[guide.chat] strange laws
- From: "harold kitching" <harold.kitching01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pam camidge" <pam.camidge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "guide chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:48:06 +0100
:FW: Fwd: Strange laws
25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or
corpses.
24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British
monarch upside down.
22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.
21. Under the UK's Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not
to tell the taxman anything you don't want him to know, though you don't
have to tell him anything you don't mind him knowing.
20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a
vehicle.
19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of
rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she
wants - even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet.
16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a
constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of
longbow practice a day.
12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London
Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese
down Cheapside.
11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing
squad.
10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only
if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet
long.
7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and
from staying after sunset.
6. 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.
5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits
and also to "own" a pet - the town's citizens, legally speaking, are merely
"pet minders".
4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to
wear false teeth.
3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals but is
forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only
see their reflection in a mirror.
1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the
property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in
case she needs the bones for her corset.
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