York and I'm a pretty good archer with a longbow so..........

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:44:21 AM

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O so that's where that job requirement came from!!!!

*tropical fish store clerk*

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:45:58 AM

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Simpsons on my father's side.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:50:57 AM

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Really? So tell me what is Homer like and is Bart the little shit they make him out to be? And tell me Is Marge Hot even with that BeeHive Blue Hair?

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:52:04 AM

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Really? So tell me what is Homer like and is Bart the little shit they make him out to be? And tell me Is Marge Hot even with that BeeHive Blue Hair?

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 11:12:44 AM

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LMAO Thanks that was funny and I actually was laughing out loud.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 11:13:23 AM

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Having no bone in this fight, but also having spent a lot of time over the years in the bonny land (I've walked Culloden a few times -- have you?), I would observe that to a Yorkshireman, an armed Scot might be a pretty scary thing. The history of the North country is a lot of English blood spilled by Scotsmen, and vice versa.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 11:16:39 AM

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Culloden, Glen Coe...

places I cant visit and admit my heritage...LOL

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/3/2008 10:36:09 PM

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

I'd love to know the rational behind THAT one.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/5/2008 3:56:12 AM

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They should change to: It is compulsory for women to be topless except in a tropical fish store.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/5/2008 11:46:07 AM

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

I'd love to know the rational behind THAT one.

i would bet money that it had something to do with mermaids being used as advertisement...you know...tropical fish- mythical half fish creature that generally went around topless or used shells?(which a) im sure is a modern concept so kids can watch and b) consider the time we're talking about...shells pretty much meant nekid...)

oO thats just a guess of course, but i cant think of anything else it would have been good for.

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/5/2008 2:42:44 PM

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maybe tropical fish store was a synonym for "baudy house".

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/6/2008 1:49:50 PM

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Don't you shop for tuna in tropical waters? (hides behind the blast shield, laughing)

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RE: daft British laws-although number 10 is not that da... - 7/6/2008 5:46:35 PM

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well I seem to remeber that one cause of confusion was a blind lesbian in a fishmongers........

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