wavy
28-09-2006, 23:30
UK
If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them enter.
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
All English males over the age of 14 are to carry out 2 hours of Longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.
No boy under the age of 12 may see a naked shop mannequin.
No one is allowed to die in Parliament. Well except the Queen. Westminster is a royal palace and anyone dying in a royal palace is eligible for a state funeral. So to avoid a costly funeral, if anyone does die, his or her body is removed before the death certificate is issued.
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
In Bristol lovers are not allowed to kick a dog out of bed as apparently a dog – but not a cat - has the right to be a voyeur.
London taxi drivers are supposed to ask passengers if they are suffering from smallpox or the plague, since carrying sufferers is illegal.
A law introduced in 1307 ensures that the head of any dead whale found on the British coast becomes the property of the king and the tail belongs to the queen - should she need the bones for her corset.
It is illegal to wear armour in the Houses of Parliament
It is still an offence to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, although you are allowed to shake a doormat before 8am.
London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.
It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.
Placing a stamp upside down on a letter is treason, which until recently was punishable by death
It is legal for an Englishman to shoot a Welshman with a longbow, provided the Englishman is in England and the Welshman is on the Welsh side of the border.
Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.
A bed may not be hung out of a window.
It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December.
It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises ie. in a pub or bar. I think someone’s missing the point.
Chester - You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
Hereford - You can shoot a Welsh person all day, but only on Sunday, with a Longbow, in the Cathedral Close.
London - You are considered a freeman if you can drive your geese down Cheapside and to be hanged with silk rope (as opposed to plain old hemp).
Companies may vote in local elections.
York - Upon sight of a Scotsman, it is still legal to shoot him with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays.
Scotland - You may not fish on Sundays. It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow. Trespassing on someone else's land is legal.
If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them enter.
It is legal for a male to urinate in public, as long as it is on the rear wheel of his motor vehicle and his right hand is on the vehicle.
All English males over the age of 14 are to carry out 2 hours of Longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy.
No boy under the age of 12 may see a naked shop mannequin.
No one is allowed to die in Parliament. Well except the Queen. Westminster is a royal palace and anyone dying in a royal palace is eligible for a state funeral. So to avoid a costly funeral, if anyone does die, his or her body is removed before the death certificate is issued.
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
In Bristol lovers are not allowed to kick a dog out of bed as apparently a dog – but not a cat - has the right to be a voyeur.
London taxi drivers are supposed to ask passengers if they are suffering from smallpox or the plague, since carrying sufferers is illegal.
A law introduced in 1307 ensures that the head of any dead whale found on the British coast becomes the property of the king and the tail belongs to the queen - should she need the bones for her corset.
It is illegal to wear armour in the Houses of Parliament
It is still an offence to beat or shake any carpet rug or mat in any street in the Metropolitan Police District, although you are allowed to shake a doormat before 8am.
London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.
It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.
Placing a stamp upside down on a letter is treason, which until recently was punishable by death
It is legal for an Englishman to shoot a Welshman with a longbow, provided the Englishman is in England and the Welshman is on the Welsh side of the border.
Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.
A bed may not be hung out of a window.
It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.
Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December.
It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises ie. in a pub or bar. I think someone’s missing the point.
Chester - You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight.
Hereford - You can shoot a Welsh person all day, but only on Sunday, with a Longbow, in the Cathedral Close.
London - You are considered a freeman if you can drive your geese down Cheapside and to be hanged with silk rope (as opposed to plain old hemp).
Companies may vote in local elections.
York - Upon sight of a Scotsman, it is still legal to shoot him with a bow and arrow, except on Sundays.
Scotland - You may not fish on Sundays. It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow. Trespassing on someone else's land is legal.